Melghat Assembly constituency explained

Melghat
Constituency No:41
Type:SLA
State:Maharashtra
Latest Election Year:2019
Loksabha Cons:Amravati
District:Amravati
Established:1962
Reservation:ST
Party:Prahar Janshakti Party

Melghat Assembly constituency is one of the 288 constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and one of the eight which are located in the Amravati district. It is reserved for Scheduled Tribe candidate.

It is a part of the Amravati (Lok Sabha constituency) along with five other Vidhan Sabha assembly constituencies, viz. Badnera Amravati, Teosa, Daryapur (SC), and Achalpur.

The remaining two Dhamangaon Railway and Morshi constituencies are part of Wardha (Lok Sabha constituency) in adjoining Wardha district.[1]

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 41 Melghat Assembly constituency is composed of the following: 1. Dharni Tehsil, 2. Chikhaldara Tehsil. 3.Achalpur Tehsil (Part), Revenue Circle –Paratwada and Pathrot of the district.[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearMemberParty
1962Mamraj Khandelwal
1967D. N. Patel
1968^Ramu Patel
1972
1978
1980Narayan Nanu
1985Ramu Patel
1990Tulshiram Kale
1995Patlya Langda Mavaskar
1999Rajkumar Patel
2004
2009Kewalram Kale
2014Prabhudas Bhilawekar
2019Rajkumar Patel
^by-election

Election results

2019

See also

Notes

  1. Web site: District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies . Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website . 19 January 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100318055304/http://ceo.maharashtra.gov.in/acs.php . 18 March 2010 .
  2. Web site: Schedule – XVII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India. Schedule XVII Maharashtra, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies . 2015-05-11 .

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