Karanja Assembly constituency

Karanja
Constituency No. 35 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionWestern India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictWashim
LS constituencyYavatmal-Washim
Established1978
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBhartiya Janta Party
Elected year2024

Karanja Assembly constituency is one of the 288 constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and one of the three which are located in Washim district. On 23 February 2024, Karanja Assembly constituency seat got Vacant as the Death of sitting MLA Rajendra Patni.

It is a part of the Yavatmal-Washim (Lok Sabha constituency) with the adjoining Yavatmal district along with five other Vidhan Sabha assembly constituencies, viz. Washim (SC), Ralegaon (ST), Yavatmal (ST), Digras and Pusad.[1]

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 35 Karanja Assembly constituency is composed of the following: 1. Karanja Tehsil, 2. Manora Tehsil of the district.[2]

Members of Legislative assembly

Year Member[3] Party
1978 Arvind Deshmukh All India Forward Bloc
1980 Ramkrishna Rathi Indian National Congress
1985 Anantrao Deshmukh
1990 Gulabrao Gawande Shiv Sena
1995 Babasaheb Dhabekar Independent politician
1999 Indian National Congress
2004 Rajendra Patni Shiv Sena
2009 Prakash Dahake Nationalist Congress Party
2014 Rajendra Patni Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024 Sai Prakash Dahake

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Karanja
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sai Prakash Dahake 85,005 40.64
NCP-SP Gyayak Rajendra Patni 49,932 23.87
AIMIM Mohammad Yusuf Punjani 31,042 14.84
VBA Sunil Kesheorao Dhabekar 24,412 11.67
Samnak Janta Party Yayati Manoharrao Naik 7,962 3.81
Majority 35,073
Turnout 2,09,154
BJP hold Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Karanja[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Rajendra Patni 73,205 39.29
NCP Sai Prakash Dahake 50,481 27.09
BSP Mohammad Yusuf Shafi Punjani 41,907 22.49
VBA Ram Sheshrao Chavhan 12,419 6.7
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout 18,6,342 61.77
BJP hold Swing

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Karanja[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Rajendra Patni 44,751 24.41
BBM Yusuf Punjani 40,604 22.14
MNS Ranjit Jadhav 29,751 16.23
Independent Prakash Dahake 27,043 14.75
NCP Subhash Thakare 21,066 11.49
Margin of victory 4,147 2.27
Turnout 1,83,363 63.51
BJP gain from NCP Swing

See also

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. ^ "Schedule – XVII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule XVII Maharashtra, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Karanja Vidhan Sabha Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  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 7 May 2023.

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