Nagpur West (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Nagpur West Vidhan Sabha constituency (Marathi: नागपूर पश्चिम विधान सभा मतदारसंघ) is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.

Overview

Nagpur West (constituency number 56) is one of the 12 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Nagpur district.^[1] It is one of the wealthiest constituencies in Nagpur. Areas where the rich and famous of Nagpur live, like Civil Lines, Byramji Town and Ramdaspeth fall in this constituency.

It is a part of the Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments in this district, namely, Nagpur South West, Nagpur South, Nagpur East, Nagpur Central and Nagpur North(SC).

Members of Legislative Assembly

• 1962: Sushila Balraj, Congress (The name of the constituency was not Nagpur-West in 1962, but it covered the same area)
• 1967: Sushila Balraj, Congress
• 1972: Sushila Balraj, Congress (defeated Sumati-bai Suklikar (सुमती-बाई सुकळीकर) of Jana Sangh)
• 1978: Bhau Mulak, Congress
• 1980: Gev Avari, Congress
• 1985: Gev Avari, Congress
• 1990: Vinod Gudadhe-Patil, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1995: Vinod Gudadhe-Patil, BJP
• 1999: Devendra Fadnvis (देवेन्द्र फडणवीस), BJP
• 2004: Devendra Fadanvis, BJP (He switched to the new Nagpur South-West seat in 2009)
• 2009: Sudhakar Deshmukh, BJP
• 2014: Sudhakar Deshmukh, BJP

See also

• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha
• Nagpur

References