Mehkar Assembly constituency

Mehkar Assembly constituency is one of the 288 constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and one of the seven which are located in the Buldhana district. It is reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates.

Mehkar
Constituency No. 25 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionWestern India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictBuldhana
LS constituencyBuldhana
Established1962
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  SS(UBT)
AllianceMVA
Elected year2024

Overview

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It is a part of Buldhana Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha (assembly) constituencies, viz. Buldhana, Chikhali, Sindkhed Raja, Khamgaon and Jalgaon (Jamod).

The seventh Malkapur Assembly constituency from Buldhana district is a part of Raver Lok Sabha constituency from neighbouring Jalgaon district.[1]

This city based on the bank of the Painganga. Painganga source through Satmala Agintha Dongar.

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 25 Mehkar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: 1. Mehkar Tehsil, 2. Lonar Tehsil (Part), Revenue Circle Sultanpur, Titavi and Lonar, Lonar (MC) of Buldhana district.[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Member Party
1962 Annasaheb Deshmukh Indian National Congress
1967 Sitaram Lodhe
1972
1978 Keshav Subodh Indian National Congress
1980 Kisanrao Sangle
1985 Keshav Subodh Independent politician
1990 Indian National Congress
1995 Prataprao Jadhav Shiv Sena
1999
2004
2009 Sanjay Raimulkar
2014
2019
2024 Siddharth Kharat Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)

Election results

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2024

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2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election:Mehkar[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SS(UBT) Dr. Siddharth Kharat 104242 48.68
SHS Sanjay Raimulkar 99423 46.43
VBA Dr Rutuja Rushank Chavan 2054 0.96
Independent Prof.Bhaskar Govinda Ingle 1331 0.62
MNS Bhaiyyasaheb Patil 1202 0.56
Majority 4819
Turnout 214128
SS(UBT) gain from Swing

References

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  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. ^ "Schedule – XVII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule XVII Maharashtra, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Mehkar". Election Commission of India. 23 November 2024. Archived from the original on 29 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.

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