| Karanja | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 35 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Western India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Washim |
| LS constituency | Yavatmal-Washim |
| Established | 1978 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Sai Prakash Dahake | |
| Party | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
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.
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.
Members of Legislative assembly
| Year | Member | 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
| 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 gain from NCP-SP | Swing | ||||
2019
| 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 gain from NCP | Swing | ||||
2014
| 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
- "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.
- "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.
- "Karanja Vidhan Sabha Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
- "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
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