Darwha Assembly constituency

Darwha Vidhan Sabha seat was one of the constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha, in India.^[1] Darwha seat existed from 1972 until the 2004 elections. Darwha is in Yavatmal district.

Darwha
Former constituency for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Washim
Lok Sabha constituency	Yavatmal-Washim
Established	1951
Abolished	2008

It is a segment of the Yavatmal-Washim (Lok Sabha constituency) with adjoining Washim district along with five other Vidhan Sabha assembly constituencies, viz. Washim (SC), Karanja, Ralegaon (ST), Yavatmal (ST) and Pusad.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member[2]	Party
1952	Deoram Shirom Patil		Independent
1957
1962	Alihasan Mamdani		Indian National Congress
1967	Vishwasrao Ghuikhedkar		Independent
1972	Alihasan Mamdani		Indian National Congress
1978	Harish Mandhana		Independent
1980			Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Manikrao Thakre		Indian National Congress
1990
1995
1999
2004	Sanjay Rathod		Shiv Sena
2008 onwards : See Digras

Election results

2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Darwha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Sanjay Rathod	68,586
	INC	Manikrao Thakare	47,044
	BSP	Thokal Subhas Madhukarrao	16,775
	Independent	Vasantrao Pundlikrao Dhoke	2,409
	CPI	Satturwar Ramesh Vitthalrao	1,979
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority			21,542
Turnout			1,40,134
	SS hold		Swing