Wardha Assembly constituency

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{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Wardha

| map_image = 47-Wardha.svg

| state = Maharashtra

| type = SLA

| constituency_no = 47

| district = Wardha

| loksabha_cons = Wardha

| established = 1962

| reservation = None

| mla = Pankaj Rajesh Bhoyar

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| latest_election_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{{cite web|url=http://ceo.maharashtra.gov.in/acs.php|title=District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website|accessdate=5 September 2010}} and comprises parts of the Wardha and Seloo tehsils of this district.{{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}}

Members of Legislative Assembly

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!Year

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

!colspan=2|Party

1962

|Bapuraoji Deshmukh

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

1967

|Ramchandra Ghangare

|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}

1972

|Vasantrao Karlekar

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

1978

|rowspan=3|Pramod Shende

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|rowspan=2|dab=yes}}

1980
1985

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

1990

|Manik Sabane

|{{party name with color|Independent politician}}

1995

|rowspan=3|Pramod Shende

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}

1999
2004
2009

|Suresh Bapuraoji Deshmukh

|{{party name with color|Independent politician}}

2014

|rowspan=3|Pankaj Bhoyar

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

2019
2024

Election results

=2024=

{{Election box begin |title=2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Wardha{{cite news |last1=Election Commission of India |title=Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Wardha |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2024/candidateswise-S1347.htm |accessdate=6 December 2024 |date=23 November 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241206043517/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2024/candidateswise-S1347.htm |archivedate=6 December 2024}} }}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Pankaj Bhoyar|votes=92,067|percentage=46.65%|change=-0.43%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Shekhar Pramod Shende|votes=84,597|percentage=42.86%|change=+0.46%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Pawade Sachin Sureshrao|votes=8,728|percentage=4.42%|change=New}}

{{Election box majority|votes=7,470|percentage=3.79%|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,97,374|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|loser = Indian National Congress

|swing = 3.79%

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2019=

{{Election box begin | title= 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Wardha{{cite web |url=https://old.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 |url-access=limited}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|candidate = Pankaj Rajesh Bhoyar

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 79,739

|percentage = 47.08%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = Shekhar Pramod Shende

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 71,806

|percentage = 42.40%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = None of the Above

|party = None of the above

|votes = 2729

|percentage = 1.61%

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 7,933

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,69,363

|percentage = 53.49%

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|loser = Indian National Congress

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2014<ref name="election2014">{{cite web |title=Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2014 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3726-maharashtra-2014/ |access-date=7 May 2023 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref> =

=1962=

  • Bapuraoji Marotrao Deshmukh (INC): 22,275 votes
  • Ramchandra Marotrao Ghangare (CPI): 11,579 votes

See also

References