Umarga Assembly constituency

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

Umarga
Constituency No. 240 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Osmanabad
Lok Sabha constituency	Osmanabad
Established	1962
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Pravin Swami
Party	Shiv Sena (UBT)
Elected year	2024

Overview

Umarga (constituency number 240) is one of the four Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Osmanabad district. It covers the entire Lohara and Umarga tehsils of this district. It is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes.^[2] The number of electors in 2009 was 266,557 (male 140,491, female 126,066).^[3]

Umarga is part of Osmanabad Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha constituencies, namely Paranda, Tuljapur and Osmanabad in Osmanabad district, Barshi in the Solapur district and Ausa in Latur district.^[4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1962	Vijaysingh Shivram		Peasants and Workers Party
1967	Bhaskarrao Chalukya		Indian National Congress
1972
1978
1980	Rajaram Patil		Indian National Congress (U)
1985	Kazi Abdul Khalek Kadar		Indian National Congress
1990
1995	Ravindra Gaikwad		Shiv Sena
1999	Basavraj Patil		Indian National Congress
2004	Ravindra Gaikwad		Shiv Sena
2009	Dnyanraj Chougule
2014
2019
2024	Pravin Swami		Shiv Sena (UBT)

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Umarga^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS(UBT)	Pravin Virbhadrayya Swami	96,206	48.64
	SHS	Dnyanraj Chougule	92,241	46.64
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,330
Majority			3,965
Turnout			1,97,773
	SS(UBT) gain from SHS		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Umarga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Dnyanraj Chougule	86,773	51.27%
	INC	Dattu Rohidas Bhalerao	61,187	36.15%
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,425	0.84%
Majority			25,586
Turnout			1,69,262	56.83%
	SS gain from INC		Swing

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Umarga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Dnyanraj Chougule	65,178	39.99%
	INC	Kisan Nagnath Kamble	44,736	27.45%
	BJP	Kailas Chintamanrao Shinde	30,521	18.72%
	NCP	Dr Sanjay Atmaram Gaikwad	15,569	9.55%
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,211	0.74%
Majority			20,442
Turnout			1,63,000	57.57%
	SS gain from INC		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha
• Umarga