Malkapur
Constituency No. 21 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionWestern India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictBuldhana
LS constituencyRaver
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress

Malkapur Assembly constituency is one of the seven constituencies of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly located in the Buldhana district.

It is a part of the Raver Lok Sabha constituency in the adjoining Jalgaon district along with five other assembly constituencies, viz Chopda, Raver, Bhusawal, Jamner and Muktainagar. Hence it is not a part of Buldhana (Lok Sabha constituency) consisting of the remaining six constituencies of the Buldhana district, viz Buldhana, Chikhli, Sindkhed Raja, Mehkar, Khamgaon and Jalgaon(Jamod).[1]

As of 2008, the extent of the constituency is the entire Nandura taluka and Malkapur taluka.[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year Member Party
1952 Bhiku Fakira Shelke Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967 A. S. Deshmukh
1972 Arjun Wankhede Bharatiya Jan Sangh
1978 Janata Party
1980 Kisanlal Sancheti Bharatiya Janata Party
1985 Vasantrao Shinde Indian National Congress
1990 Dayaram Tangade Bharatiya Janata Party
1995 Chainsukh Sancheti Independent
1999 Bharatiya Janata Party
2004
2009
2014
2019 Rajesh Ekade Indian National Congress

Election Results

2019

2019 Maharashtra state assembly elections: Malkapur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rajesh Ekade 86,279 46.80 Increase17.70
BJP Chainsukh Madanlal Sancheti 71,892 39.00 Decrease6.10
VBA Dr. Nandurbar Nitin Vasantrao 12,549 6.80
Independent Gawhad Vijay Pralhad 9,876 5.40
Majority 14,384 7.80
Turnout
INC gain from BJP Swing


See also

Notes

  1. "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
  2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Electoral Commission of India, New Delhi. p. 255. Retrieved 20 January 2010.

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