Akola Lok Sabha constituency

Akola
Akola
Lok Sabha constituency
	Map Showing Akola LS in Dark Green
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Assembly constituencies	Akot; Balapur; Akola West; Akola East; Murtizapur; Risod
Established	1952
Total electors	18,90,814
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Anup Dhotre
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Sanjay Dhotre (2019) BJP

Akola Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Maharashtra, currently represented by Anup Dhotre.

Assembly segments

Presently, after the implementation of the Presidential notification on delimitation in 2008, Akola Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These segments (with their constituency numbers and reservation status) are:^[1]

No	Name	District	Member
28	Akot	Akola	Prakash Bharasakle	BJP
29	Balapur		Nitin Tale	SS(UBT)
30	Akola West		Vacant*	None*
31	Akola East		Randhir Savarkar	BJP
32	Murtizapur (SC)		Harish Pimple	BJP
33	Risod	Washim	Amit Zanak	INC

NOTE*:- On 3 November 2023, Akola West Assembly Seat got Vacant after death of Incumbent MLA Govardhan Sharma.^[2]

Members of Parliament

Year	Name
1952	Gopalrao Khedkar	Indian National Congress
1952	Laxman Bhatkar
1957	Gopalrao Khedkar
1957	Laxman Bhatkar
1960^	T S Patil
1962	Mohammad Mohibbul Haq
1967	K.M. Asghar Husain
1971	K.M. Asghar Husain
1972^	Vasant Sathe
1977	Vasant Sathe
1980	Vairale Madhusudan
1984	Vairale Madhusudan
1989	Pandurang Fundkar	Bhartiya Janata Party
1991
1996
1998	Prakash Ambedkar	Republican Party of India
1999	Prakash Ambedkar	Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh
2004	Sanjay Dhotre	Bhartiya Janata Party
2009
2014
2019
2024	Anup Dhotre

^ by-poll

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Akola
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anup Sanjay Dhotre	457,030	38.96	10.57
	INC	Abhay Kashinath Patil	416,404	35.50	10.59
	VBA	Prakash Ambedkar	276,747	23.59	1.32
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,783	0.49	0.30
	INL	Adv Najib Shaikh	3,300	0.28	N/A
	BSP	Kashinath Vishwanath Dhamode	2,760	0.24	N/A
Majority			40,626	3.46	21.16
Turnout			11,73,072	62.04	1.98
	BJP hold		Swing

General elections 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Akola
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sanjay Dhotre	554,444	49.53	+2.89
	VBA	Prakash Ambedkar	2,75,596	24.91	New
	INC	Hidayatullah Barakatullah Patel	2,54,370	22.72	−3.17
	NOTA	None of the Above	8,866	0.79	+0.16
Majority			2,75,596	24.62
Turnout			11,20,185	60.06
	BJP hold		Swing

General elections 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Akola
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre	456,472	46.64
	INC	Hidayatulla Barkatulla Patel	2,53,356	25.89
	BBM	Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar	2,38,776	24.40
	AAP	Ajay Panjabrao Hingankar	8,076	0.83
	BSP	Bhai B. C. Kamble	7,858	0.80
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,206	0.63
Majority			2,03,116	20.75
Turnout			9,78,630	58.51
	BJP hold		Swing

General elections 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Akola
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Sanjay Dhotre	287,526	38.91
	BBM	Prakash Ambedkar	2,22,678	30.13
	INC	Babasaheb Dhabekar	1,82,776	24.73
Majority			64,848	8.78
Turnout			7,38,955	49.91
	BJP hold		Swing

References

^ "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010.
^ "BJP MLA Govardhan Sharma passes away at 74 in Akola". The Week. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

External links

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[1] "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010.

[2] "BJP MLA Govardhan Sharma passes away at 74 in Akola". The Week. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

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