Melghat Assembly constituency

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Melghat
Constituency No. 41 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region Western India
State Maharashtra
District Amravati
LS constituency Amravati
Established1962
Reservation ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Prahar Janshakti Party
Elected year 2019

Melghat Assembly constituency is one of the 288 constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and one of the eight which are located in the Amravati district. It is reserved for Scheduled Tribe candidate.

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It is a part of the Amravati (Lok Sabha constituency) along with five other Vidhan Sabha assembly constituencies, viz. Badnera Amravati, Teosa, Daryapur (SC), and Achalpur.

The remaining two Dhamangaon Railway and Morshi constituencies are part of Wardha (Lok Sabha constituency) in adjoining Wardha district. [1]

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 41 Melghat Assembly constituency is composed of the following: 1. Dharni Tehsil, 2. Chikhaldara Tehsil. 3.Achalpur Tehsil (Part), Revenue Circle –Paratwada and Pathrot of the district. [2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearMemberParty
1962 Mamraj Khandelwal Independent
1967 D. N. Patel Indian National Congress
1968^Ramu Patel
1972
1978 Indian National Congress
1980 Narayan Nanu
1985 Ramu Patel Indian National Congress
1990 Tulshiram Kale
1995 Patlya Langda Mavaskar Bharatiya Janata Party
1999 Rajkumar Patel
2004
2009 Kewalram Kale Indian National Congress
2014 Prabhudas Bhilawekar Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Rajkumar Patel Prahar Janshakti Party

^by-election

Election results

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Melghat [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PHJSP Rajkumar Patel
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
PHJSP gain from Swing

See also

Notes

  1. "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 19 January 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 May 2015.
  3. "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 2 February 2022.

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