Achalpur Assembly constituency

Achalpur Assembly constituency is one of the 288 constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and one of the eight which are located in Amravati district.

Achalpur
Constituency No. 42 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Omprakash Kadu, present MLA of Achalpur
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Amravati
LS constituency	Amravati
Established	1962
Total electors	2,75,255
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Omprakash Babarao Kadu
Party	Prahar Janshakti Party

It is a part of Amravati (Lok Sabha constituency) along with five other Vidhan Sabha assembly constituencies viz. Badnera, Amravati, Teosa, Daryapur (SC) and Melghat (ST) .^[1]

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 42 Achalpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: 1. Chandurbazar Tehsil, 2. Achalpur Tehsil (Part), Revenue Circle-Shirajgaon Kasba, Achalpur and Achalpur (MC) of the district.^[2]

In 2019, Mr Bachchu Kadu was elected as the MLA from Achalpur.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1962	Annasaheb Sadashivrao Watene		Independent
1967	Narsingrao Sheshrao Deshmukh		Indian National Congress
1972
1978	Waman Bajirao Bhokare		Independent
1980	Sudam Alias Waman Dattaraya Deshmukh		Communist Party of India
1985			Independent
1990	Vinayakrao Maroti Korde		Bharatiya Janata Party
1995
1999	Vasudhatai Pundlikrao Deshmukh		Indian National Congress
2004	Bachchu Kadu		Independent
2009
2014
2019			Prahar Janshakti Party
2024

Election results

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: 120. Achalpur^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PHJSP	Bachchu Kadu	81,252	43.88
	INC	Aniruddha Subhanrao Deshmukh	72,856	39.35
	SHS	Sunita Narendrarao Fiske	15,064	8.14
	AIMIM	Abdul Nazim Abdul Rauf	6,329	3.42
Majority			8,396
Turnout			1,85,161	67.27
	PHJSP gain from Independent		Swing

2014

2014 Maharashtra State Assembly election: 120. Achalpur^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bacchu alias Omprakash Babarao Kadu	59,234	33.02
	BJP	Ashok Shridharpant Bansod	49,064	27.35
	INC	Anirudha Alias Bablubhau Subhanrao Deshmukh	31,475	17.54
	BSP	Mo.Rafique Shekh Gulab	20,534	11.49
Majority			10,170
Turnout			1,79,366	70.81
	Independent hold		Swing

2009

2009 Maharashtra State Assembly election: 120. Achalpur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bacchu Alias Omprakash Babarao Kadu	60,627	39.97
	INC	Vasudhatai Pundlikrao Deshmukh	54,884	36.18
	SHS	Anantrao Gudhe	24,824	16.36
Majority			5,743
Turnout			1,51,691	65.10
	Independent hold		Swing

2004

2004 Maharashtra State Assembly election: 120. Achalpur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bacchu Alias Omprakash Babarao Kadu	56,471
	INC	Vasudhatai Pundlikrao Deshmukh	51,085
	BJP	Vinayakrao Korde	31,475
	Independent	Shivcharan Shankarsa Chede	3,190
	BBM	Namdeo Sampatrao Phuse	1,886
	Independent	Mohan Ganeshrao Chaukhande	1,433
	Independent	Dadarao Januji Wankhad	785
	Peoples Republican Party	Vilas Lahnuji Panchbhai	532
	Independent	Giridhar Nathuji Raurale	346
	Independent	Sushiel Vinayake Ganorkar	238
	Independent	Ramesh Dagdu Mane	313
Majority			5,386
Turnout			1,47,678		−
	Independent hold		Swing

See also

• Achalpur
• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

References

1. "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 19 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
3. "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
4. 2014 Election Commission of India
5. 2009 Election Commission of India
6. 2004 Election Commission of India

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