Dhamangaon Railway Assembly constituency

Dhamangaon Railway
Constituency No. 36 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Division	Amravati
District	Amravati
LS constituency	Wardha
Established	2008
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Pratap Adsad
Party	BJP
Elected year	2019

Dhamangaon Railway Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies in Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency is part of the eight constituencies located in the Amravati district.^[1]

Dhamangaon Railway is part of the Wardha Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Wardha, Arvi, Deoli and Hinganghat in Wardha district and Morshi in Amravati district. The Dhamangaon Railway constituency was earlier known as the Chandur Railway Constituency before the Delimitation of Constituencies in 2009.^[1]

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 36 Dhamangaon Railway Assembly constituency is composed of the following:

1. Nandgaon-Khandeshwar Tehsil,
2. Chandur Railway Tehsil and
3. Dhamangaon Railway Tehsil of the district.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1952[3]	Pundlik Balkrishna Chore		Indian National Congress
1957[4]
1962[5]	Bhaurao Gulabrao Jadhao
1967[6]
1972	Sharad Motirao Tasare[7]
1978	Savalakhe Sudhakar Ramchandra[8]		Indian National Congress
1980	Sherekar Yashwant Gangaram[9] [10]		Indian National Congress
1985
1990	Arun Janardan Adsad[11]		Bharatiya Janata Party
1995	Dr. Pandurang Dhole[12]		Janata Dal
1999	Arun Janardan Adsad[13]		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Virendra Jagtap		Indian National Congress
2009
2014
2019	Pratap Adsad		Bharatiya Janata Party
2024

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Dhamangaon Railway^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pratap Adsad	1,10,641
	INC	Virendra Jagtap	94,413
Majority			16,228
Turnout			2,23,343
	gain from		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Dhamangaon Railway^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Adsad Pratap Arunbhau	90,832
	INC	Virendra Jagtap	81,313
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

Previous elections

Year	A C No.	Constituency	Reservation	Winner	Gender	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Votes
2014	36	Dhamangaon Railway	GEN	Virendra Jagtap	M	INC	70879	Arun Adsad	M	BJP	69905
2009	36	Dhamangaon Railway	GEN	Virendra Jagtap	M	INC	72755	Arun Adsad	M	BJP	59307
2004	126	Chandur	GEN	Virendra Jagtap	M	INC	45536	Arun Adsad	M	BJP	32252
1999	126	Chandur	GEN	Arun Adsad	M	BJP	32252	Virendra Jagtap	M	INC	30479
1995	126	Chandur	GEN	Dr. Pandurang Dhole	M	JD	36863	Virendra Jagtap	M	INC	27069

Source:^[16]

See also

• Dattapur Dhamangaon
• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha

References

1. "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 5 September 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. Madhya Pradesh 1951
4. Bombay 1951
5. Maharashtra 1962
6. Maharashtra 1967
7. Maharashtra 1972
8. Maharashtra 1978
9. Maharashtra 1980
10. Maharashtra 1985
11. Maharashtra 1980
12. Maharashtra 1995
13. Maharashtra 1999
14. Election Commission of India (23 November 2024). "Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Dhamangaon Railway". Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
15. "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
16. "Chandur Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency".

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