Yavatmal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Yavatmal (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of the 288 constituencies of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and one of the seven which are located in the Yavatmal district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

It is a part of the Yavatmal-Washim (Lok Sabha constituency) with adjoining Washim district along with five other Vidhan Sabha assembly constituencies, viz. Washim(SC) and Karanja from Washim district and Ralegaon(ST), Digras and Pusad from the Yavatmal district.

The remaining constituencies from Yavatmal district, Wani and Arni are part of Chandrapur (Lok Sabha constituency) while Umarkhed is part of the Nanded (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative ssembly

1962: Jambuwantrao Dhote (Independent / Forward Block)
1972: Shri Gharfalkar (Forward Block)
2009: Nilesh Shivram Deshmukh Parvekar, Indian National Congress (died in 2013) [2]
2013 (By-Poll): Deshmukh Parvekar Nandini Nilesh, Indian National Congress[3]
2014: Madan Madhukar Yerawar, Bharatiya Janata Party
2019: Madan Madhukar Yerawar, Bharatiya Janata Party

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Yavatmal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Madan Madhukar Yerawar	80,425	37.28
	INC	Anil Alias Balasaheb Shankarrao Mangulka	78,172	36.24
	IND	Santosh Marotrao Dhawale	38,345	17.78
Majority			2,253	1.05
Turnout			2,15,723	56.04
	BJP hold		Swing

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Yavatmal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Madan Madhukar Yerawar	53,671	26.41
	SHS	Santosh Marotrao Dhavale	52,444	25.89
	BSP	Mo Tarique Mo Sami	34,498	16.98
Majority			1,227	0.60
Turnout			2,03,202	58.47
	BJP hold		Swing

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