Bhandara–Gondiya (Lok Sabha constituency)
Bhandara–Gondia Lok Sabha constituency (Marathi: भंडारा-गोंदिया लोकसभा मतदारसंघ) is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of the Presidential notification on delimitation of parliamentary constituencies, based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002 and Bhandara (Lok Sabha constituency) ceased to exist. Three of its assembly segments are in Bhandara district, while the other three are in Gondia district.
Assembly segments
Presently, Bhandara–Gondiya Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These segments with constituency number and reservations (if any) are:[1]
Members of Parliament
Key
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Praful Patel | Nationalist Congress Party | |
| 2014 | Nana Patole | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
General elections 2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCP | Praful Patel | 4,89,814 | 47.52 | ||
| Independent | Nanabhau Patole | 2,37,899 | 23.08 | ||
| BJP | Shishupal Natthu Patle | 1,58,938 | 15.42 | ||
| BSP | Virendrakumar Jaiswal | 68,246 | 6.62 | ||
| Majority | 2,51,915 | 24.44 | |||
| Turnout | 10,30,750 | 71.06 | |||
| NCP win (new seat) | |||||
General elections 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Nanabhau Falgunrao Patole | 6,06,129 | 50.62 | +35.20 | |
| NCP | Praful Manoharbhai Patel | 4,56,875 | 38.16 | -9.36 | |
| BSP | Sanjay Raghunath Nasare | 50,958 | 4.26 | -11.16 | |
| AAP | Prashant Shyamsundar Mishra | 8,647 | 0.72 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,49,254 | 12.46 | -11.98 | ||
| Turnout | 11,97,196 | 72.30 | +1.24 | ||
| BJP gain from NCP | Swing | +30.52 | |||
See also
- Bhandara (Lok Sabha constituency) ( 1951 to 2004 elections for 1st to 14th Lok Sabha )
- Gondia (Lok Sabha constituency) ( 1962 election to 3rd Lok Sabha)
- Bhandara district
- Gondiya district
- List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
Notes
- ↑ "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009.