Murtizapur Assembly constituency

Murtizapur Assembly constituency is one of the 288 constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and one of the five which are located in Akola district. It is reserved for a Scheduled Caste candidate.

Murtizapur
Constituency No. 32 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Akola
Lok Sabha constituency	Akola
Established	1951
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Harish Marotiappa Pimple
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Alliance	MahaYuti
Elected year	2024

It is a part of Akola Lok Sabha constituency along with five other assembly constituencies, viz Akot, Balapur, Akola West, and Akola East and Risod from the Washim district.^[1]

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 32 Murtizapur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: 1. Murtizapur Tehsil, 2. Barshitakli Tehsil, and 3. Akola Tehsil (Part), Revenue Circle - Kurankhed. of the district.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1952	Shamrao Dhotre		Indian National Congress
1957	Kusum Korpe
1962
1967	Pratibha Tidke
1972
1978	Dhyandeorao Thakre		Indian National Congress (I)
1980	Suresh Kanot
1985	Suhas Tidke		Indian National Congress
1990	Makhram Pawar		Independent
1995	Motiram Lahane		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999	Sanjay Dhotre
2004	Tukaram Birkad		Nationalist Congress Party
2009	Harish Pimple		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019
2024

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Murtizapur^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Harish Pimple	91,820	43.98
	NCP-SP	Samrat Dongardive	55,222	26.08
	VBA	Sugat Gyaneshwar Waghmare	49,224	23.76
	NOTA	None of the Above	886
Majority			35,864	0.42
Turnout			208,754
	BJP gain from NCP-SP		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Murtizapur^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Harish Pimple	59,527	33.92%
	VBA	Pratibha Prabhakar Awachar	57,617	32.84%
	NCP	Ravikumar Rameshchandra Rathi	41,155	23.45%
	NOTA	None of the Above	1225	0.7%
Majority			1910
Turnout			175,469	54.52%
	BJP gain from VBA		Swing

2014

• Harish Marotiappa Pimple (BJP): 54,226 votes
• Rahul Shesharao Dongare (BBM): 41,338 votes

2009

• Harish Marotiappa Pimple (BJP): 50,333 votes
• Baldev Sukhdev Palaspagar (BBM): 34,975 votes

1967

• P. B. Tidake (INC): 27,593 votes^[5]
• S. P. Pachade (IND): 13,774 votes

See also

• Murtajapur
• Barshitakli
• Kurankhed
• UJALESHWAR
• CCIT