| Wardha | |
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| Constituency No. 47 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Western India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Wardha |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Wardha |
| Established | 1962 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Wardha is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) 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 [1] and comprises parts of the Wardha and Seloo tehsils of this district. [2]
| Year | Member [3] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Bapuraoji Deshmukh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Ramchandra Ghangare | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1972 | Vasantrao Karlekar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1978 | Pramod Shende | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1980 | |||
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1990 | Manik Sabane | Independent | |
| 1995 | Pramod Shende | Indian National Congress | |
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | |||
| 2009 | Suresh Deshmukh | Independent | |
| 2014 | Pankaj Bhoyar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2019 | |||
| 2024 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Pankaj Rajesh Bhoyar | 92,067 | 46.65% | −0.43% | |
| INC | Shekhar Pramod Shende | 84,597 | 42.86% | +0.46% | |
| Independent | Sachin Sureshrao Pawade | 8,728 | 4.42% | New | |
| BSP | Vishal Sharad Ramteke | 5,166 | 2.62% | New | |
| Majority | 7,470 | 3.79% | |||
| Turnout | 1,97,374 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | 3.79% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Pankaj Rajesh Bhoyar | 79,739 | 47.08% | ||
| INC | Shekhar Pramod Shende | 71,806 | 42.40% | ||
| VBA | Anant Shyamrao Umate | 6,383 | 3.77% | New | |
| BSP | Manish Deveao Pusate | 4,273 | 2.52% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2729 | 1.61% | ||
| Majority | 7,933 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,69,363 | 53.49% | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Pankaj Rajesh Bhoyar | 45,897 | 27.70% | ||
| INC | Shekhar Pramod Shende | 37,347 | 22.54% | ||
| BSP | Niraj Gulabrao Gujar | 22,283 | 13.45% | ||
| SS | Ravikant Pandurang Balpande | 18,867 | 11.39% | ||
| NCP | Suresh Deshmukh | 18,192 | 10.98% | ||
| Independent | Virendra Baburao Rannaware | 13,388 | 8.08% | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,004 | 1.05% | ||
| Majority | 8,550 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,65,669 | 58.52% | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Suresh Deshmukh | 52,085 | 35.41% | ||
| INC | Shekhar Pramod Shende | 40,420 | 27.48% | ||
| SS | Ravikant Pandurangji Balpande | 21,966 | 14.93% | ||
| Independent | Shyam Shankarrao Gaikwad | 12,127 | 8.25% | ||
| BSP | Shaikh Salim Shaikh Nabi | 10,035 | 6.82% | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2729 | 1.61% | ||
| Majority | 11,665 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,47,081 | 60.93% | |||
| Independent gain from INC | Swing | ||||