Dindori Lok Sabha constituency

Dindori Lok Sabha
Dindori Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha constituency
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Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Assembly constituencies	Nandgaon; Kalwan; Chandwad; Yevla; Niphad; Dindori
Established	2008
Total electors	18,53,387
Reservation	ST
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Bhaskar Bhagare
Party	NCP(SP)
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Bharati Pawar

Dindori Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian parliament) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. It is in Nashik district. This constituency was created on 19 February 2008 as a part of the implementation of the Presidential notification based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted 12 July 2002.^[1] The first held elections were in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Harischandra Devram Chavan of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Bhaskar Bhagare of the NCP(SP) is elected as Member of Parliament in 2024. Now he represents Dindori Loksabha Constituency by defeating BJP Candidate Bharati Pawar.

Assembly segments

Presently, Dindori Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These segments are:^[2]

#	Name	District	Member
113	Nandgaon	Nashik	Suhas Kande	SHS	BJP
117	Kalwan (ST)		Nitin Pawar	NCP	NCP-SP
118	Chandwad		Rahul Aher	BJP	BJP
119	Yevla		Chhagan Bhujbal	NCP	NCP-SP
121	Niphad		Diliprao Bankar	NCP	NCP-SP
122	Dindori (ST)		Narhari Zirwal	NCP	NCP-SP

Year	Name
2009	Harishchandra Chavan	Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	Harishchandra Chavan
2019	Bharati Pawar
2024	Bhaskar Bhagare	Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)

2024 Indian general elections: Dindori
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP-SP	Bhaskar Murlidhar Bhagare	577,339	46.53	New
	BJP	Bharati Pawar	4,64,140	37.40	12.48
	Independent	Babu Sadu Bhagare	1,03,632	8.35	N/A
	VBA	Dhomse Malati Rahul	37,103	2.99	2.18
	Independent	Jagtap Dipak Ganpat	15,681	1.26	N/A
	BSP	Tulshiram Chiman Khotare	9,654	0.78	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	8,246	0.66	0.17
Majority			1,13,199	9.12	8.35
Turnout			12,40,910	66.95	1.24
	NCP-SP gain from BJP		Swing

2019 Indian general elections: Dindori
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Bharati Pawar	567,470	49.88
	NCP	Dhanraj Mahale	3,68,691	32.41
	CPI(M)	Jiva Pandu Gavit	1,09,570	9.63
	VBA	Bapu Barde	58,847	5.17
	NOTA	None of the Above	9,446	0.83
Majority			1,98,779	17.47
Turnout			11,38,702	65.71
	BJP hold		Swing

2014 Indian general elections: Dindori^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Harischandra Devram Chavan	542,784	55.95	+14.69
	NCP	Bharati Pawar	2,95,165	30.42	−5.36
	CPI(M)	Hemant Motiram Waghere	72,599	7.48	−7.98
	BSP	Mali Sharad Sahebrao	17,724	1.83	−0.80
	Independent	Gaikwad Abhijeet Kalyanrao	10,267	1.06	N/A
	BBM	Prabhat Chindhu Sonawane	10,578	0.57	−0.42
	Independent	Ajitdada Bhika Pawar	5,177	0.53	N/A
	AAP	Dnyaneshwar Damu Mali	4,067	0.42	N/A
	Independent	Kailas Sakharam More	3,900	0.40	N/A
	BMP	Bharat Kisan Mate	2,024	0.21	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	10,897	1.12	N/A
Margin of victory			2,47,619	25.53	+20.05
Turnout			9,70,182	63.40	+15.83
	BJP hold		Swing	+10.03

2009 Indian general elections: Dindori^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Harischandra Devram Chavan	281,254	41.26	N/A
	NCP	Narhari Sitaram Zirwal	2,43,907	35.78	N/A
	CPI(M)	Jeeva Pandu Gavit	1,05,352	15.46	N/A
	BSP	Gangurde Dipak Shankar	17,902	2.63	N/A
	Independent	Shankar Deoram Gangurde	11,372	1.67	N/A
	Independent	Gangurde Balu Kisan	6,957	1.02	N/A
	BBM	Pawar Sampat Waman	6,717	0.99	N/A
	Independent	Bhika Harsing Barde	4,649	0.68	N/A
	Independent	Vijay Namdeo Pawar	3,513	0.52	N/A
Margin of victory			37,347	5.48	N/A
Turnout			6,81,623	47.57	N/A
	BJP win (new seat)

^ "Delimitation notification comes into effect". The Hindu. 20 February 2008. Archived from the original on 28 February 2008.
^ "Delimitation Commission of India Notification" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra. p. 24. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
^ "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
^ "Maharashtra - Dindori". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
^ "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 90. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

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Villages	Abhona Adgaon-chothava-Yeola Belatgavhan Bhendali Chandgiri Datyane Jaikheda Karanjgaon Kashti Malegaon Kashti Khadak Malegaon Khopadi Mahiravani Malegaon (village) Materewadi Mukane Mulher Nagarsol Nampur Nanegaon Paangari Pandhurli Panewadi Patole Saykheda Shivadi Varkheda Velunje
Rivers and lakes	Daman Ganga River Girna River Godavari River
Education	K.K Wagh Education Society
Lok Sabha constituencies	Dhule Dindori Nashik
Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Baglan Chandwad Deolali Devlali Dindori Igatpuri Kalwan Malegaon Central Nandgaon Nashik Central Nashik East Nashik West Niphad Sinnar Yevla
Major Highways	NH-3 NH-50