Bramhapuri Assembly constituency

Bramhapuri Assembly constituency (also spelled Brahmapuri) is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state, western India. This constituency is located in Chandrapur district, and is part of Gadchiroli–Chimur (Lok Sabha constituency) since the 2009 elections.

Bramhapuri
Constituency No. 73 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Chandrapur
Lok Sabha constituency	Gadchiroli-Chimur
Established	1962
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Geographical scope

The constituency comprises Sawali taluka, Sindewahi taluka, parts of Brahmapuri taluka revenue circles of Gangalwadi, Brahmapuri and Brahmapuri Municipal Council.^[1]

Members of Legislative assembly

Year	Member	Party
1962	Govinda Meshram		Indian National Congress
1967	Baliram Gurpude
1972
1978	Baburao Bhendarkar		Indian National Congress (I)
1980	Suresh Khanorkar		Independent
1985			Indian Congress (Socialist)
1990	Namdeo Donadkar		Shiv Sena
1995	Suresh Khanorkar		Janata Dal
1999	Uddhavrao Shingade		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Atul Deshkar
2009
2014	Vijay Wadettiwar		Indian National Congress
2019
2024

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Brahmapuri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar	114,196	50.93
	BJP	Krushnalal Bajirao Sahare	100,225	44.70
	NOTA	None of the above	1034	0.46
Majority			13971
Turnout			224241
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Bramhapuri^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar	96,726	50.00%
	SS	Sandeep Wamanrao Gaddamwar	78,177	40.41%
	VBA	Chandralal Waktuji Meshram	7,608	3.93%
	NOTA	None of the above	1,099	0.57%
Majority			18,549	10.41%
Turnout			193,468	71.50%
	INC gain from SS		Swing

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Bramhapuri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar	70,373	33.48%
	BJP	Atul Devidas Deshkar	56,763	29.82%
	NCP	Gaddamwar Sandeep Wamanrao	44,878	23.38%
	NOTA	None of the above	2,273	1.18%
Majority			13,610	7.18%
Turnout			191,976	75.16%
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Bramhapuri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Atul Devidas Deshkar	50,340	33.48%
	Independent	Sandeep Wamanrao Gaddamwar	44,845	29.82%
	INC	Pankaj Madhukar Guddewar	30,265	20.13%
Majority			5,495	3.65%
Turnout			150,372	66.97%
	BJP gain from Independent		Swing

2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Bramhapuri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Atul Devidas Deshkar	52,953	36.78%
	NCP	Misar Damodhar Shravan	38,777	26.93%
	Independent	Vasantbhau Narayanrao Warjurkar	23,949	16.63%
Majority			14,176	9.85%
Turnout			143,954	72.25%
	BJP gain from NCP		Swing

1962

1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Bramhapuri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Govinda Bijaji Mesharam	23,114	58.68%
	RPI	Namdeorao Vishnuji Nagdovate	12,419	31.52%
	Independent	Shioram Lahu Chahande	3,855	9.79%
Majority			10,695	27.15%
Turnout			43,153	59.31%
	INC gain from RPI		Swing