Malkapur Assembly constituency

Malkapur
Constituency No. 21 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Buldhana
Lok Sabha constituency	Raver
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Chainsukh Sancheti
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024

Malkapur Assembly constituency is one of the seven constituencies of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly located in the Buldhana district.

Overview

It is a part of the Raver Lok Sabha constituency in the adjoining Jalgaon district along with five other assembly constituencies, viz Chopda, Raver, Bhusawal, Jamner and Muktainagar. Hence it is not a part of Buldhana Lok Sabha constituency consisting of the remaining six constituencies of Buldhana district, viz Buldhana, Chikhli, Sindkhed Raja, Mehkar, Khamgaon and Jalgaon (Jamod). ^[1]

As of 2008, the extent of the constituency is the entire Nandura taluka and Malkapur taluka. ^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1952	Bhiku Fakira Shelke		Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967	Abarao S. Deshmukh
1972	Arjun Wankhede		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1978			Janata Party
1980	Kisanlal Sancheti		Bharatiya Janata Party
1985	Vasantrao Shinde		Indian National Congress
1990	Dayaram Tangade		Bharatiya Janata Party
1995	Chainsukh Sancheti		Independent
1999			Bharatiya Janata Party
2004
2009
2014
2019	Rajesh Ekade		Indian National Congress
2024	Chainsukh Sancheti		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2024

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2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Malkapur ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Chainsukh Sancheti	109,921	52.98
	INC	Rajesh Ekade	83,524	40.25
party= vanchit Bahujan agadi	candidate=[[ Dr Mohammad Zameer Sabiroddin	votes= 9316	percentage= 4.49	change= }}
Majority			26397
Turnout			207,489
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra state assembly elections: Malkapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajesh Ekade	86,279	46.80	17.70
	BJP	Chainsukh Madanlal Sancheti	71,892	39.00	6.10
	VBA	Dr. Nandurkar Nitin Vasantrao	12,549	6.80
	Independent	Gawhad Vijay Pralhad	9,876	5.40
Majority			14,384	7.80
Turnout			186252	69.31
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

See also

• Nandura
• Malkapur, Buldhana

Notes

1. "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Electoral Commission of India, New Delhi. p. 255. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
3. Election Commission of India (23 November 2024). "Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Malkapur". Archived from the original on 28 November 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.

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