Bhandara–Gondiya (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Bhandara–Gondiya Lok Sabha constituency (Marathi: भंडारा-गोंदिया लोकसभा मतदारसंघ) is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of the Presidential notification on delimitation of parliamentary constituencies, based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002 and Bhandara (Lok Sabha constituency) ceased to exist. Three of its assembly segments are in Bhandara district, while the other three are in Gondiya district.

Assembly segments

Presently, Bhandara–Gondiya Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These segments with constituency number and reservations (if any) are:[1]

  1. Tumsar - 60
  2. Bhandara - 61 (SC)
  3. Sakoli - 62
  4. Arjuni Morgaon - 63 (SC)
  5. Tirora - 64
  6. Gondiya - 65

Members of Parliament

Key

 NCP    BJP  

Election Member Party
2009 Praful Patel Nationalist Congress Party
2014 Nana Patole Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

General elections 2009

Indian general elections, 2009: Bhandara–Gondiya
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NCP Praful Patel 489,814 47.52
Independent Nanabhau Patole 237,899 23.08
BJP Shishupal Natthu Patle 158,938 15.42
BSP Virendrakumar Jaiswal 68,246 6.62
Majority 251,915 24.44
Turnout 1,030,750
NCP win (new seat)

General elections 2014

Indian general elections, 2014: Bhandara–Gondiya
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Nanabhau Patole 6,06,129 50.62 +35.20
NCP Praful Patel 4,56,875 38.16 -9.36
BSP Sanjay Nasare 50,958 4.26 -11.16
AAP Prashant Mishra 8,647 0.72 N/A
Majority 1,49,254 12.46 -11.98
Turnout 11,97,196 72.30
BJP gain from NCP Swing +30.52

See also

Notes

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