Bhokar Assembly constituency

Bhokar
Bhokar
Constituency No. 85 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Nanded
LS constituency	Nanded
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Sreejaya Chavan
Party	Bhartiya Janta Party
Elected year	2024

Bhokar Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in Western India. This constituency is located in Nanded district.^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Name
1952	Digamber Rao Bindu	Indian National Congress
1967	Shankarrao Chavan
1972
1978		Independent
1980	Balajirao Gopalrao Gorthekar Deshmukh	Indian National Congress
1985	Balajirao Gopalrao Gorthekar Deshmukh	Indian National Congress
1990	Madhavrao Bhujangrao Kinhalkar
1995	Madhavrao Bhujangrao Kinhalkar
1999	Balajirao Gopalrao Gorthekar Deshmukh	Independent
2004	Bapusaheb Gorthekar	Nationalist Congress Party
2009	Ashok Chavan	Indian National Congress
2014	Ameeta Ashokrao Chavan
2019	Ashok Chavan
2024	Sreejaya Chavan	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Bhokar^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Sreejaya Chavan	133,187	57.08
	INC	Kadam Kondhekar Tirupati	82,636	35.41
	NOTA	None of the Above	284	0.12
Majority			50,551	11.67
Turnout			2,33,349
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2019

General Election 2019: Bhokar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ashok Chavan	140,559	67.78	13.35
	BJP	Shrinivas Gorathekar	43,114	20.79	7.95
	VBA	Namdev Nagorao Ayalwad	17,813	8.59	8.59
	NOTA	None of the above	1,297	0.70	0.04
	BSP	Ratnakar Taru	1,240	0.6
Majority			97,445	46.99	21.3
Turnout			2,07,382	74.83	4.57
	INC hold		Swing

2014

General Election, 2014: Bhokar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ameeta Ashokrao Chavan	100,781	54.43	25.22
	BJP	Dr. Madhavrao Kinhalkar	53,224	28.74	19.94
	SS	Baban Barse	12,760	6.89	2.67
	NCP	Dharmraj Deshmukh	7,809	4.22
	NOTA	None of the above	1,368	0.74	0.74
Majority			47,557	25.69
Turnout			1,85,150	70.26
	INC hold		Swing

2009

Before 2009 Assembly election Ashok Chavan takes charge as Chief Minister of Maharashtra in November 2008.

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Bhokar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ashok Shankarrao Chavan	120,849	79.65
	Independent	Dr. Madhavrao Kinhalkar	13,346	8.80
	SS	Bhimrao Kshirsagar	6,405	4.22
	BSP	Bapurao Gajbhare	6,279	4.14
	NOTA	None of the above	13		NA
Majority			1,07,503	70.85
Turnout			1,51,724
	INC hold		Swing

After Assembly election-2009, MLA of Bhokar Mr.Ashok Chavan becomes Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan won this seat with a record margin.

Notes

^ "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
^ "Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Bhokar". Election Commission of India. 23 November 2024. Archived from the original on 16 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.

19°13′15″N 77°40′06″E / 19.2208604°N 77.6683612°E / 19.2208604; 77.6683612

[1] "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2010.

[Maharastra_Assembly_Election_Results_2024_-_Bhokar-2] "Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Bhokar". Election Commission of India. 23 November 2024. Archived from the original on 16 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.

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v t e Nanded district topics
Cities and towns	Bhokar Deglur Hadgaon Kinwat Mukhed Loha Nanded Ardhapur Biloli Mahur Mudkhed Dharmabad Himayatnagar Naigaon Kandhar Umri
Monuments	Hazur Sahib
Transport	Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Airport
Lok Sabha constituencies	Hingoli Latur Nanded
Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Kinwat Hadgaon Bhokar Nanded North Nanded South Loha Naigaon Deglur Mukhed