| Wardha | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 47 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Western India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Wardha |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Wardha |
| Established | 1952 |
| Total electors | 295,029 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Wardha Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies in Maharashtra state in western India, and is a segment of Wardha Lok Sabha constituency. This constituency is one of the four Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Wardha district and comprises parts of the Wardha and Seloo tehsils of this district.
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Shantabai Narulkar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Mahadeo Tukaram Thakre | ||
| Shankarrao Vithalrao Sonavane (Sc) | |||
| 1962 | Bapuraoji Marotrao Deshmukh | ||
| 1967 | Ramchandra Marotrao Ghangare | Communist Party of India | |
| 1972 | Vasantrao J. Karlekar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1978 | Pramod Bhauraoji Shende | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1980 | |||
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1990 | Manik Mahadeo Sabane | Independent politician | |
| 1995 | Pramod Bhauraoji Shende | Indian National Congress | |
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | |||
| 2009 | Suresh Bapuraoji Deshmukh | Independent politician | |
| 2014 | Dr. Pankaj Rajesh Bhoyar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2019 | |||
| 2024 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dr. Pankaj Rajesh Bhoyar | 92,067 | 47.00% | ||
| INC | Shekhar Pramod Shende | 84,597 | 43.19% | ||
| Independent | Pawade Sachin Sureshrao | 8,728 | 4.46% | New | |
| BSP | Vishal Sharad Ramteke | 5,166 | 2.64% | ||
| Independent | Kotambkar Ravindra Narhari | 1,556 | 0.79% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,503 | 0.77% | ||
| Margin of victory | 7,470 | 3.81% | |||
| Turnout | 197,374 | 66.90% | |||
| Total valid votes | 195,871 | ||||
| Registered electors | 295,029 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dr. Pankaj Rajesh Bhoyar | 79,739 | 47.85% | ||
| INC | Shekhar Pramod Shende | 71,806 | 43.09% | ||
| VBA | Anant Shamraoji Umate | 6,383 | 3.83% | New | |
| BSP | Manish Devrao Pusate | 4,273 | 2.56% | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,729 | 1.64% | ||
| Independent | Niraj Gulabrao Gujar | 1,847 | 1.11% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 7,933 | 4.76% | |||
| Turnout | 169,573 | 53.55% | |||
| Total valid votes | 166,634 | ||||
| Registered electors | 316,641 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dr. Pankaj Rajesh Bhoyar | 45,897 | 27.86% | New | |
| INC | Shekhar Pramod Shende | 37,347 | 22.67% | ||
| BSP | Niraj Gulabrao Gujar | 22,283 | 13.53% | ||
| SS | Balpande Ravikant Pandurang | 18,867 | 11.45% | ||
| NCP | Suresh Bapuraoji Deshmukh | 18,192 | 11.04% | New | |
| Independent | Rannaware Virendra Baburao | 13,388 | 8.13% | New | |
| Independent | Shyam Shankarrao Gaikwad | 1,554 | 0.94% | New | |
| GGP | Bhimrao Tukaramji Ade | 1,224 | 0.74% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 945 | 0.57% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 8,550 | 5.19% | |||
| Turnout | 166,115 | 58.68% | |||
| Total valid votes | 164,724 | ||||
| Registered electors | 283,104 | ||||
| BJP gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Suresh Deshmukh | 52,085 | 35.41% | New | |
| INC | Shekhar Pramod Shende | 40,420 | 27.48% | ||
| SS | Balpande Ravikant Pandurangji | 21,966 | 14.93% | ||
| Independent | Shyam Shankarrao Gaikwad | 12,127 | 8.25% | New | |
| BSP | Shaikh Salim Shaikh Nabi | 10,035 | 6.82% | ||
| MNS | Hedau Ajay Namdeorao | 2,782 | 1.89% | New | |
| SBP | Kashikar Vaibhav Ravi | 2,672 | 1.82% | New | |
| Independent | Pangul Rajabhau Bhauraoji | 1,666 | 1.13% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 11,665 | 7.93% | |||
| Turnout | 147,173 | 60.97% | |||
| Total valid votes | 147,081 | ||||
| Registered electors | 241,396 | ||||
| Independent gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Pramod Bhauraoji Shende | 53,963 | 42.51% | ||
| Independent | Shyam Gaikwad | 34,731 | 27.36% | New | |
| BSP | Dr. Gode Shirish Santoshrao | 15,519 | 12.23% | New | |
| SS | Ravikant Panduranj Balpande | 10,883 | 8.57% | ||
| Independent | Ithape Sunita Bhaskar | 4,774 | 3.76% | New | |
| Independent | Sui. Manda Babaro Kombe | 1,018 | 0.80% | New | |
| Independent | Rajendra Gulabrao Shembarkar | 968 | 0.76% | New | |
| Turnout | 126,980 | 62.06% | |||
| Total valid votes | 126,941 | ||||
| Registered electors | 204,605 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Pramod Bhauraoji Shende | 45,188 | 38.59% | ||
| NCP | Deshmukh Suresh Bapuraoji | 37,151 | 31.73% | New | |
| SS | Gaikwad Shyam Shankarrao | 18,544 | 15.84% | ||
| Independent | Jaiswal Suresh Motilalji | 12,440 | 10.62% | New | |
| Independent | Ithape Bhaskar Dadarao | 1,983 | 1.69% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 8,037 | 6.86% | |||
| Turnout | 123,180 | 62.17% | |||
| Total valid votes | 117,085 | ||||
| Registered electors | 198,143 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Pramod Bhauraoji Shende | 47,503 | 34.71% | ||
| Independent | Jaiswal Suresh Motilalji | 24,036 | 17.56% | New | |
| SS | Gaikwad Shyambhau Shankarrao | 14,483 | 10.58% | New | |
| CPI(M) | Zade Yeshwant Namdeorao | 12,365 | 9.03% | ||
| JD | Prof. Ethape Bhaskar Dadarao | 10,888 | 7.96% | New | |
| Independent | Mathankar Kishor Alis Vasudev Yeshwant | 9,094 | 6.64% | New | |
| Independent | Aglawe Vijay Nagrao | 5,015 | 3.66% | New | |
| Independent | Chaware Charansingh Babulalji | 4,164 | 3.04% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 23,467 | 17.15% | |||
| Turnout | 140,202 | 72.67% | |||
| Total valid votes | 136,866 | ||||
| Registered electors | 192,933 | ||||
| INC gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Manik Mahadeo Sabane | 41,604 | 40.24% | New | |
| INC | Shande Pramod Bhauraoji | 38,126 | 36.88% | ||
| CPI(M) | Zade Yeshwant Namdeorao | 8,369 | 8.09% | ||
| RPI | Kamble Ghanshyam Daulatrao | 6,661 | 6.44% | New | |
| BJP | Prashant Purushottamrao Ignle | 3,441 | 3.33% | New | |
| BSP | Thombre Ramchandra Shankar | 2,901 | 2.81% | New | |
| Doordarshi Party | Gurmule Ramdas Marotrao | 793 | 0.77% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 3,478 | 3.36% | |||
| Turnout | 104,859 | 59.86% | |||
| Total valid votes | 103,385 | ||||
| Registered electors | 175,162 | ||||
| Independent gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Pramod Bhauraoji Shende | 38,982 | 51.42% | New | |
| CPI(M) | Ramchandra Ghangare Marot | 20,212 | 26.66% | ||
| RPI(K) | Shekh Kalam Shekh Rashid | 8,130 | 10.72% | New | |
| IC(S) | Raut Pandurang Daulatrao | 3,442 | 4.54% | New | |
| Independent | Chidam Sumitra Narayanrao | 1,498 | 1.98% | New | |
| Independent | Bhalkonikar Datia Vithal | 557 | 0.73% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 18,770 | 24.76% | |||
| Turnout | 76,902 | 57.94% | |||
| Total valid votes | 75,811 | ||||
| Registered electors | 132,733 | ||||
| INC gain from INC(I) | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC(I) | Pramod Bhauraoji Shende | 36,942 | 62.52% | ||
| CPI(M) | Ramchandra Ghangare Marot | 17,251 | 29.20% | ||
| BJP | Sawal Ramkisan Durgadas | 3,923 | 6.64% | New | |
| Independent | Vairagade Sagar Rama | 969 | 1.64% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 19,691 | 33.33% | |||
| Turnout | 60,084 | 50.46% | |||
| Total valid votes | 59,085 | ||||
| Registered electors | 119,062 | ||||
| INC(I) hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC(I) | Pramod Bhauraoji Shende | 52,266 | 64.43% | New | |
| CPI(M) | Ramchandra Ghangare Marot | 22,107 | 27.25% | New | |
| INC | Karklekar Vasantrao Janardharao | 5,268 | 6.49% | ||
| Independent | Rahate Suresh Zinguji | 1,047 | 1.29% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 30,159 | 37.18% | |||
| Turnout | 83,032 | 76.31% | |||
| Total valid votes | 81,122 | ||||
| Registered electors | 108,811 | ||||
| INC(I) gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Vasantrao J. Karlekar | 28,419 | 47.57% | ||
| Independent | R. C. Marotra Ghangare | 27,531 | 46.09% | New | |
| AIFB | Sharawani D. Padmakar | 2,395 | 4.01% | New | |
| Independent | Vijaysingh Ramsingh Jot | 724 | 1.21% | New | |
| Independent | Ramdas Sitaram Lambat | 667 | 1.12% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 888 | 1.49% | |||
| Turnout | 61,036 | 66.29% | |||
| Total valid votes | 59,736 | ||||
| Registered electors | 92,073 | ||||
| INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Ramchandra Ghangare Marot | 22,307 | 39.93% | New | |
| INC | Bapuraoji Marotrao Deshmukh | 19,853 | 35.54% | ||
| RPI | J. T. Chowdhuri | 4,288 | 7.68% | New | |
| ABJS | R. D. Sawal | 3,973 | 7.11% | New | |
| Independent | R. S. Lambat | 3,006 | 5.38% | New | |
| Independent | S. B. Jadhao | 845 | 1.51% | New | |
| Independent | R. R. Ramteke | 836 | 1.50% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 2,454 | 4.39% | |||
| Turnout | 60,162 | 71.91% | |||
| Total valid votes | 55,866 | ||||
| Registered electors | 83,668 | ||||
| CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Bapuraoji Marotrao Deshmukh | 22,275 | 47.35% | ||
| CPI | Ramchandra Marotrao Ghangare | 11,579 | 24.61% | New | |
| Independent | Shamrao Govind Charde | 8,231 | 17.50% | New | |
| ABJS | Vithal Tukaram Meshram | 3,671 | 7.80% | New | |
| Independent | Raghoba Ramaji Ramteke | 1,291 | 2.74% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 10,696 | 22.73% | |||
| Turnout | 51,191 | 66.62% | |||
| Total valid votes | 47,047 | ||||
| Registered electors | 76,841 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Thakre Mahadeo Tukaram | 53,529 | 30.78% | ||
| INC | Sonavane Shankarrao Vithalrao | 50,446 | 29.01% | ||
| PWPI | Ghorpade Wamanrao Narsingrao | 34,965 | 20.11% | New | |
| SCF | Bhoyar Vinod Sakharam | 34,941 | 20.09% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 18,564 | 10.68% | |||
| Turnout | 173,881 | 127.47% | |||
| Total valid votes | 173,881 | ||||
| Registered electors | 136,408 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Shantabai Narulkar | 17,635 | 65.61% | New | |
| Socialist | Laxmansing Bindaprasad Yadeo | 4,016 | 14.94% | New | |
| ABJS | Manoharpant Balkrishna Deshpande | 2,534 | 9.43% | New | |
| KMPP | Satyanarain Sakhhnanad Bajaj | 1,771 | 6.59% | New | |
| Independent | Seshrao Bajirao Jadhao | 794 | 2.95% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 13,619 | 50.67% | |||
| Turnout | 26,877 | 57.92% | |||
| Total valid votes | 26,877 | ||||
| Registered electors | 46,403 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||