Loha Assembly constituency

Loha
Loha
Constituency No. 88 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Nanded
LS constituency	Latur
Established	2008
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Prataprao Govindrao Chikhalikar
Party	NCP

Loha is one of the 288 constituencies of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, in Maharashtra, India. The constituency is a part of Latur Lok Sabha constituency and comprises parts of Loha tehsil in Nanded district.^[1] It was established in 2008. As of 2019 it is represented by Shyamsundar Dagdoji Shinde of the Peasants and Workers Party of India.

Geographical scope

The constituency comprises parts of Loha taluka, Revenue Circles of Malakoli Kalambar, Kapsi Budruk, Loha and Loha Municipal Council, parts of Kandhar taluka, Revenue Circles of Usman Nagar, Barul, Kandhar and Kandhar Municipal Council.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Name
2004	Prataprao Govindrao Chikhalikar	Independent politician
2009	Shankarrao (Shankar Anna) Ganeshrao Dhondge^[3]	Nationalist Congress Party
2014	Prataprao Govindrao Chikhalikar^[4]^[5]	Shiv Sena
2019	Shyamsundar Dagdoji Shinde	Peasants and Workers Party of India
2024	Prataprao Govindrao Chikhalikar	Nationalist Congress Party

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Loha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NCP	Prataprao Govindrao Chikhalikar	72750	31.65
	SS(UBT)	Eknathdada Pawar	61777	26.87
	JLP	Chandrasen Ishwarrao Patil (Surnar)	29194	12.70
	Independent	Prof. Manohar Babarao Dhonde	20643	8.98
	VBA	Shivkumar Narayanrao Narangale	20302	8.83
	PWPI	Ashabai Shyamsunder Shinde	19786	8.61
	NOTA	None of the above	1082	0.47
Majority			10973	4.77
Turnout			229891	75.20
	NCP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Loha^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PWPI	Shyamsundar Dagdoji Shinde	101,668	52.76
	VBA	Shivkumar Narayanrao Narangale	37,306	19.36
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,249	0.65
Majority			64362	33.40
Turnout			192695	70.24
	PWPI gain from SS		Swing

References

^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. p. 259. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
^ "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.
^ "Results of Maharashtra Assembly polls 2014". India Today. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
^ "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

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[delimitation2008-1] "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2021.

[ECI-20081126-2] "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. p. 259. Retrieved 13 June 2015.

[election2009-3] "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2009". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 April 2023.

[election2014-4] "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 May 2023.

[IT-20141103-5] "Results of Maharashtra Assembly polls 2014". India Today. Retrieved 10 July 2015.

[election2019-6] "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

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