Dhule Rural (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Dhule Rural Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency is located in Dhule district ^[1]

It is part of the Dhule Lok Sabha constituency along with another five Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Dhule City and Sindkheda in Dhule district and Malegaon Central, Malegaon Outer and Baglan in the Nashik district.

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 6 Dhule Rural (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Dhule Tehsil (Part), Revenue Circle - Lamkani, Songir, Fagane, Chinchkhede ,Mukati, Dhule, Kusumbe, Arvi and Shirur of Dhule district. ^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

• 2009: Sharad Patil, Shiv Sena ^[3]
• 2014: Kunal Rohidas Patil, Indian National Congress
• 2019: Kunal Rohidas Patil, Indian National Congress

Key

   INC      SHS   

Election		Member	Party
	2009	Sharad Patil	Shiv Sena
	2014	Kunal Rohidas Patil	Indian National Congress
	2019

Election results

Assembly Elections 2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Dhule Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SHS	Sharad Patil	100,562	52.2
	INC	Rohidas Patil	81,580	42.3
Majority			18,982	9.9
Turnout			192,572	59.8
	SHS win (new seat)

Assembly elections 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Dhule Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kunal Rohidas Patil	119,094	50.82
	BJP	Manohar Bhadane	73,012	31.15
	NCP	Kiran Gulabrao Patil	17,682	7.54
	SHS	Sharad Patil	15,093	6.44
	MNS	Ajay Mali	2,452	1.05
Majority			46,082	19.66
Turnout			234,369	67.3
	INC gain from SHS		Swing

Assembly elections 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Dhule Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kunal Rohidas Patil	125,575	51.18
	BJP	Dnyanjyoti Patil	111,011	45.25
	VBA	Rajdip Agale	4,216	1.72
	None of the Above	None of the Above	2,248	0.92
	BSP	Nandu Baisane	1,471	0.60
	Independent	Dr. Bhupesh Patil	826	0.34
	INC hold		Swing

See also

• Dhule
• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha

References

1. "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
2. "Schedule – XVII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule XVII Maharashtra, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
3. "Maharashtra Assembly Election 2009 -Results" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2009. Retrieved 7 September 2010.