Buldhana Lok Sabha constituency

Buldhana Lok Sabha constituency (formerly, Buldana Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency largely represents Buldhana district in the Lok Sabha of Indian parliament, except Malkapur Assembly constituency, which is part of Raver Lok Sabha constituency from Jalgaon district of Khandesh region.

Buldhana
Lok Sabha constituency
Map of Buldhana Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Assembly constituencies	Buldhana Chikhali Sindkhed Raja Mehkar Khamgaon Jalgaon (Jamod)
Established	1952
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav
Party	SHS
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Anandrao Adsul (2004) SS

Assembly segments

Presently, after the implementation of the Presidential notification on delimitation on 19 February 2008, Buldhana Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These segments with constituency numbers and reservation (if any) are:^[1]

No	Name	District	Member	Party		Leading (in 2024)
22	Buldhana	Buldhana	Sanjay Gaikwad		SHS		SS(UBT)
23	Chikhali		Shweta Mahale		BJP		SS(UBT)
24	Sindkhed Raja		Manoj Kayande		NCP		IND
25	Mehkar (SC)		Siddharth Kharat		SS(UBT)		SHS
26	Khamgaon		Akash Fundkar		BJP		SHS
27	Jalgaon (Jamod)		Sanjay Kute		BJP		SHS

Members of Parliament

Year	Name	Party
1952	Gopalrao Khedkar		Indian National Congress
	Laxman Bhatkar
1957	Shivram Rane
1962
1967
1970^	Yadav Mahajan
1971
1977	Daulat Gawai		Republican Party of India (Khobragade)
1980	Balkrishna Wasnik		Indian National Congress
1984	Mukul Wasnik
1989	Sukhdev Kale		Bharatiya Janata Party
1991	Mukul Wasnik		Indian National Congress
1996	Anandrao Adsul		Shiv Sena
1998	Mukul Wasnik		Indian National Congress
1999	Anandrao Adsul		Shiv Sena
2004
2009	Prataprao Jadhav
2014
2019
2024			Shiv Sena

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Election results

General election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Buldhana^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SHS	Prataprao Jadhav	349,867	31.53	15.06
	SS(UBT)	Narendra Khedekar	320,388	28.88
	Independent	Ravikant Tupkar	249,963	22.53
	VBA	Vasantrao Magar	98,441	8.87	6.54
	NOTA	None of the above	3,786	0.34	N/A
Margin of victory			29,479	2.66	9.24
Turnout			11,09,496	62.24	1.36
	SHS gain from SS(UBT)		Swing

General election 2019

2019 Indian general election: Buldhana^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Prataprao Jadhav	521,977	46.59	5.42
	NCP	Rajendra Shingne	388,690	34.69	1.02
	VBA	Baliram Sirskar	172,627	15.41
Margin of victory			133,587	11.90	4.40
Turnout			11,21,151	63.60	2.25
	SS hold		Swing

General election 2014

2014 Indian general election: Buldhana^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Prataprao Jadhav	509,145	52.01	10.56
	NCP	Krushanrao Ingle	3,49,566	35.71	2.45
	Independent	Balasaheb Darade	29,793	3.04	N/A
	BSP	Abdul Hafeez Abdul Aziz	33,783	3.45	6.13
	NOTA	None of the Above	10,546	1.08	N/A
Margin of victory			159,579	16.30	13.01
Turnout			978,876	61.35
	SS hold		Swing

General election 2009

2009 Indian general election: Buldhana^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Prataprao Jadhav	353,671	41.45
	NCP	Rajendra Shingne	325,593	38.16
	BSP	Vasantrao Dandge	81,763	9.58
Margin of victory			28,078	3.29
Turnout			853,380	61.72
	SS hold		Swing

General election 2004

2004 Indian general election: Buldhana (SC)^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Anandrao Adsul	369,975	48.60
	INC	Mukul Wasnik	310,068	40.73
Margin of victory			59,907	7.87
Turnout			761,264
	SS hold		Swing

General election 1999

1999 Indian general election: Buldhana (SC)^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Anandrao Adsul	294,922	41.82
	INC	Mukul Wasnik	249,915	35.44
Margin of victory			45,007	6.38
Turnout			705,137	71.56
	SS win		Swing

General election 1998

1998 Indian general election: Buldhana (SC)^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mukul Wasnik	348,094	51.82
	SS	Anandrao Adsul	294,537	43.85
Margin of victory			53,557	7.97
Turnout			671,692	66.48
	INC gain from SS		Swing

General election 1996

1996 Indian general election: Buldhana (SC)^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Anandrao Adsul	281,953	47.50
	INC	Mukul Wasnik	212,522	35.81
	JD	Suresh Umale	51,499	8.68
Margin of victory			28,078	3.29
Turnout			593,540	61.72
	SS gain from INC		Swing

General election 1991

1991 Indian general election: Buldhana (SC)^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mukul Wasnik	213,495	46.53
	BJP	P. G. Gawai	176,404	38.44
	RPI	Suryabhan Shinde	14,794	3.22
Margin of victory			37,091	8.09
Turnout			458,866	50.83
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

General election 1989

1989 Indian general election: Buldhana (SC)^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sukhdev Kale	297,984	50.84
	INC	Mukul Wasnik	231,990	39.58
	RPI	Dharma Kharate	31,446	5.36
Margin of victory			65,994	11.26
Turnout			586,168	66.19
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

General election 1984

1984 Indian general election: Buldhana (SC)^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mukul Wasnik	166,281	35.91
	IC(S)	Sukhdev Kale	118,223	25.53
	BJP	Daulat Gunaji Gawai	73,036	15.77
	Independent	Laxman Ghumare	45,762	9.88
	Independent	Sakharam Mhaske	40,390	8.72
Margin of victory			48,058	10.38
Turnout			463,003	64.44
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing

General election 1980

1980 Indian general election: Buldhana (SC)^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Balkrishna Wasnik	175,800	52.48
	INC(U)	Datta Hiwale	62,704	18.72
	Independent	Daulat Gunaji Gawai	61,527	18.37
Margin of victory			113,096	33.76
Turnout			335,001	51.92
	INC(I) gain from RPI(K)		Swing

General election 1977

1977 Indian general election: Buldhana (SC)^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RPI(K)	Daulat Gunaji Gawai	183,460	53.62
	RPI	Gopalrao Jadhav	140,605	41.09
	Independent	Bapu More	7,313	2.14
	Independent	Deorao Gawai	4,848	1.42
	Independent	Prabhakar Aware	4,205	1.23
Margin of victory			42,855	12.53
Turnout			342,151	60.77
	RPI(K) gain from INC		Swing

General election 1971

1971 Indian general election: Buldana^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Yadav Shivram Mahajan	206,180	66.91
	ABJS	Uttamrao Patil	92,457	30.01
	PWPI	Devram Chaudhari	4,965	1.61
	Independent	Ganpat Dhivre	4,525	1.47
	SWA	S. H. Awachar	7,246	2.19
Margin of victory			113,723	36.90
Turnout			308,127	64.94
	INC hold		Swing

General election 1967

1967 Indian general election: Buldana^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shivram Rane	172,178	52.09
	ABJS	Kisanlal Sancheti	77,274	23.38
	RPI	S. H. Awachar	47,555	14.39
	PSP	K. M. Patil	26,257	7.94
	SWA	S. H. Awachar	7,246	2.19
Margin of victory			94,904	28.71
Turnout			330,510	72.48
	INC hold		Swing

General election 1962

1962 Indian general election: Buldana^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shivram Rane	153,490	53.93
	PWPI	Sonu Anand Pandit	71,311	25.05
	ABJS	Vithal Nathu Patil	59,835	21.02
Margin of victory			82,179	28.88
Turnout			284,636	70.32
	INC hold		Swing

General election 1957

1957 Indian general election: Buldana^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shivram Rane	131,914	53.56
	ABJS	Keshavrao Bahekar	78,678	31.94
	PSP	Pandurang Jagdeorao	35,707	14.50
Margin of victory			53,236	21.62
Turnout			971,850	62.35
	INC hold		Swing

General election 1951

1951 Indian general election: Buldana-Akola

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Margin of victory
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

See also

• Buldhana district
• Akola Lok Sabha constituency (1951 elections as Buldhana Akola Lok Sabha constituency electing two seats)
• Khamgaon Lok Sabha constituency (1962 - 1967 - 1971 elections )
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha