Kaij Assembly constituency

Kaij Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.^[1]

Kaij
Constituency No. 232 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Beed
Lok Sabha constituency	Beed
Established	1967
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Namita Mundada
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Alliance	Maha Yuti
Elected year	2024

Overview

Kaij (constituency number 232) is one of the six Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Beed district. It covers the entire Kaij tehsil and parts of the Ambajogai and Beed tehsils of this district. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes^[2]

Kaij is part of the Beed Lok Sabha constituency along with all other Vidhan Sabha segments in this district, namely Parli, Majalgaon, Georai, Beed and Ashti.^[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member[4]	Party
1962	Govind Rao Gaikwad		Indian National Congress
1967	Sundarrao Solanke
1972	Baburao Adaskar
1978	Bhaguji Satpute		Independent
1980	Gangadhar Swami		Indian National Congress (U)
1985	Bhaguji Satpute		Indian Congress (Socialist)
1990	Vimal Mundada		Bharatiya Janata Party
1995
1999			Nationalist Congress Party
2004
2009
2012^	Pruthviraj Shivaji Sathe
2014	Sangita Thombre		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Namita Mundada
2024

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Kaij

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Namita Mundada	117,081	47.08
	NCP-SP	Pruthviraj Shivaji Sathe	1,14,394	46.00
	Bahujan Maha Party	Ashok Thorat	3,559	1.43
	Independent	Ashok Thorat	2,007	0.81
	MNS	Ramesh Galphade	1,537	0.62
	BSP	Anant Gaikwad	1,299	0.52
	NOTA	None of the Above	662	0.27
Majority			2,687
Turnout			2,48,677
	BJP gain from NCP-SP		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Kaij

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Namita Mundada	123,433	53.74
	NCP	Pruthviraj Shivaji Sathe	90,524	39.41
	VBA	Vaibhav Vivek Swami	9,156	3.99
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,598	0.70
Majority			32,909
Turnout			2,29,673	63.37%
	BJP gain from NCP		Swing

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Kaij

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sangeeta Vijayprakash Thombre	106,834	49.68%
	NCP	Namita Mundada	64,113	29.82%
	INC	Anjali Ram Ghadge	23,011	10.7%
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,290	0.60%
Majority			42,721
Turnout			2,15,028	66.43%
	BJP gain from NCP		Swing