Rajura Assembly constituency

Rajura
Constituency No. 70 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Subhash Dhote, present MLA of Rajura
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Chandrapur
Lok Sabha constituency	Chandrapur
Established	1962
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Deorao Vithoba Bhongle
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Rajura Assembly constituency is one of the six constituencies of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha located in Chandrapur district. ^[1]

It is a part of the Chandrapur Lok Sabha constituency along with five other assembly constituencies, viz Warora Assembly constituency, Ballarpur, Chnadrapur (SC) from Chandrapur district and Wani and Arni from the neighbouring Yavatmal district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member [2]	Party
1962	Vithalrao Dhote		Indian National Congress
1967	S. B. Jiwtode Guruji		Independent
1972	Vithalrao Dhote		Indian National Congress
1978	Baburao Musale		Janata Party
1980	Prabhakarrao Mamulkar		Indian National Congress (I)
1985			Indian National Congress
1990	Wamanrao Chatap		Janata Dal
1995			Independent
1999	Sudarshan Nimkar		Indian National Congress
2004	Wamanrao Chatap		Swatantra Bharat Paksha
2009	Subhash Dhote		Indian National Congress
2014	Sanjay Dhote		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Subhash Dhote		Indian National Congress
2024	Deorao Bhongle		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Rajura ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Deorao Vithoba Bhongle	72,882	30.53%
	INC	Subhash Dhote	69,828	29.25%
	SBP	Wamanrao Chatap	55,090	23.08%
	GGP	Gajanan Godru Patil Jumnake	28,529	11.95%
	MNS	Sachin Bapurao Bhoyar	4,252	1.78%
Majority			3,054	1.28%
Turnout			2,38,714	72.71%
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Rajura ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Subhash Dhote	60,228	26.79%
	SBP	Wamanrao Chatap	57,727	25.67%
	BJP	Sanjay Yadavrao Dhote	51,051	22.70%
	GGP	Gajanan Godru Patil Jumnake	43,306	19.26%
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,563	0.70%
Majority			2,509	1.12%
Turnout			2,24,857	66.52%
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

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See also

• Rajura
• Korpana
• Jiwati

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
2. "Rajura Vidhan Sabha Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
3. Election Commission of India (23 November 2024). "Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Rajura". Archived from the original on 12 December 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
4. "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 2 February 2022.
5. "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2009" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 25 April 2023.
6. "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2014" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 May 2023.

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