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: Chainsukh Madanlal Sancheti, Independent
• 1999: Chainsukh Madanlal Sancheti, Bhartiya Janata Party
• 2004: Chainsukh Madanlal Sancheti, Bhartiya Janata Party(from Malkapur ( Constituency no 102 of Maharashtra State ) )^[9]
• 2009: Chainsukh Madanlal Sancheti, Bhartiya Janata Party (from Malkapur ( Constituency no 21 of Maharashtra State ) )^[10]
• 2014: Chainsukh Madanlal Sancheti, 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. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2010. 
2. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Electoral Commission of India, New Delhi. p. 255. Retrieved 20 January 2010. 
3. ↑ "State Election of India 1951" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 11. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
4. ↑ "State Election of India 1957" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 33. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
5. ↑ "State Election of India 1962" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 68. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
6. ↑ "State Election of India 1967" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 8. Retrieved 2010-01-20. 
7. ↑ "State Election of India 1972" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 8. Retrieved 2010-01-20. 
8. ↑ "State Election of India 1978" (PDF). 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" (PDF). Maharashtra Government Gazette. p. 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2011. Retrieved 2010-01-12. 
11. ↑ "Vidarbha votes for BJP, setback for Congress in cotton belt". Live Mint. Retrieved 19 Oct 2014.