Chandrapur, Maharashtra Assembly constituency

Chandrapur Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state, western India. This constituency is located in Chandrapur district. The delimitation of the constituency happened in 2008.^[1]

Chandrapur
Constituency No. 71 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Kishore Jorgewar, present MLA of Chandrapur
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Chandrapur
Lok Sabha constituency	Chandrapur
Established	1962
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kishore Jorgewar
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Geographical scope

The constituency comprises parts of Chandrapur taluka viz. Ghugus revenue circle and Chandrapur Municipal Corporation.^[1]

Members of Legislative assembly

Year	Member	Party
1962	Ramchandra Potdukhe		Independent
1967	Adv. Eknath Salwe		Indian National Congress
1972
1978	Nareshkumar Puglia		Indian National Congress (I)
1980
1985	Shyam Gopalrao Wankhede		Indian National Congress
1990
1995	Sudhir Mungantiwar		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004
2009	Nanaji Shamkule
2014
2019	Kishor Jorgewar		Independent
2024			Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Chandrapur^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kishor Jorgewar	106,841	48.67
	INC	Pravin Nanaji Padwekar	84,037	38.28
	Independent	Brijbushan Pazare (BJP Rebel)	14,598	6.65
	NOTA	None of the Above	2255	1.03
Majority			22804
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Chandrapur^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kishor Jorgewar	117,570	57.96%
	BJP	Nanaji Shamkule	44,909	22.14%
	VBA	Anirudha Dhonduji Wankar	15,403	7.59%
	INC	Mahesh Marotrao Mendhe	14,284	7.04%
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,730	0.85%
Majority			72,661	35.82%
Turnout			202,849	51.21%
	Independent gain from BJP		Swing