Chikhali Assembly constituency

Vidhan Sabha constituency

Chikhali
Constituency No. 23 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Buldhana
LS constituency	Buldhana
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Shweta Mahale
Party	BJP

Chikhali is one of the 288 constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and one of the seven which are located in Buldhana district.

It is a part of the Buldhana Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha (assembly) constituencies, viz. Buldhana, Sindkhed Raja, Mehkar, Khamgaon and Jalgaon (Jamod),

The seventh Malkapur from the Buldhana district is a part of the Raver Lok Sabha constituency from neighbouring Jalgaon district.^[1]

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 23 Chikhli Assembly constituency is composed of the following: 1. Chikhli Tehsil (Part), Revenue Circle - Undri, Amdapur, Eklara, Hatni, Kolara, Chikhli and Chikhli (MC), 2. Buldhana Tehsil (Part), Revenue Circle - Raipur, Dhad and Mhasla Bk of the Buldhana district.^[2]

Rahul Siddhvinayak Bondre of the Indian National Congress represents the constituency in the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, Chikhli constituency is considered as bastion of Congress Party as Rahul Bondre won it in tough "Modi wave".

Shweta Vidyadhar Mahale of Bharatiya Janata Party won in this constituency in 2019 Maharashtra Assembly Election with many votes than sitting MLA of Indian National Congress and destroyed 15 Years Bastion.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
1962	Santoshrao Patil	Indian National Congress
1967	T. B. Khedekar
1972	Bharat Bondre
1978	Janardan Bondre	Indian National Congress
1980	Bharat Bondre	Indian National Congress
1985		Indian Congress
1990		Indian National Congress
1995	Rekha Khedekar	Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004
2009	Rahul Bondre	Indian National Congress
2014	Rahul Bondre	Indian National Congress
2019	Shweta Mahale	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election:Chikhali
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Shweta Mahale	93,515	48.16%
	INC	Rahul Siddhvinayak Bondre	86705	44.65%
	VBA	Ashok Shivsingh Suradkar	9661	4.98%
	BSP	Parveen Bi Sayyed Harun	1109	0.57%
	Independent	Devanand Pandurang Gawai	551	0.28%
	Independent	Rajendra Vishvanath Jawanjal	507	0.26%
	NOTA	None of the above	1035	0.53%
Majority			6810
Turnout			194182
	BJP hold		Swing

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election:Chikhali
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Rahul Siddhvinayak Bondre	61,581	33.85%
	BJP	Khabutare Sureshaappa Wamanaappa	47,520	26.12%
	NCP	Dhrupadrao Bhagwan Savle	33,699	18.53%
	SHS	Dr Pratapsing Dalsing Rajput	26,929	14.8%
	MNS	Kharapas Vinod Bhaskarrao	3,103	1.71%
	BBM	Kharat Vijay Gopala	2,253	1.24%
	BSP	Jadhav Nivrutti Vitthal	1,973	1.08%
	Independent	Ganesh Digambar Bahekar	2001	1.1%
	NOTA	None of the above	1,321	0.73%
Majority			14061
Turnout			181903
	INC hold		Swing

2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election:Chikhali
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Rahul Siddhvinayak Bondre	76,456	48.88%
	BJP	Prakash Rustumrao Javanjal	48,549	31.03%
	JSS	Bondre Bharat Rajabhau	21852	13.97%
	Swatantra Bharat Paksh	Kankhar Samadhan Sahebrao	2,061	1.32%
	SP	Sawale Samadhan Manikrao	293	0.19%
	Independent	Shailandra Sheshrao Chavan	1,028	0.66%
	Independent	Gawai Rajesh Ashokrao	519	0.33%
Majority			27916
Turnout			156444
	INC hold		Swing

2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election:Chikhali
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Khedekar Rekha Purushottam	68,969	43.90%
	INC	Rahul Siddhvinayak Bondre	67,885	43.21%
	BSP	Siraj	11,231	7.15%
	BBM	Morey Shankar Rustum	1,010	0.64%
	Independent	Shailendra Sheshrao Chavan	3650	2.32%
	Independent	Shete Mohan Uttamrao	1,560	0.99
Majority			1084
Turnout			157071
	BJP hold		Swing

1999

1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election:Chikhali
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Khedekar Rekha Purushottam	53,923	46.17%
	BBM	Rajput Pratap Dalsing	45,662	39.1%
	NCP	Baban Chaudhari	15,463	13.24%
	RJD	Palkar Vaibhao Uttam	1,064	0.91%
	Independent	Dr Dilip Atmaram Kharat	669	0.57%
Majority			8261
Turnout			116781
	BJP hold		Swing

1995

1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election:Chikhali
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Khedekar Rekha Purushottam	37,216	26.39%
	BBM	Rajput Pratap Dalsing	27,385	19.42%
	INC	Patil Vitthalrao Sonaji	13,123	9.31%
	JD	Bahekar Laxman Sitaram	4,473	3.17%
	BSP	Deshmukh Madhukar Mahadeo	760	0.54%
	Independent	Bondre Bharat Rajabhau	25,042	17.76%
	Independent	Sawale Dhrupatrao Bhagawanrao	24,051	17.06%
Majority			9831
Turnout			141011
	BJP hold		Swing

1990

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election:Chikhali
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Bondre Bharat Rajabhau	60,796	52.72%
	BJP	Jawanjal Prakash Rustumarao	44,797	38.85%
	JD	Shewale Kisan Rangnath	7,832	6.79%
	Independent	Dalimkar Umakant Bajirao	683	0.59%
	Independent	Jadhao Waman Damodhar	355	0.31%
	Independent	Deshmukh Madhukar Mahadeo	290	0.25%
	Independent	Gawai Vitthal Govinda	281	0.24%
Majority			15999
Turnout			115318
	INC hold		Swing

1985

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election:Chikhali
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	IC(S)	Bondre Bharat Rajabhau	53,243	56.06%
	INC	Bondre Janardan Dattuappa	34523	36.35%
	Independent	Suresh Eknath Ghorpade	5,600	5.9%
	Independent	Keshaorao Jaiwantrao Bahekar	869	0.91%
	Independent	Kasture Vijaykumar Sampatrao	738	0.78%
Majority			18720
Turnout			94973
	IC(S) hold		Swing

1980

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election:Chikhali
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC(U)	Bondre Bharat Rajabhau	39,012	45.19%
	INC(I)	Bondre Janardan Dattuappa	27,162	31.46%
	BJP	Daga Chittaranjan Ramvilas	17,600	20.39%
	Independent	Borde Bhaurao Onkar	1329	1.54%
	Independent	Bharatsing Jaising More	1225	1.42%
Majority			11850
Turnout			86328
	INC(U) hold		Swing

1978

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election:Chikhali
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC(I)	Bondre Janardan Dattuappa	27,785	32.45%
	INC	Bondre Bharat Rajabhau	27,607	32.24%
	JP	Keshvrao Jayawantarao Bahekar	27,447	32.06%
	Independent	Chintaman Mahadeo Kharat	1,557	1.82%
	Independent	Vidwans Balwant Narayan	638	0.75%
	Independent	Hiwale Datta Gangaram	583	0.68%
Majority			178
Turnout			85617
	INC(I) hold		Swing

1972

1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election:Chikhali
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Bondre Bharat Rajabhau	32,110	50.44%
	ABJS	Keshaorao Bahekar	17,492	27.47%
	INC(O)	Shankarrao Sakharam Patil	9,361	14.7%
	RPI	Sugdeorao Banduji Jadhao	4,480	7.04%
	Independent	Champalal Mewade	223	0.35%
Majority			14618
Turnout			63666
	INC hold		Swing

Notes

^ "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
^ "Schedule – XVII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule XVII Maharashtra, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
^ "Results of Maharashtra Assembly polls 2014". India Today. Retrieved 3 November 2014.