Bhandara District is an administrative district in the state of Maharashtra in India. The name Bhandara is a corruption of Bhanara. Reference to Bhanara is found in an inscription of 1100 A.D. traced at Ratanpur. The district headquarters are located at Bhandara. The district occupies an area of 3717 km2 and has a population of 1,200,334, of which 19.48% are urban as of 2011. The growth rate of Bhandara is 5.56% Bhandara has a mixed economy with agriculture, industries and forest resources. Bhandara is known for its large production of rice. Tumsar, a tahsil town, is a noted rice market. Bhandara town is also known as "Brass City" owing to the presence of a large brass products industry. Bhandara has several tourist destinations, like Ambagad Fort, Brahmi, Chinchgad, and Dighori.
Gondia district is an administrative district in the state of Maharashtra in India. The district headquarter is located at Gondia. The district occupies an area of 5,234 km2 (2,021 sq mi) and has a population of 1,322,507 of which 11.95% were urban. The district is part of Nagpur Division. There are 8 Talukas in Gondia District. Gondia Airport is second airport in Vidharbha region and serves the city of Gondia.
Sunil Panjabrao Deshmukh is the Member of Legislative Assembly from the constituency of Amravati, Maharashtra, India. He is a member of Indian National Congress (INC). He is a former Minister of State for Finance and Planning, Public Works and Energy in Government of Maharashtra and was also the guardian minister for Amravati and Bhandara districts of Vidarbha, Maharashtra from 2004–2009. He has also served as the ex-officio Vice-Chairman of the Maharashtra State Electricity Board's holding company and was the co-chairman of Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Ltd.
Bhandara Lok Sabha constituency was a former Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency in Maharashtra state in western India. With the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008, based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002, this constituency ceased to exist. A new constituency, Bhandara-Gondiya came into existence in place of it.
Bhandara–Gondiya Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of the Presidential notification on delimitation of parliamentary constituencies, based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002 and Bhandara Lok Sabha constituency ceased to exist. Three of its assembly segments are in Bhandara district, while the other three are in Gondia district.(Member of parliament) resigned recently (2014-2017).
Nandurbar Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency is located in Nandurbar district and it is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. It is currently held by Vijaykumar Gavit of the BJP.
Nagpur West Assembly constituency is one of the seats in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the six Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency.
Sakoli Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra state in central India. This constituency is one of the three constituencies located in Bhandara district.
Vikramgad is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.
Wardha is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra state in western India, and is a segment of Wardha Lok Sabha constituency. This constituency is one of the four Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Wardha district and comprises parts of the Wardha and Seloo tehsils of this district.
Shivajinagar Assembly constituency is one of the twenty one constituencies of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly located in Pune district, and one of eight in Pune City.
Bhandara is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra state in central India. This constituency is one of the three constituencies located in Bhandara district.
Amgaon Vidhan Sabha seat is one of the constituencies of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, in India.
Tuljapur Assembly constituency is one of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha constituencies, in Maharashtra state in western India.
Khanapur Vidhan Sabha seat is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. It is a segment of Sangli Lok Sabha constituency. This seat was named 'Khanapur' until 1972. Then its name, and area under it, changed to 'Khanapur Atpadi', from 1978 to 2004. From 2008 onwards it was back to 'Khanapur' only, after the boundaries of constituencies were redrawn again.
Arjuni Morgaon is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituency of Maharashtra state in India. This Constituency is one of the three Constituencies located in the Gondia district.
Tirora Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state, western India. This constituency is located in Gondia district. The delimitation of the constituency happened in 2008. As of 2019, its representative is Vijay Bharatlal Rahangdale of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Dr Parinay Fuke also known as Parinay Ramesh Fuke is a member of Maharashtra Legislative Council from Bhandara-Gondiya Local Authorities, belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party elected as Member of Legislative Council from Bhandara-Gondia Constituency and former Minister of Maharashtra State in First Fadnavis ministry.
Madhukar Yashwantrao Kukde is a former member of Parliament. Since 2018–19, he represents the Bhandara-Gondiya Lok Sabha constituency in India, a seat he won as a member of the Nationalist Congress Party. He previously spent three terms (1995–2009) in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly representing the Tumsar constituency but as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Raju Manikrao Karemore is a leader of Nationalist Congress Party and a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elected from Tumsar Assembly constituency in Bhandara city.
