Chopda Assembly constituency

Chopda is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.^[1] This constituency is located in the Jalgaon district and it is reserved for the candidates belonging to Scheduled tribes.^[2] It is currently held by Chandrakant Badiram Sonawane of the Shivsena.

Chopda
Constituency No. 10 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Jalgaon
Lok Sabha constituency	Raver
Established	1951
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Chandrakant Sonawane
Party	SS
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024

Overview

It is part of the Raver Lok Sabha constituency along with another five Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Bhusawal, Jamner, Muktainagar and Raver in Jalgaon district and Malkapur in adjoining Buldhana district.

After the passing of the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, Chopda Assembly constituency is composed of the following: 1. Chopda Tehsil, 2.Yawal Tehsil (Part), Revenue Circle – Kingaon and Sakali of Jalgaon district.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member[4]	Party
1952	Madhavrao Patil		Indian National Congress
1962	Devrao Nikam
1967	M. N. Gujrathi		Independent
1972	Sharadchandrika Patil		Indian National Congress
1978	Madhavrao Chaudhary		Janata Party
1980	Suresh Patil		Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Arunlal Gujrathi		Indian Congress (Socialist)
1990			Indian National Congress
1995
1999			Nationalist Congress Party
2004	Kailash Patil		Shiv Sena
2009	Jagdishchandra Walvi		Nationalist Congress Party
2014	Chandrakant Sonawane		Shiv Sena
2019	Latabai Sonawane
2024	Chandrakant Sonawane

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Chopada^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SHS	Chandrakant Sonawane	122,826	55.18
	SS(UBT)	Prabhakarappa Gotu Sonawane	90,513	40.66
	NOTA	None of the Above	2420	1.09
Majority			32,313
Turnout			222,588
	SHS gain from SS(UBT)		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Chopda^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Latabai Chandrakant Sonawane	78,137	39.60	10.70
	NCP	Jagdishchandra Ramesh Valvi	57,608	29.20	6.70
	Independent	Prabhakarappa Gotu Sonawane	32,459	16.50
	Independent	Dr. Barela Chandrakant Jamsing	17,085	8.70	4.40
	BSP	Adv. Yakub Sahebu Tadvi	5,369	2.70	2.10
	NOTA	None of the Above	2175	1.09
Majority			20,529
Turnout			199,418	64.65
	SS gain from NCP		Swing

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Chopda^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Chandrakant Sonawane	54,176	28.86%
	NCP	Madhuri Kishor Patil	42,241	22.50%
	BJP	Jagdishchandra Ramesh Valvi	30,559	16.28%
	Independent	Dr. Barela Chandrakant Jamsing	24,506	13.05%
	MNS	Itbar A Tadavi	18,536	9.87%
	NOTA	None of the Above	2885	1.54%
Majority			11,935
Turnout			187,721	67.34%
	SS gain from NCP		Swing

See also

• Chopda
• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha