Nagpur South Assembly constituency

Nagpur South
Constituency No. 53 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Nagpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Nagpur
Established	1978
Total electors	394,586
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Mohan Mate
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Nagpur South Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state, western India. It is one of the six assembly seats which make up Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency. The Constituency Number is 53. This constituency is located in Nagpur district. The boundaries of the constituency were changed by the 2008 delimitation. It comprises parts of Nagpur Taluka, and Ward No. 9 to 11, 37 to 42, 73 to 78, 99 to 102 and 120 of Nagpur Municipal Corporation. ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member [2]	Party
Until 1978: Constituency did not exist
1978	Govindrao Marotrao Wanjari		Indian National Congress (I)
1980	Banwarilal Purohit
1985	Ashok Dhawad		Indian National Congress
1990
1995	Ashok Wadibhasme		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999	Mohan Mate
2004	Govindrao Marotrao Wanjari		Indian National Congress
2005^	Dinanath Padole
2009
2014	Sudhakar Kohale		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Mohan Mate
2024

^by-election

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Nagpur South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mohan Gopalrao Mate	117,526	51.78%	7.62
	INC	Girish Krishnarao Pandav	101,868	44.88%	2.83
	BSP	Sanjay Deorao Somkuwar	1,970	0.87%	2.10
	VBA	Satyabhama Ramesh Lokhande	1,890	0.83%	2.09
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,285	0.57%	0.67
Margin of victory			15,658	6.90%	4.80
Turnout			228,275	57.85%	7.59
Total valid votes			226,990
Registered electors			394,586		3.16
	BJP hold		Swing	7.62

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Nagpur South ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mohan Gopalrao Mate	84,339	44.15%	0.48
	INC	Girish Krishnarao Pandav	80,326	42.05%	21.17
	BSP	Shankar Pundalik Thool	5,668	2.97%	9.76
	VBA	Ramesh Krishnarao Pishe	5,583	2.92%	New
	Independent	Satish Vitthalrao Hole	4,631	2.42%	New
	Independent	Kishor Ratanlal Kumeriya	4,426	2.32%	New
	Independent	Pramod Nathuji Manmode	4,274	2.24%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,353	1.23%	0.53
Margin of victory			4,013	2.10%	21.65
Turnout			193,571	50.61%	3.23
Total valid votes			191,013
Registered electors			382,493		11.75
	BJP hold		Swing	0.48

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Nagpur South ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sudhakar Vitthalrao Kohale	81,224	44.63%	New
	INC	Chaturvedi Satish	38,010	20.89%	23.48
	BSP	Satyabhama Ramesh Lokhande	23,156	12.72%	6.15
	Independent	Shekhar Sawarbandhe	15,107	8.30%	New
	SS	Pandav Kiran Krushnarao	13,863	7.62%	17.41
	NCP	Dinanath Padole	4,194	2.30%	New
	Democratic Secular Party	Shakil Patel	3,400	1.87%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,276	0.70%	New
Margin of victory			43,214	23.75%	4.40
Turnout			183,263	53.54%	5.43
Total valid votes			181,977
Registered electors			342,268		4.00
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	0.26

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Nagpur South ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dinanath Deorao Padole	69,711	44.37%	17.63
	SS	Kishor Ratanlal Kumeriya	39,316	25.02%	New
	Independent	Mohan Gopalrao Mate	16,018	10.20%	New
	BSP	Uttam Shewde	10,326	6.57%	0.45
	Independent	Ashok Dhawad	6,611	4.21%	New
	RPI(A)	Kishor Chindhuji Gajbhiye	4,681	2.98%	New
	MNS	Sanjay Laxman Patil	3,364	2.14%	New
Margin of victory			30,395	19.35%	17.37
Turnout			157,488	47.85%	0.63
Total valid votes			157,107
Registered electors			329,096		41.54
	INC hold		Swing	17.63

Assembly By-election 2005

2005 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly by-election  : Nagpur South ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dinanath Deorao Padole	30,073	26.74%	9.47
	BJP	Ashok Mahadeorao Mankar	27,846	24.76%	4.12
	Independent	Kumbhare Sulekha Narayanrao	26,752	23.79%	New
	Independent	Abhijit Govindrao Wanjari	19,156	17.03%	New
	BSP	Adv. Ashok Yawle	6,885	6.12%	15.37
Margin of victory			2,227	1.98%	5.35
Turnout			112,469	48.37%	4.57
Total valid votes			112,469
Registered electors			232,510		0.03
	INC hold		Swing	9.47

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Nagpur South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Govindrao Marotrao Wanjari	44,551	36.21%	3.37
	BJP	Mohan Gopalrao Mate	35,537	28.88%	6.37
	BSP	Kiran Krishnarao Pandav	26,439	21.49%	20.26
	BBM	Raju Jyotiramji Lokhande	12,056	9.80%	13.61
Margin of victory			9,014	7.33%	4.91
Turnout			123,070	52.95%	0.28
Total valid votes			123,045
Registered electors			232,432		10.76
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	0.95

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Nagpur South ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mohan Gopalrao Mate	39,374	35.25%	0.20
	INC	Wanjari Govindarao Marotrao	36,679	32.84%	6.70
	BBM	Raju Jyotiram Lokhande	26,142	23.41%	2.87
	NCP	Pramod Vinayakrao Darne	6,563	5.88%	New
	BSP	Journlist Uttam Shewde	1,368	1.22%	5.30
Margin of victory			2,695	2.41%	6.89
Turnout			114,329	54.48%	13.18
Total valid votes			111,692
Registered electors			209,861		0.51
	BJP hold		Swing	0.20

Assembly Election 1995

1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Nagpur South ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ashok Ramchandra Wadibhasme	49,151	35.45%	4.81
	INC	Dhawad Ashok Shankarrao	36,248	26.14%	11.06
	BBM	Lokhande Raju Jyotiram	28,478	20.54%	New
	BSP	Hiwarkar Pandurang Marotrao	9,052	6.53%	2.95
	Independent	Lute Jayantrao Urkudaji	7,510	5.42%	New
	JD	Raut Purushottam Bhaurao	2,077	1.50%	3.84
Margin of victory			12,903	9.31%	2.74
Turnout			140,283	67.18%	11.70
Total valid votes			138,656
Registered electors			208,805		19.09
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	1.75

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Nagpur South ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dhawad Ashok Shankarrao	35,682	37.20%	15.22
	BJP	Wadibhame Ashok Ramchander	29,387	30.64%	New
	RPI(K)	Narayan Fuktuji Meshram	8,989	9.37%	New
	RPI	Ramesh Jotiram Lokhande	5,199	5.42%	17.67
	JD	Ashok Haribhau Shamkuwar	5,118	5.34%	New
	BSP	P. S. Changole	3,429	3.58%	New
	Independent	Haribhau Jagobaji Naik	3,058	3.19%	New
Margin of victory			6,295	6.56%	22.76
Turnout			96,730	55.17%	3.32
Total valid votes			95,915
Registered electors			175,329		31.72
	INC hold		Swing	15.22

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Nagpur South ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dhawad Ashok Shankarrao	40,488	52.42%	New
	RPI	Ramteke Umakant Rambhau	17,837	23.09%	22.08
	IC(S)	Dupalliwar Shirish Damodhar	16,335	21.15%	New
	Independent	Agne Balasaheb Narayanrao	1,782	2.31%	New
Margin of victory			22,651	29.33%	9.35
Turnout			77,837	58.47%	7.61
Total valid votes			77,238
Registered electors			133,112		12.64
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	1.24

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Nagpur South ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Banwarilal Purohit	31,965	53.66%	3.15
	RPI(K)	Dhepe Ramanand Dewaji	20,064	33.68%	0.85
	INC(U)	Chawhan Pratapsingh Ramkisansingh	5,768	9.68%	New
	RPI	Nimbalkar Waman Sudama	602	1.01%	New
Margin of victory			11,901	19.98%	2.30
Turnout			60,141	50.89%	22.64
Total valid votes			59,575
Registered electors			118,177		8.91
	INC(I) hold		Swing	3.15

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Nagpur South ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Vanjari Govindrao Marotrao	45,025	56.81%	New
	RPI(K)	Dhepe Ramanand Dewaji	27,368	34.53%	New
	INC	Agrawal Madangopal Jodhraj	2,809	3.54%	New
	Independent	Choube Umeshchander Dayashankar	1,681	2.12%	New
	Independent	Nimbalkar Wamanrao Sakharam	789	1.00%	New
	Independent	Gote Punjabrao Somaji	512	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			17,657	22.28%
Turnout			80,535	74.22%
Total valid votes			79,261
Registered electors			108,505
	INC(I) win (new seat)

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