Akole (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Akole Vidhan Sabha seat is one of the seats in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in India. It is a segment of Shirdi lok Sabha seat. Both Akole assembly and Shirdi parliamentary seats came into existence after constituency map of India was redrawn in 2008.[1]

Overview

Akole (constituency number 216) is one of the twelve Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Ahmednagar district. It comprises part of Sangamner tehsil and the entire Akole tehsil of the district.[2]

Akole is part of the Shirdi Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments in this district, namely Sangamner, Shirdi, Kopargaon, Shrirampur and Nevasa. It is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled tribes.[3]

Members of Vidhan Sabha

Election Results

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election
  • Pichad Madhukar Kashinath (NCP) : 60,043 votes [5]
  • Talpade Madhukar Shankar (SHS) : 50,964

Assembly elections 2019
2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Akole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NCP DR KIran Lahamate 113414 65.08
BJP Vaibhav Pichad 55725 31.98
Majority
Turnout
NCP win (new seat)



See also
  • Akole
  • List of constituencies of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

References
  1. "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 275.
  3. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 278.
  4. "Maharashtra Assembly Election 2009 -Results" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
  5. "Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 2009". elections.in. Retrieved 18 June 2020.

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