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Akola West Assembly constituency

Coordinates: 20°56′55.01″N 77°6′5.73″E / 20.9486139°N 77.1015917°E / 20.9486139; 77.1015917
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Akola West
Constituency No. 30 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionWestern India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictAkola
LS constituencyAkola
Established2008
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Vacant
Elected year2019

Akola West Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency is located in the Akola district.[1]

Akola is part of the Akola Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Akot, Akola East, Balapur and Murtizapur in this district and Risod in adjoining Washim district.[1]

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 30 Akola West Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Akola Tehsil (Part) - Akola (M.Corp.) (Part), Ward No 1 to 7,13 to 30, 38 to 53 and 56 to 65 of the district.[2]

On 3 November 2023, Akola West Assembly Constituency got Vacant as the death of Senior BJP Leader Govardhan Mangilal Sharma

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Member Party
Before 2008: Constituency did not exist
2009 Govardhan Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019
2024[3] Sajid Khan Pathan Indian National Congress

Election results

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2024

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2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Akola West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sajid Khan Pathan 88,718 43.21
BJP Vijay Agarwal 87435 42.59
Independent Harish AlimChandani 21481 10.46
Majority 1283
Turnout
INC gain from BJP Swing Indian National Congress

2019

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2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Akola West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Govardhan Sharma 73,262 43.23
INC Sajid Khan Pathan 70,669 41.70
VBA Madan Bhargad 20,687 12.21
Majority 2,593 1.53
Turnout
BJP hold Swing

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 8 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. ^ Hindustantimes (23 November 2024). "Lowest win margins in Maharashtra, one candidate won by just 162 votes". Archived from the original on 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.

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