Loha Assembly constituency

For other uses, see Loha (disambiguation).

Loha is one of the 288 constituencies of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, in Maharashtra, India. The constituency is a part of Latur Lok Sabha constituency and comprises parts of Loha tehsil in Nanded district.^[1] It was established in 2008. As of 2019 it is represented by Shyamsundar Dagdoji Shinde of the Peasants and Workers Party of India.

Loha
Constituency No. 88 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Nanded
Lok Sabha constituency	Latur
Established	2008
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Prataprao Govindrao Chikhalikar
Party	NCP
Elected year	2024

Geographical scope

The constituency comprises parts of Loha taluka, Revenue Circles of Malakoli Kalambar, Kapsi Budruk, Loha and Loha Municipal Council, parts of Kandhar taluka, Revenue Circles of Usman Nagar, Barul, Kandhar and Kandhar Municipal Council.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member[3]	Party
Before 2009 : Constituency did not exist
2009	Shankaranna Dhondge		Nationalist Congress Party
2014	Prataprao Patil Chikhalikar		Shiv Sena
2019	Shyamsundar Shinde		Peasants and Workers Party
2024	Prataprao Patil Chikhalikar		Nationalist Congress Party

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election:Loha^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Prataprao Govindrao Chikhalikar	72,750	31.65
	SS(UBT)	Eknathdada Pawar	61,777	26.87
	JLP	Chandrasen Ishwarrao Patil (Surnar)	29,194	12.70
	Independent	Prof. Manohar Babarao Dhonde	20,643	8.98
	VBA	Shivkumar Narayanrao Narangale	20,302	8.83
	PWPI	Ashabai Shyamsunder Shinde	19,786	8.61
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,082	0.47
Majority			10,973	4.77
Turnout			2,29,891	75.20
	NCP gain from PWPI		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Loha^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PWPI	Shyamsundar Dagdoji Shinde	101,668	52.76
	VBA	Shivkumar Narayanrao Narangale	37,306	19.36
	SS	Mukteshwar Keshavrao Dhondhe	30,965	16.07%
	NCP	Dilip Shankaranna Dhondge	14,517	7.53%
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,249	0.65
Majority			64,362	33.40
Turnout			1,92,695	70.24
	PWPI gain from SS		Swing

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Loha^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Prataprao Govindrao Chikhalikar	92,435	46.97%
	BJP	Mukteshwar Keshavrao Dhondge	46,949	23.86%
	NCP	Shankaranna Dhondge	29,294	14.89%
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,295	1.17%
Majority			46,949
Turnout			1,96,800	75.77%
	SS gain from BJP		Swing

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2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Loha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Shankarrao Ganeshrao Dhondge	81,539	47.17%
	Lok Bharati	Prataprao Govindrao Chikhalikar	72,175	41.75%
	SS	Manohar Babarao Dhondge	7,087	4.10%
	MNS	Shivkumar Narayanrao Narangale	1,765	1.02%
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority			9,364
Turnout			1,72,877	78.63%
	NCP gain from Lok Bharati		Swing