Nilanga Assembly constituency

Nilanga
Constituency No. 238 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Latur
Established	1962
Total electors	332,194
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Nilanga Assembly constituency is one of six assembly constituencies in Latur Lok Sabha constituency. ^[1] Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 238 amongst 288 constituencies.

Members of Assembly

Year	Member [2]	Party
1962	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar		Indian National Congress
1967
1972
1978
1980			Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Diliprao Patil Nilangekar		Indian National Congress
1990	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
1995	Manikrao Jadhav		Janata Dal
1999	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar		Indian National Congress
2004	Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2009	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar		Indian National Congress
2014	Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Nilanga ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar	112,368	51.06%	1.42
	INC	Abhay Satishrao Salunke	98,628	44.82%	11.56
	VBA	Manju Hiralal Nimbalkar	3,935	1.79%	13.42
	RSPS	Nagnath Ramrao Bodake	1,430	0.65%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	931	0.42%	0.23
Margin of victory			13,740	6.24%	10.15
Turnout			220,998	66.53%	4.34
Total valid votes			220,067
Registered electors			332,194		4.90
	BJP hold		Swing	1.42

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Nilanga ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar	97,324	49.64%	9.80
	INC	Ashokrao Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar	65,193	33.25%	7.68
	VBA	Arvind Virbhadrappa Bhatambre	29,819	15.21%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,272	0.65%	0.24
Margin of victory			32,131	16.39%	2.12
Turnout			197,342	62.31%	5.50
Total valid votes			196,046
Registered electors			316,690		10.73
	BJP hold		Swing	9.80

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Nilanga ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar	76,817	39.84%	1.21
	INC	Ashok Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar	49,306	25.57%	17.16
	Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi	Limbanappa Vishwanathappa Reshme	17,675	9.17%	New
	NCP	Baswaraj Malashetti Patil Nagralkar	16,149	8.38%	New
	MNS	Abhay Satishrao Salunke	16,015	8.31%	5.90
	SS	Dr.Shobhatai Vaijanath Benjarge	11,522	5.98%	New
	BSP	Adv. Sidharth Deshmukh Ambegaonkar	1,350	0.70%	4.93
	NOTA	None of the Above	791	0.41%	New
Margin of victory			27,511	14.27%	10.17
Turnout			193,720	67.73%	1.23
Total valid votes			192,794
Registered electors			286,012		7.18
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	2.89

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Nilanga ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar	78,267	42.73%	0.85
	BJP	Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar	70,763	38.64%	4.79
	BSP	Mohammaed Rafi Shamshoddin Sayyad	10,315	5.63%	3.44
	RSPS	Subhash Anandrao Shinde	6,034	3.29%	New
	JSS	Patil Madhavrao Hanmantrao	5,722	3.12%	5.44
	MNS	Salunke Abhay Satish	4,408	2.41%	New
	Independent	Balaji Pundlik Shinde	2,122	1.16%	New
Margin of victory			7,504	4.10%	2.56
Turnout			183,151	68.64%	3.23
Total valid votes			183,150
Registered electors			266,845		25.51
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	0.69

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Nilanga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar	66,346	43.42%	New
	INC	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar	63,990	41.88%	3.44
	JSS	Sunil Baburao Mane	13,092	8.57%	New
	BSP	Patel Farad Khaja Saheb	3,351	2.19%	New
	Independent	Motibone Nandu Ram	1,955	1.28%	New
	Independent	Chikundre Gokul Jyotiba	986	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			2,356	1.54%	16.94
Turnout			152,878	71.90%	3.99
Total valid votes			152,792
Registered electors			212,617		19.54
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	1.89

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Nilanga ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar	54,705	45.32%	16.13
	JD(S)	Manikrao Bhimrao Jadhav	32,398	26.84%	New
	SS	Sunil Baburao Mane	16,187	13.41%	9.98
	Independent	Shahuraj Vithoba Kamble	11,613	9.62%	New
	Independent	Gaikwad Nilkanth Keshavrao	2,767	2.29%	New
	Independent	Pawar Baburao Daulatrao	2,219	1.84%	New
Margin of victory			22,307	18.48%	8.42
Turnout			129,528	72.82%	13.95
Total valid votes			120,720
Registered electors			177,870		8.77
	INC gain from JD		Swing	10.77

Assembly Election 1995

1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Nilanga ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	Manikrao Bhimrao Jadhav	75,041	56.08%	New
	INC	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar	39,047	29.18%	23.68
	Independent	Sayyed Pasha Usamansab Patel	8,562	6.40%	New
	SS	Chanchalabai Devidas Suryawanshi	4,592	3.43%	0.50
	Independent	Dattu Laxman Gaikwad	1,049	0.78%	New
	Doordarshi Party	Chawada Santosh Ramkrishna	953	0.71%	0.16
	Independent	Katakdound Sakharam Maroti	839	0.63%	New
Margin of victory			35,994	26.90%	14.53
Turnout			137,048	83.81%	17.91
Total valid votes			133,801
Registered electors			163,526		1.89
	JD gain from INC		Swing	3.22

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Nilanga ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar	56,312	52.86%	New
	Independent	Vishwambharrao Shankarrao Mand	43,136	40.49%	New
	SS	Devidas Jaiwantrao Suryawanshi	4,186	3.93%	New
Margin of victory			13,176	12.37%
Turnout			108,347	65.00%
Total valid votes			106,529
Registered electors			166,678
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly By-election 1987

1987 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly by-election  : Nilanga ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar	75,482
	PWPI	P. V. B. Wegedkai	12,770
Margin of victory			62,712
Turnout
Total valid votes
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Nilanga ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Deelipkumar Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar	61,946	68.84%	New
	PWPI	Madhukarrao Ganpatrao Somwanshi	22,391	24.88%	13.21
	Independent	Digamber Rama Gaikwad	2,483	2.76%	New
	Independent	Tondare Somnath Baswanppa	1,780	1.98%	New
	Independent	Surwase Dnyanoba Namdeo	576	0.64%	New
Margin of victory			39,555	43.95%	27.79
Turnout			91,487	68.99%	0.70
Total valid votes			89,992
Registered electors			132,608		10.95
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	14.59

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Nilanga ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar	43,550	54.25%	New
	PWPI	Madhukarrao Ganpatrao Somwanshi	30,575	38.09%	4.28
	INC(U)	Vithalrao Raghunathrao Shinde	4,627	5.76%	New
	Independent	Laxman Rajba Kambale	1,015	1.26%	New
	Independent	Gaikwad Tulshiram Maroti	510	0.64%	New
Margin of victory			12,975	16.16%	9.44
Turnout			81,984	68.60%	7.83
Total valid votes			80,277
Registered electors			119,517		5.62
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing	5.15

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Nilanga ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar	41,664	49.10%	0.98
	PWPI	Shripatrao Gyanurao Solunke	35,955	42.37%	1.72
	Independent	Suryavanshi Maruti Vishwanath	5,080	5.99%	New
	Independent	Waghmare Vishwanath Bapurao	2,163	2.55%	New
Margin of victory			5,709	6.73%	0.73
Turnout			87,342	77.19%	8.35
Total valid votes			84,862
Registered electors			113,157		10.60
	INC hold		Swing	0.98

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Nilanga ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar	34,144	50.08%	5.27
	PWPI	Madhukarrao Ganpatrao Somwanshi	30,058	44.08%	6.23
	Independent	Patil Mohanrao Bhimrao	2,648	3.88%	New
	RPI	Shivadas Parmeshware	1,333	1.96%	New
Margin of victory			4,086	5.99%	11.50
Turnout			70,419	68.83%	1.36
Total valid votes			68,183
Registered electors			102,309		12.90
	INC hold		Swing	5.27

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Nilanga ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar	32,744	55.34%	1.89
	PWPI	Shripatrao Gyanurao Solunke	22,394	37.85%	4.92
	Independent	D. B. Surwase	3,597	6.08%	New
Margin of victory			10,350	17.49%	3.03
Turnout			66,510	73.39%	5.17
Total valid votes			59,164
Registered electors			90,621		10.31
	INC hold		Swing	1.89

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Nilanga ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar	33,125	57.23%	8.96
	PWPI	Shripatrao Gyanurao Solunke	24,756	42.77%	8.96
Margin of victory			8,369	14.46%	11.00
Turnout			60,829	74.04%	8.96
Total valid votes			57,881
Registered electors			82,153		42.73
	INC gain from PWPI		Swing	5.50

Assembly Election 1957

1957 Bombay State Legislative Assembly election  : Nilanga ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PWPI	Shripatrao Gayanurao Salunke	18,309	51.73%	21.6
	INC	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar	17,084	48.27%	8.7
Margin of victory			1,225	3.46%	23.39
Turnout			35,393	61.49%	7.64
Total valid votes			35,393
Registered electors			57,557		16.03
	PWPI gain from INC		Swing	5.24

Assembly Election 1952

1952 Hyderabad State Legislative Assembly election  : Nilanga ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sheshrao Madhavrao Waghmare	15,220	56.97%	New
	PWPI	Ekemberkar Bapurao Vithalrao	8,048	30.13%	New
	SP	Ramrao Eknathrao Vakil	3,446	12.90%	New
Margin of victory			4,602		New
Turnout			26,714	53.85%
Total valid votes			26,714
Registered electors			49,607
	PWPI win (new seat)

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