| Malkapur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 21 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Western India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Buldhana |
| LS constituency | Raver |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
Malkapur Assembly constituency is one of the seven constituencies of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly located in the Buldhana district.
It is a part of the Raver Lok Sabha constituency in the adjoining Jalgaon district along with five other assembly constituencies, viz Chopda, Raver, Bhusawal, Jamner and Muktainagar. Hence it is not a part of Buldhana (Lok Sabha constituency) consisting of the remaining six constituencies of the Buldhana district, viz Buldhana, Chikhli, Sindkhed Raja, Mehkar, Khamgaon and Jalgaon(Jamod).[1]
As of 2008, the extent of the constituency is the entire Nandura taluka and Malkapur taluka.[2]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Bhiku Fakira Shelke | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | A. S. Deshmukh | ||
| 1972 | Arjun Wankhede | Bharatiya Jan Sangh | |
| 1978 | Janata Party | ||
| 1980 | Kisanlal Sancheti | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1985 | Vasantrao Shinde | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | Dayaram Tangade | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1995 | Chainsukh Sancheti | Independent | |
| 1999 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2004 | |||
| 2009 | |||
| 2014 | |||
| 2019 | Rajesh Ekade | Indian National Congress | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Rajesh Ekade | 86,279 | 46.80 |  17.70
| |
| BJP | Chainsukh Madanlal Sancheti | 71,892 | 39.00 |  6.10
| |
| VBA | Dr. Nandurbar Nitin Vasantrao | 12,549 | 6.80 | ||
| Independent | Gawhad Vijay Pralhad | 9,876 | 5.40 | ||
| Majority | 14,384 | 7.80 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
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