Arni Assembly constituency

Arni
Constituency No. 80 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionWestern India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictYavatmal
LS constituencyChandrapur
Established1951
ReservationST
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
AllianceMahaYuti
Elected year2024

Arni-Kelapur Assembly constituency is one of the 288 constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and one of the seven which are located in Yavatmal district. It is reserved for Scheduled Tribe candidate.

It is a part of the Chandrapur (Lok Sabha constituency) with adjoining Chandrapur district along with five other Vidhan Sabha assembly constituencies, viz. Rajura, Chandrapur(SC), Ballarpur and Warora from the Chandrapur district and Wani from the Yavatmal district.

The remaining constituencies from Yavatmal district, Ralegaon(ST), Yavatmal, Digras and Pusad are part of Yavatmal-Washim (Lok Sabha constituency) while Umarkhed is part of the Hingoli (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative assembly

Year Member[2] Party
Before 2008: See Kelapur Assembly constituency
2009 Shivajirao Moghe Indian National Congress
2014 Raju Todsam Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Sandip Dhurve
2024 Raju Todsam

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Arni-Kelapur[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Raju Todsam 127,203 54.00
INC Jitendra Shivajirao Moghe 97,890 41.56
PHJSP Neeta Anandrao Madavi 1,804 0.77%
BSP Baban Sriniwas Soyam 1,700 0.72%
Independent Adv.Ajay Datta Atram 1,313 0.56%
Independent Niranjan Shivram Masram 613 0.26%
Majority 29,313
Turnout 2,35,542 72.67%
BJP hold Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Arni-Kelapur[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sandip Prabhakar Dhurve 81,599 38.62%
INC Shivajirao Moghe 78,446 37.13%
Independent Raju Narayan Todsam 26,949 12.75%
VBA Niranjan Shivram Masram 12,307 5.82%
BMP Adv.Anil Bhimrao Kinake 2,791 1.32%
BSP Baliram Abhiman Neware 2,032 0.96%
None of the Above None of the Above 2,411 1.14%
Majority 3,153
Turnout 2,11,294 67.66%
BJP hold Swing

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ralegaon[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Raju Narayan Todsam 86,991 43.63%
INC Shivajirao Moghe 66,270 33.24%
SS Sandip Prabhakar Dhurve 30,960 15.53%
BSP Shinde Ranjita Parashram 4,197 2.11%
NCP Vishnu Shankarrao Ukande 2,972 1.49%
BMP Adv.Anil Bhimrao Kinake 2,410 1.21%
None of the Above None of the Above 1,957 0.98%
Majority 20,721
Turnout 1,99,365 69.37%
BJP gain from INC Swing

References

  1. ^ "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Arni Vidhan Sabha Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. ^ "Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Arni". Election Commission of India. 23 November 2024. Archived from the original on 14 December 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

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