Buldhana Assembly constituency

Buldhana
Buldhana
Constituency No. 22 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Buldhana
LS constituency	Buldhana
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Sanjay Gaikwad
Party	SS
Alliance	National Democratic Alliance
Elected year	2019

Buldhana is one of the 288 constituencies of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and one of the seven that are located in Buldhana district.

Overview

It is part of the Buldhana Lok Sabha constituency, along with five other Vidhan Sabha(assembly) constituencies: Chikhali, Sindkhed Raja, Mehkar (SC), Khamgaon and Jalgaon (Jamod),

The seventh constituency, Malkapur from Buldhana district is part of the Raver Lok Sabha constituency from neighbouring Jalgaon district.^[1]

As of 2008, the Buldhana constituency comprises the Motala taluka and part of the Buldhana taluka, including the Buldhana Rural and Padali revenue circles, as well as the Buldhana Municipal Council.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
1952	Namdeo Pawar	Indian National Congress
1957	Indira Kotambkar
1962	Indira Kotambkar
1967	S. S. Patil
1972	Ramsingh Bonde
1978	Shivajirao Bhiku Patil
1980	Sakharam Aher
1985	Vithalrao Patil
1990	Rajendra Gode	Shiv Sena
1995	Vijayraj Shinde	Shiv Sena
1999	Drupatrao Sawale	Indian National Congress
2004	Vijayraj Shinde	Shiv Sena
2009	Vijayraj Shinde	Shiv Sena
2014	Harshwardhan Sapkal	Indian National Congress
2019	Sanjay Gaikwad	Shiv Sena
2024	Sanjay Gaikwad	Shiv Sena

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Buldhana^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SHS	Sanjay Gaikwad	91660	47.06
	SS(UBT)	Jayashree Shelke	90819	46.63
Majority			841	0.43
Turnout			194774
	SS gain from		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Buldhana
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SS	Sanjay Gaikwad	67,785	37.83
	VBA	Vijay Shinde	41,710	23.28
	INC	Harshwardhan Sapkal	31,316	17.48
	Independent	Yogendra Gode	29,943	16.71
	AIMIM	Mohammad Sajjad	5,792	2.12
Majority			26,075
Turnout
	SS gain from INC		Swing

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Buldhana
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Harshawardhan Sapkal	46,985	28.66
	MNS	Sanjay Gaikwad	35,324	21.55
	BJP	Yogendra Gode	33,237	20.27
	SS	Vijay Shinde	32,946	20.10
	NCP	Naresh Shelke	4,387	2.68
Majority			11,671
Turnout
	INC gain from SS		Swing

1978

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Buldhana
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC(I)	Shivajirao Patil	35,503	43.7
	Independent	Atmaram Pawar	26,152	32.19
	INC	Ramsingh Bhonde	12,346	15.2
	JP	Dulichand Gupta	7,240	8.91
Majority
Turnout
	SS gain from INC		Swing

1972

1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Buldhana
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Ramsingh Bhonde	30,550	52.55
	Independent	Murlidhar Patil	20,878	35.92
	RPI	Sadashiv Parwe	3,965	6.82
	INC(O)	Dulichand Gupta	1,654	2.85
	SWA	Raghunandan Palaskar	264	0.45
Majority
Turnout
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

Notes

^ "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.
^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Electoral Commission of India, New Delhi. p. 255. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
^ Election Commission of India (23 November 2024). "Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Buldhana". Archived from the original on 28 November 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.

20°32′N 76°11′E / 20.53°N 76.18°E / 20.53; 76.18

[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.

[Maharastra_Assembly_Election_Results_2024_-_Buldhana-3] Election Commission of India (23 November 2024). "Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Buldhana". Archived from the original on 28 November 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.

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v t e Buldhana district topics
Subdivisions and tehsils	Buldhana Chikhli Deulgaon Raja Khamgaon Shegaon Malkapur Motala Nandura Mehkar Lonar Sindkhed Raja Jalgaon Jamod Sangrampur
Cities, towns and villages	Buldhana Chikhli Deulgaon Raja Khamgaon Shegaon Malkapur Motala Nandura Mehkar Lonar Sindkhed Raja Jalgaon Jamod Sangrampur Villages in Buldhana district
Railway stations	Jalamb Junction railway station Malkapur railway station Shegaon railway station
Roads	National Highway 6
Historical places	Sindkhed Raja Jamod Shahapur Rohinkhed
Geography	Lonar crater lake Purna River Vaan River Painganga River
Lok Sabha constituencies	Buldhana Raver (Malkapur VS)
Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Buldhana Chikhali Sindkhed Raja Mehkar Khamgaon Jalgaon (Jamod) Malkapur (Raver LS)
Religious	Shegaon Shrikshetra Nagzari Dhanora (Mahasiddha)
People	People from Buldhana district
See Also	Akola district Jalgaon district