Nagpur West Assembly constituency

Nagpur West Assembly constituency is one of the seats in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the six Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Nagpur West
Constituency No. 56 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Nagpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Nagpur
Established	1957
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vikas Pandurang Thakre
Party	Indian National Congress
Alliance	Maha Vikas Aghadi
Elected year	2024

Overview

Nagpur West (constituency number 56) is one of the 12 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Nagpur district.^[1] It is one of the wealthiest constituencies in Nagpur. Areas where the rich and famous of Nagpur live, like Civil Lines, Byramji Town and Jafar Nagar fall in this constituency. The constituency was a BJP stronghold until 2019 when the INC candidate Vikas Thakre beat BJP's Sudhakar Deshmukh and then again in 2024 against BJP's Sudhakar Kohale.

Extent of the constituency

The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following neighbourhoods:

Neighbourhood
Dharampeth
Ramdaspeth
Shivaji Nagar
Sitabuldi
Ravi Nagar
Hazari Pahad
Ram Nagar
Civil Lines
Sadar
ByRamji Town
Gaddigodam
Friends Colony
GittiKhadaan
Jafar Nagar
Gorewada (Part)
Mankapur (Part)
Zinga Bai Takli (Part)

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Until 1957: Constituency did not exist
1957	A. B. Bardhan		Communist Party of India
1962	Sushila Balraj		Indian National Congress
1967
1972
1978	Bhaurao Mulak
1980	Gev Manchersha Avari
1985
1990	Vinod Gudadhe Patil		Bharatiya Janata Party
1995
1999	Devendra Fadnavis
2004
2009	Sudhakar Deshmukh
2014
2019	Vikas Thakre		Indian National Congress
2024

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vikas Thakre	104,144	47.45	0.8
	BJP	Sudhakar Kohale	98,320	44.80	1.72
Majority			5,824	2.65	0.92
	INC hold		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vikas Thakre	83,252	46.65	12.09
	BJP	Sudhakar Deshmukh	76,885	43.08	6.66
Majority			6,367	3.57
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sudhakar Deshmukh	86,500	49.7	12.03
	INC	Vikas Thakre	60,098	34.6	1.66
Majority			26,402	15.1	13.9
	BJP hold		Swing

2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sudhakar Deshmukh	59,955	37.4	11.2
	INC	Anees Ahmed	57,976	36.2	4.8
Majority			1,979	1.2	6.4
	BJP hold		Swing

2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Devendra Fadnavis	113,143	48.6	12.09
	INC	Anees Ahmed	95,533	41.0	6.66
Majority			17,610	7.6
	BJP hold		Swing

1985

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gev Manchersha Avari	49,607	50.99
	BJP	Nitin Gadkari	28,055	28.84
	Independent	Mangalchand Bagdi	6,996	7.19
	Independent	Arvind Tarekar	6,901	7.09
Margin of victory			21,552
Turnout			97,294	53.88
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing

1957

• A. B. Bardhan (CPI): 26,616 votes
• Shambharkar Punjabrao Hukam (SC) SCF: 25,878 votes
• Borkar Anusayabai (SC) INC: 24,073 votes
• Gawande Wamanrao Govindrao (INC): 24,012 votes
• Awari Manchearsha Rusramji (PSP): 11,822 votes

1962

• Sushilabai Balraj (INC): 12,859 votes^[6]
• A. B. Bardhan (CPI): 12,701 votes
• Govind Gopal Bambulkar (Independent): 11,059 votes
• Sumatitai Suklikar (Jana Sangh): 6,385 votes

1967

• Sushilabai Balraj (INC): 25,694 votes^[7]
• Sumati B. Suklikar (BJS): 16,793 votes

1972

• Sushilabai Balraj (INC): 25,410 votes^[8]
• Sumati Balkrishna Suklikar (BJS): 20,896 votes

1978

• Mulak Bhaurao Govindrao (INC-I): 45,625 votes^[9]
• Sumatibai Suklikar (Janata Party): 33,531 votes
• Sushila Balraj (Congress-Socialist): 5,072 votes (third place)

See also

• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha