Umarkhed Assembly constituency

Umarkhed Assembly constituency is one of the 288 constituencies of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha^[1] and one of the seven which are located in Yavatmal district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes.

Umarkhed
Constituency No. 82 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Yavatmal
Lok Sabha constituency	Hingoli
Established	1962
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kisan Wankhede
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

It is a part of Hingoli Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha constituencies, viz Basmath, Kalamnuri and Hingoli from Hingoli district and Kinwat and Hadgaon from Nanded district.

The remaining constituencies from Yavatmal district, Ralegaon (ST), Yavatmal (ST), Digras and Pusad are part of Yavatmal-Washim Lok Sabha constituency while Wani and Arni (SC) are part of Chandrapur Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member[3]	Party
1962	Ramchandra Shingankar		Indian National Congress
1967	Shankarrao Ajaji Mane
1972
1978	Anantrao Deosarkar Patil
1980	Trimbakrao Gopalrao Deshmukh		Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Bhimrao Apparao Deshmukh		Indian National Congress
1990	Prakash Deosarkar Patil		Janata Dal
1995	Uttam Raghoji Ingle		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999	Anantrao Deosarkar Patil		Indian National Congress
2004	Uttam Raghoji Ingle		Bharatiya Janata Party
2009	Vijayrao Khadse		Indian National Congress
2014	Rajendra Najardhane		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Namdev Sasane
2024	Kisan Wankhede

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Umarkhed^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kisan Wankhede	108,682	49.42
	INC	Sahebrao Dattarao Kamble	92,053	41.86
	MNS	Rajendra Najardhane	7,061	3.21
Majority			16,629	7.56
Turnout			219,919
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Umarkhed^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Namdev Sasane	87,337	44.40
	INC	Vijayrao Khadse	78,050	39.68
	Independent	Vishwanath Vinkare	18,248	9.28
Margin of victory			9,287	4.72
Turnout			1,96,716	67.03
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Umarkhed^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rajendra Najardhane	90,190	48.10
	INC	Vijayrao Khadse	41,614	22.19
	SS	Shivshankar Pandhare	24,619	13.13
	NCP	Mohanrao More	19,047	10.16
Margin of victory			48,576	25.91
Turnout			1,87,513	67.65
	BJP gain from INC		Swing