Latur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Latur Lok Sabha constituency (Marathi: लातूर लोकसभा मतदारसंघ) is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.

Assembly segments

Presently, after the implementation of delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008, Latur Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) segments:^[1]

Constituency number	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Name
234	None	Latur Rural
235	None	Latur City
236	None	Ahmadpur
237	SC	Udgir
238	None	Nilanga
239	None	Loha

Members of Parliament

Key

  INC     PWP     BJP  

Election		Member	Party
	1962	Tulsiram Kamble	Indian National Congress
	1967	Tulsiram Kamble	Indian National Congress
	1971	Tulsiram Kamble	Indian National Congress
	1977	Udhavrao Patil	Peasants and Workers Party of India
	1980	Shivraj Patil	Indian National Congress
	1984	Shivraj Patil	Indian National Congress
	1989	Shivraj Patil	Indian National Congress
	1991	Shivraj Patil	Indian National Congress
	1996	Shivraj Patil	Indian National Congress
	1998	Shivraj Patil	Indian National Congress
	1999	Shivraj Patil	Indian National Congress
	2004	Rupatai Patil	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2009	Jaywant Awale	Indian National Congress
	2014	Dr. Sunil Gaikwad	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

General elections 2004

General Election, 2004: Latur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Rupatai Patil	4,03,541	49.17	+5.23
	INC	Shivraj Patil	3,72,990	45.45
	BSP	Adv. Laxman Shinde	13,458	1.64
Majority			30,551	6.38
Turnout			8,20,749	47.45	+3.97
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	+3.23

General elections 2009

General Election, 2009: Latur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Jaywant Gangaram Awale	3,72,890	44.96	-0.49
	BJP	Sunil Baliram Gaikwad	3,64,915	44.00	-5.17
	BSP	Babasaheb Sadashivrao Gaikwad	34,033	4.10	+2.64
Majority			7,975	0.96	-5.42
Turnout			8,29,393	54.92
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	-0.49

General elections 2014

Indian general elections, 2014: Latur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Dr. Sunil Baliram Gaikwad	6,16,509	58.29	+14.29
	INC	Dattatray Gunderao Bansode	3,63,114	34.33	-10.62
	BSP	Deepak Arvind Kamble	20,029	1.89	-2.21
	AAP	Deepratna Prabhakarrao Nilangekar	9,829	0.93	N/A
	Independent	Sudhir Shripatrao Shinde	8,678	0.82	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	13,996	1.32	N/A
Majority			2,53,395	23.96	+23.00
Turnout			10,57,156	62.67	+7.75
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	+9.01

Notes

1. "List of ACs and PCs". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website.