Nashik Central Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Constituency of the Maharashtra legislative assembly in India}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Nashik Central

| type = SLA

| state = Maharashtra

| district = Nashik

| constituency_no = 124

| map_image = 124-Nashik Central.svg

| map_caption =

| loksabha_cons = Nashik

| established = 2008

| reservation = None

| mla = Devayani Farande

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| latest_election_year = 2024

| electors =

}}

Nashik Central is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (Assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in Western India.{{cite web |url=https://upload.indiacode.nic.in/showfile?actid=AC_CEN_3_20_00030_200233_1517807324510&type=order&filename=Delimitation%20Order,2008.pdf |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 |date=26 November 2008 |access-date= 24 June 2021}} It is one of the six assembly segments under Nashik Lok Sabha constituency. As of 2019, its representative is Devayani Farande of the Bharatiya Janata Party.{{update after|2024}}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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! Year

! Member{{Cite web |title=Nashik Central Vidhan Sabha Current MLA and Previous MLAs |url=https://www.elections.in/maharashtra/assembly-constituencies/nashik-central.html |access-date= |website=Elections in India}}

! colspan="2"|Party

colspan="4"|{{center|Till 2009 : Constituency did not exist}}

2009

| Vasantrao Gite

|{{Full party name with color|Maharashtra Navnirman Sena}}

2014

| rowspan="3" |Devayani Farande

| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=3}}

2019

2024

Election results

=2009=

{{Election box begin | title=2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Nashik Central{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3724-maharashtra-2009/ |title=Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2009 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date= 25 April 2023 |url-access=limited}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Maharashtra Navnirman Sena

|candidate = Vasantrao Nivrutti Gite

|votes = 62,167

|percentage = 46.42

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Dr. Shobha Bachhav

|votes = 30,998

|percentage = 23.15

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Shiv Sena

|candidate = Sunil Bagul

|votes = 24,784

|percentage = 18.51

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 31,169

|percentage = 23.27

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,33,911

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Maharashtra Navnirman Sena

|loser =

|swing =

}}

=2014=

{{Election box begin |title=2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Nashik Central{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3726-maharashtra-2014/ |title=Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2014 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=7 May 2023}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = Devyani Farande

|votes = 61,548

|percentage = 38.30

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Maharashtra Navnirman Sena

|candidate = Vasantrao Nivrutti Gite

|votes = 33,276

|percentage = 20.71

|change = -25.20

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Shahu Khaire

|votes = 26,393

|percentage = 16.42

|change = -6.73

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Shiv Sena

|candidate = Ajay Boraste

|votes = 24,549

|percentage = 15.27

|change = -3.24

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Nationalist Congress Party

|candidate = Vinayak Khaire

|votes = 7,095

|percentage = 4.42

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = None of the above

|candidate = None of the above

|votes = 1,401

|percentage = 0.88

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 28,272

|percentage = 17.59

|change = -5.68

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,60,710

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|loser = Maharashtra Navnirman Sena

|swing = +25.70

}}

=2019=

{{Election box begin | title=2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Nashik Central{{cite web |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/11699-maharashtra-legislative-assembly-election-2019/ |title=Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date= 2 February 2022}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Bhartiya Janata Party

|candidate = Devyani Pharande

|votes = 73,460

|percentage = 47.30

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Hemlata Patil

|votes = 45,062

|percentage = 29.01

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Maharashtra Navnirman Sena

|candidate = Nitin Bhosale

|votes = 22,140

|percentage = 14.26

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 28,398

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 155311

|percentage = 48.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Bhartiya Janata Party

|loser =

|swing =

}}

=2024=

{{Election box begin | title= 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Nashik Central{{cite news |title=Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Nashik Central |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2024/candidateswise-S13124.htm |access-date=23 December 2024 |work= |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=23 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241223092948/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2024/candidateswise-S13124.htm |archive-date=23 December 2024 |language=en}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|candidate = Devayani Farande

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 1,05,689

|percentage = 52.67

|change = {{up}}5.37

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = Vasantrao Nivrutti Gite

|party = Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)

|votes = 87,833

|percentage = 43.77