Chikhali Assembly constituency

Chikhali
Constituency No. 23 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Buldhana
Lok Sabha constituency	Buldhana
Established	1962
Total electors	306,506
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Shweta Mahale
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2019

Chikhali Assembly constituency is one of the 288 constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and one of the seven which are located in Buldhana district.

Overview

It is a part of the Buldhana Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha (assembly) constituencies, viz. Buldhana, Sindkhed Raja, Mehkar, Khamgaon and Jalgaon (Jamod),

The seventh Malkapur from the Buldhana district is a part of the Raver Lok Sabha constituency from neighbouring Jalgaon district.^[1]

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 23 Chikhli Assembly constituency is composed of the following: 1. Chikhli Tehsil (Part), Revenue Circle - Undri, Amdapur, Eklara, Hatni, Kolara, Chikhli and Chikhli (MC), 2. Buldhana Tehsil (Part), Revenue Circle - Raipur, Dhad and Mhasla Bk of the Buldhana district.^[2]

Rahul Siddhvinayak Bondre of the Indian National Congress represents the constituency in the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, Chikhli constituency is considered as bastion of Congress Party as Rahul Bondre won it in tough "Modi wave".

Shweta Vidyadhar Mahale of Bharatiya Janata Party won in this constituency in 2019 Maharashtra Assembly Election with many votes than sitting MLA of Indian National Congress and destroyed 15 Years Bastion.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1962	Santoshrao Patil		Indian National Congress
1967	T. B. Khedekar
1972	Bharat Bondre
1978	Janardan Bondre		Indian National Congress (I)
1980	Bharat Bondre		Indian National Congress (U)
1985			Indian Congress (Socialist)
1990			Indian National Congress
1995	Rekha Khedekar		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004
2009	Rahul Bondre		Indian National Congress
2014
2019	Shweta Mahale		Bharatiya Janata Party
2024

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chikhali^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shweta Mahale	109,212	48.95%	0.53
	INC	Rahul Siddhvinayak Bondre	106,011	47.52%	2.63
	NOTA	None of the Above	331	0.15%	0.39
Margin of victory			3,201	1.43%	2.09
Turnout			223,434	72.90%	7.32
Total valid votes			223,103
Registered electors			306,506		3.89
	BJP hold		Swing	0.53

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chikhali^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shweta Mahale	93,515	48.42%	22.10
	INC	Rahul Siddhavinayak Bondre	86,705	44.89%	10.79
	VBA	Ashok Shivsingh Suradkar	9,661	5.00%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,035	0.54%	0.20
Margin of victory			6,810	3.53%	4.26
Turnout			194,665	65.98%	2.54
Total valid votes			193,147
Registered electors			295,018		11.11
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	14.32

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chikhali^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rahul Siddhvinayak Bondre	61,581	34.10%	14.78
	BJP	Khabutare Sureshaappa Wamanaappa	47,520	26.31%	4.72
	NCP	Dhrupadrao Bhagwan Savle	33,699	18.66%	New
	SS	Dr. Pratapsing Dalsing Rajput	26,929	14.91%	New
	MNS	Kharapas Vinod Bhaskarrao	3,103	1.72%	New
	BBM	Kharat Vijay Gopala	2,253	1.25%	New
	Independent	Ganesh Digambar Bahekar	2,001	1.11%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,321	0.73%	New
Margin of victory			14,061	7.79%	10.06
Turnout			181,970	68.53%	1.30
Total valid votes			180,582
Registered electors			265,527		13.22
	INC hold		Swing	14.78

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chikhali^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rahul Siddhavinayak Bondre	76,465	48.88%	5.66
	BJP	Prakash Rustumrao Javanjal	48,549	31.03%	12.88
	JSS	Bharat Rajabhau Bondre	21,852	13.97%	New
	Independent	Sanjay Sheshrao Ingle	2,523	1.61%	New
	SBP	Kankhar Samadhan Sahebrao	2,061	1.32%	New
	Shivrajya Party	Shelke Jayshree Sunil	2,029	1.30%	New
	Independent	Shailandra Sheshrao Chavan	1,028	0.66%	New
Margin of victory			27,916	17.84%	16.22
Turnout			156,507	66.74%	6.09
Total valid votes			156,444
Registered electors			234,514		8.69
	INC gain from NCP		Swing	3.34

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chikhali

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Dr. Rajendra Bhaskarrao Shingane	71,527	45.54%	32.30
	BJP	Rekha Purushottam Khedekar	68,969	43.91%	2.27
	INC	Rahul Siddhavinayak Bondre	67,885	43.22%	New
	SS	Dr. Khedekar Shashikant Narsingrao	57,918	36.87%	New
	BBM	Abhay Jagarao Chavan	16,734	10.65%	28.45
	BSP	Siraj M. Siraj A. Samad	11,231	7.15%	New
	Independent	Sekh.Siddik Shaikha Kureshi	7,266	4.63%	New
Margin of victory			2,558	1.63%	5.45
Turnout			157,101	72.81%	7.65
Total valid votes			157,071
Registered electors			215,767		20.37
	NCP gain from BJP		Swing	0.64

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chikhali^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rekha Purushottam Khedekar	53,923	46.17%	19.78
	BBM	Rajput Pratap Dalsing	45,662	39.10%	19.68
	NCP	Baban Chaudhari	15,463	13.24%	New
	RJD	Palkar Vaibhao Uttam	1,064	0.91%	New
Margin of victory			8,261	7.07%	0.10
Turnout			125,850	70.21%	14.40
Total valid votes			116,781
Registered electors			179,256		1.12
	BJP hold		Swing	19.78

Assembly Election 1995

1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chikhali^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rekha Purushottam Khedekar	37,216	26.39%	12.45
	BBM	Rajput Pratap Dalsing	27,385	19.42%	New
	Independent	Bharat Rajabhau Bondre	25,042	17.76%	New
	Independent	Sawale Dhrupatrao Bhagawanrao	24,051	17.06%	New
	INC	Patil Vitthalrao Sonaji	13,123	9.31%	43.41
	Independent	Thutte Eknath Punjaji	5,801	4.11%	New
	JD	Bahekar Laxman Sitaram	4,473	3.17%	3.62
Margin of victory			9,831	6.97%	6.90
Turnout			144,449	81.48%	7.80
Total valid votes			141,011
Registered electors			177,275		10.29
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	26.33

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chikhali^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bharat Rajabhau Bondre	60,796	52.72%	16.37
	BJP	Jawanjal Prakash Rustumarao	44,797	38.85%	New
	JD	Shewale Kisan Rangnath	7,832	6.79%	New
Margin of victory			15,999	13.87%	5.84
Turnout			117,318	72.99%	0.56
Total valid votes			115,318
Registered electors			160,734		20.48
	INC gain from IC(S)		Swing	3.34

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chikhali^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IC(S)	Bharat Rajabhau Bondre	53,243	56.06%	New
	INC	Janardan Dattuappa Bondre	34,523	36.35%	New
	Independent	Suresh Eknath Ghorpade	5,600	5.90%	New
	Independent	Keshaorao Jaiwantrao Bahekar	869	0.91%	New
	Independent	Kasture Vijaykumar Sampatrao	738	0.78%	New
Margin of victory			18,720	19.71%	5.98
Turnout			96,591	72.40%	1.16
Total valid votes			94,973
Registered electors			133,414		11.80
	IC(S) gain from INC(U)		Swing	10.87

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chikhali^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(U)	Bharat Rajabhau Bondre	39,012	45.19%	New
	INC(I)	Janardan Dattuappa Bondre	27,162	31.46%	0.99
	BJP	Daga Chittaranjan Ramvilas	17,600	20.39%	New
	Independent	Borde Bhaurao Onkar	1,329	1.54%	New
	Independent	Bharatsing Jaising More	1,225	1.42%	New
Margin of victory			11,850	13.73%	13.52
Turnout			88,258	73.96%	6.08
Total valid votes			86,328
Registered electors			119,328		9.31
	INC(U) gain from INC(I)		Swing	12.74

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chikhali^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Janardan Dattuappa Bondre	27,785	32.45%	New
	INC	Bharat Rajabhau Bondre	27,607	32.24%	18.19
	JP	Keshaorao Jaiwantrao Bahekar	27,447	32.06%	New
	Independent	Chintaman Mahadeo Kharat	1,557	1.82%	New
	Independent	Vidwans Balwant Narayan	638	0.75%	New
	Independent	Hiwale Datta Gangaram	583	0.68%	New
Margin of victory			178	0.21%	22.75
Turnout			87,867	80.49%	13.47
Total valid votes			85,617
Registered electors			109,168		11.37
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing	17.98

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chikhali^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bharat Rajabhau Bondre	32,110	50.44%	10.82
	ABJS	Keshaorao Jaiwantrao Bahekar	17,492	27.47%	6.75
	INC(O)	Shankarrao Sakharam Patil	9,361	14.70%	New
	RPI	Sugdeorao Banduji Jadhao	4,480	7.04%	4.59
Margin of victory			14,618	22.96%	17.57
Turnout			65,835	67.16%	5.20
Total valid votes			63,666
Registered electors			98,020		14.54
	INC hold		Swing	10.82

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chikhali^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. B. Khedekar	23,783	39.62%	16.13
	ABJS	Keshaorao Jaiwantrao Bahekar	20,545	34.22%	4.68
	Independent	D. T. Mahasaki	7,847	13.07%	New
	RPI	G. S. Jadhao	6,982	11.63%	1.38
	Independent	K. T. Sarakate	876	1.46%	New
Margin of victory			3,238	5.39%	20.81
Turnout			64,956	75.90%	5.78
Total valid votes			60,033
Registered electors			85,576		5.76
	INC hold		Swing	16.13

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chikhali^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Santoshrao Narayan Patil	34,254	55.75%	New
	ABJS	Keshaorao Jaiwantrao Bahekar	18,154	29.55%	New
	RPI	Syed Habib Rabi Syed Farid	6,300	10.25%	New
	Independent	Kalu Tukaram Sarkate	2,734	4.45%	New
Margin of victory			16,100	26.20%
Turnout			65,016	80.35%
Total valid votes			61,442
Registered electors			80,917
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Chikhli, Maharashtra

Notes

1. "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
2. "Schedule – XVII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule XVII Maharashtra, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
3. "Results of Maharashtra Assembly polls 2014". India Today. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
4. "Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Chikhli". Election Commission of India. 23 November 2024. Archived from the original on 29 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
5. "General Election to Vidhan Sabha Trends & Results Oct-2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 21 November 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
6. "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
7. "General Elections to State Legislative Assembly 2009" (PDF). Chief Eletoral Officer, Maharashtra. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 July 2024.
8. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1999 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
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12. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
13. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 29 June 2017.
14. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 19 May 2017.
15. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 26 September 2018.
16. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.

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