Malkapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Malkapur Vidhan Sabha constituency (Marathi: मलकापूर विधान सभा मतदारसंघ) is one of the seven constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) located in the Buldhana district.

It is a part of the Raver Lok Sabha constituency in the adjoining Jalgaon district along with five other assembly constituencies, viz Chopda(ST), Raver, Bhusawal(SC), Jamner and Muktainagar. Hence it is not a part of Buldhana (Lok Sabha constituency) consisting of the remaining six constituencies of the Buldhana districts, viz Buldhana, Chikhli, Sindkhed Raja, Mehkar, Khamgaon and Jalgaon(Jamod).^[1]

As of 2008, the extent of the constituency is the entire Nandura taluka and Malkapur taluka.^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

• 1951: Shelki Bhiku Fakira, Indian National Congress (from Malkapur ( Constituency no 163 of then Madhya Pradesh State ) ) ^[3]

• 1957: Shelki Bhiku Fakira, Indian National Congress (from Malkapur ( Constituency no 257 of then Bombay State ) ) ^[4]

• 1962: Bhiku Phakim Patil, Indian National Congress (from Malkapur ( Constituency no 162 of Maharashtra State ) ) ^[5]

• 1967: A S Deshmukh, Indian National Congress (from Malkapur ( Constituency no 94 of Maharashtra State ) )^[6]

• 1972: Wankhade Arjun Awdhut, Bharatiya Jana Sangh (from Malkapur ( Constituency no 94 of Maharashtra State ) )^[7]

• 1978: Wankhade Arjun Awdhut, Janata Party (from Malkapur ( Constituency no 102 of Maharashtra State ) )^[8]

• 1980: Sancheti Kisanlal Nathumal, Bhartiya Janata Party
• 1985: Shinde Vasnatrao Ramdas, Indian National Congress
• 1990: Tangade Dayaram Sukdeo, Bhartiya Janata Party
• 1995: Sancheti Chainsukh Madanlal, Independent
• 1999: Sancheti Chainsukh Madanlal, Bhartiya Janata Party
• 2004: Sancheti Chainsukh Madanlal, Bhartiya Janata Party(from Malkapur ( Constituency no 102 of Maharashtra State ) )^[9]

• 2009: Sancheti Chainsukh Madanlal, Bhartiya Janata Party (from Malkapur ( Constituency no 21 of Maharashtra State ) )^[10]

• 2014: Sancheti Chainsukh Madanlal, Bhartiya Janata Party (from Malkapur ( Constituency no 21 of Maharashtra State ) )^[11]

See also

• Nandura
• Malkapur, Buldhana

Notes

1. ↑ "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Retrieved 14 January 2010. 
2. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008". Electoral Commission of India, New Delhi. p. 255. Retrieved 20 January 2010. 
3. ↑ "State Election of India 1951". Election Commission of India. p. 11. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
4. ↑ "State Election of India 1957". Election Commission of India. p. 33. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
5. ↑ "State Election of India 1962". Election Commission of India. p. 68. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
6. ↑ "State Election of India 1967". Election Commission of India. p. 8. Retrieved 2010-01-20. 
7. ↑ "State Election of India 1972". Election Commission of India. p. 8. Retrieved 2010-01-20. 
8. ↑ "State Election of India 1978". Election Commission of India. p. 8. Retrieved 2010-01-20. 
9. ↑ "Election Analysis 1978-1984, Partywise Comparison". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-01-20. 
10. ↑ "Notification of Election Commission of India, 18th May 2009". Maharashtra Government Gazette. p. 29. Retrieved 2010-01-12. 
11. ↑ "Vidarbha votes for BJP, setback for Congress in cotton belt". Live Mint. Retrieved Oct 19, 2014. 

Buldhana district Subdivisions and tehsils Buldhana Chikhli Deulgaon Raja Khamgaon Shegaon Malkapur Motala Nandura Mehkar Lonar Sindkhed Raja Jalgaon Jamod Sangrampur Cities ,towns and villages Buldhana Jamod Ladnapur Sonala Tunki Warwat Bakal Villages in Buldhana district Railway stations Jalamb Junction - Malkapur - Shegaon - Nandura - Khamgaon - Biswa Bridge - Khamkhed - Kumgaon Burti - Shrikshetra Nagzari - Wadoda Roads NH 6 Historical Sindkhed Raja Jamod Sakharkherda Shahapur Rohinkhed Geography Lonar crater lake Purna River Vaan River Painganga River Lok Sabha constituencies Buldhana Vidhan Sabha constituencies Malkapur Buldhana Chikhali Sindkhed Raja Mehkar Khamgaon Jalgaon (Jamod) Religious Shegaon - Shrikshetra Nagzari - Dhanora (Mahasiddha) People People from Buldhana district See Also Akola district Jalgaon district