Yavatmal district,[jəʋət̪maːɭ] formerly known as Yeotmal,is a district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is located in the region of Vidarbha,in the east-central part of the state. It is Vidarbha's third-largest district by population,after Nagpur and Amravati. Yavatmal city is the administrative headquarters of the district.
Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh was an Indian politician who served as the 14th Chief Minister of Maharashtra,first term from 18 October 1999 to 16 January 2003 and second term,from 1 November 2004 to 5 December 2008. He also served in the Union cabinet as the Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences.
Yavatmal ( is a city and municipal council in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Yavatmal District. Yavatmal is around 90 km away from divisional headquarters Amravati while it is 670 km away from the state capital Mumbai and 150 km south west of Nagpur.
Subhash Sureshchandra Deshmukh is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Deshmukh represents the Solapur South constituency in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He served as the Cabinet Minister of Co-Operation,Relief and Rehabilitation in the Government of Maharashtra.
Digras is one of the 288 constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and one of the seven which are located in the Yavatmal district.
Pusad Assembly constituency is one of the 288 constituencies of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and one of the seven which are located in Yavatmal district. This Constituency Is dominated by the Naik Family since the formation of the State of Maharashtra.
Ralegaon Assembly constituency is one of the 288 constituencies of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and one of the seven which are located in Yavatmal district. It covers Ralegaon town and taluka and is reserved for a Scheduled Tribe candidate. Ralegaon,Kalamb and Babhulgaon taluka fall under Ralegaon Assembly constituency.
Karanja Assembly constituency is one of the 288 constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and one of the three which are located in Washim district. On 23 February 2024,Karanja Assembly constituency seat got Vacant as the Death of sitting MLA Rajendra Patni.
Washim Assembly constituency is one of the 288 constituencies of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and one of the three which are located in Washim district. It is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes.
Amravati Assembly constituency is one of the 288 constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and one of the eight which are located in the Amravati district.
Wani Assembly constituency is one of the 288 constituencies of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and one of the seven which are located in Yavatmal district.
Arni-Kelapur Assembly constituency is one of the 288 constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and one of the seven which are located in Yavatmal district. It is reserved for Scheduled Tribe candidate.
Umarkhed Assembly constituency is one of the 288 constituencies of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and one of the seven which are located in Yavatmal district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes.
Sanjay Dulichand Rathod is a Shiv Sena politician from Maharashtra. He is a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Digras-Darwha Assembly Constituency in Yavatmal district. He is a Shiv Sena leader in Vidarbha and served as a cabinet minister in the UBT government but later joined the Eknath Shinde camp in 2022.
Ranjeet Arvindbabu Deshmukh was an Indian politician and Senior Congress leader. He held the position as state unit president of the party on two occasions was the president of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC). He was first elected to the MLA in 1985 from the Savner constituency.
Uttamrao Deorao Patil was an Indian politician. His father was elected as MLA From Darwha twice in 1952 &1957 &MP from Yavatmal twice in 1962 &1967 and Rajya Sabha MP in 1974. He himself was elected to Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha from Digras in 1972. He represented Yavatmal constituency,which is in the state of Maharashtra,in Lok Sabha,as a member of Indian National Congress,from 1980 to 1996,and 1998 to 2004,winning six elections in that span. He did not contest the 1996 Lok Sabha election. In 2004 elections,he was defeated by Harisingh Rathod of BJP.In November 2011,he quit Congress,complaining that his supporters were getting sidelined,and joined NCP. He died four months later.
Vimalabai Jagadevarao Deshmukh who was also known as Vimalabai Deshmukh was an Indian politician who was a former Minister for Women and Child Welfare in the Government of Karnataka. She also served as a MLA to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in 1994 from Muddebihal constituency in Bijapur district,Karnataka.
The Deshmukhs of Parwa were a Maratha royal house that ruled the Jagir of Vidarbha. They were influential leaders under the Maratha administration,known for their regional impact and governance and during the Marathas in the 16-17th centuries and that of the English during the 18th century.
Uttamrao Shivdas Jankar is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is an MLA from Malshiras Assembly constituency,which is reserved for Scheduled Caste community,in Solapur District. He won the 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election representing the Nationalist Congress Party (SP).
Sanjay Nilkanthrao Derkar is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is an MLA from Wani Assembly constituency in Yavatmal district. He won the 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election representing the Shiv Sena (UBT).
