Nagpur West Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Maharashtra legislative assembly in India

Nagpur West
Constituency No. 56 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Nagpur
LS constituency	Nagpur
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vikas Pandurang Thakre
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2019

Nagpur West Assembly constituency is one of the seats in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in India.. It is one of the six vidhan sabha segments of Nagpur Lok Sabha seat.

Overview

Nagpur West (constituency number 56) is one of the 12 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Nagpur district.^[1] It is one of the wealthiest constituencies in Nagpur. Areas where the rich and famous of Nagpur live, like Civil Lines, Byramji Town and Ramdaspeth fall in this constituency.

It is a part of the Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments in this district, namely, Nagpur South West, Nagpur South, Nagpur East, Nagpur Central and Nagpur North(SC).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name
Until 1957 : Constituency did not exist
1957	A.B. Bardhan	Communist Party of India
1962	Sushila Balraj	Indian National Congress
1967
1972
1978	Bhaurao Govindrao Mulak Alias Bhausaheb Mulak
1980	Gev. Mancharsha Avari
1985	Gev. Mancharsha Avari
1990	Vinod Gudadhe Patil	Bharatiya Janata Party
1995	Vinod Gudadhe Patil
1999	Devendra Fadnavis
2004	Devendra Fadnavis
2009^[2]	Sudhakar Deshmukh
2014^[3]	Sudhakar Deshmukh
2019	Vikas Thakre^[4]	Indian National Congress

Election Results

1957 Vidhan Sabha

A.B. Bardhan (Independent) : 26616
Shambharkar Punjabrao Hukam (SC) SCF : 25878
Borkar Anusayabai (SC) INC : 24073
Gawande Wamanrao Govindrao (INC) : 24012
Awari Manchearsha Rusramji (PSP) : 11822

1962 Vidhan Sabha

Sushilatai Balraj (INC) : 12,859 votes^[5]
A B Bardhan ( CPI) : 12,701
Govind Gopal Bambulkar (Independent) : 11,059
Sumatitai Suklikar (Jana Sangh) : 6,385

1967 Vidhan Sabha

Sushilabai Balraj (INC) : 25,694 votes^[6]
Sumati B. Suklikar (BJS) : 16,793

1972 Vidhan Sabha

Sushilabai Balraj (INC) : 25,410 votes^[7]
Sumati Balkrishna Suklikar (BJS) : 20,896

1978 Vidhan Sabha

Mulak Bhaurao Govindrao (INC-I) : 45,625 votes^[8]
Sumatibai Suklikar (Janata Party) : 33,531 votes
Sushila Balraj (Congress-Socialist) : 5,072 votes. Third place.

2004 Vidhan Sabha

Devendra Gangadhar Fadnvis (BJP) : 113,143 votes^[9]
Deshmukh Ranjeetbabu (INC) : 95,533

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Nagpur West^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	INC	Vikas Thakre
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
	INC gain from		Swing

References

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^ "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2009". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
^ "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
^ "Separate Vidarbha Issue a game changer in 1962 polls". thelivenagpur.com. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
^ "Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 1967". elections.in. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
^ "Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 1972". elections.in. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
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