Gangapur, Maharashtra Assembly constituency

Gangapur is one of the six constituencies of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, that are located in the Aurangabad district.[1]

Gangapur
Constituency No. 111 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionWestern India
StateMaharashtra
DivisionAurangabad Division
DistrictAurangabad District
LS constituencyAurangabad
Total electors358,155
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Prashant Bansilal Bamb
PartyBJP
Elected year2019

It is a part of the Aurangabad (Lok Sabha constituency) along with five other assembly constituencies, viz Vaijapur Assembly constituency, Kannad Assembly constituency, Aurangabad East Assembly constituency, Aurangabad Central Assembly constituency and Aurangabad West Assembly constituency.[2]One of the 288 assembly constituencies of Maharashtra, Gangapur belongs to Aurangabad parliamentary constituency. Having population of 358,155, according to 2011 census, Gangapur is a taluka in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra.

In 2019 General Maharashtra Assembly Election, Prashant Bansilal Bamb of Bharatiya Janata Party candidate won the assembly elections. Prashant Bansilal Bamb defeated Santosh Annasaheb Mane Patil, rebellion of Shiv Sena. Prashant Bansilal Bamb received 1,07,193 votes as against Santosh Mane's 72,222 votes.Voters of Gangapur Constituency supported Development agenda of Prashant Bansilal Bamb and his works towards Farmer's empowerment.Caste politics (caste polarisation) didn't supported by voters of Gangapur constituency to Santosh Mane of NCP and Result of that he lost by huge margin of 34,971 votes.

Bamb Prashant Bansilal from Bharatiya Janata Party won the seat in 2014 by defeating the Ambadas Eknath Danve of Shiv Sena candidate by a margin of 17,278 votes. Bamb Prashant Bansilal got 55,483 votes while Ambadas Eknath Danve SS candidate received 38,205 votes. The Bharatiya Janata Party got 30.11% vote share.

Prashant Bansilal Bamb, an independent candidate won the assembly elections of 2009. He defeated Annasaheb Mane Patil of Shiv Sena, the 2004 elections winner. Bamb received 53067 votes as against Patil's 29568 votes.

Members of Legislative Assembly

ElectionNameParty
2019Prashant Bansilal Bamb[3]Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Assembly Elections 2004

2004 Maharashtra state assembly elections: Gangapur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SHSAnnasaheb Patil Mane50,98532.11+1.65
NCPVilas Dadarao Chavan46,34229.19-2.68
SPAshok Rajaram Patil43,24327.24+16.78
Majority4,6432.92
Turnout158,76562.88+2.30
SHS holdSwing

Assembly Elections 2009

2009 Maharashtra state assembly elections: Gangapur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
IndependentPrashant Bansilal Bamb53,06735.72
SHSAnnashaneb Patil Mane29,56819.90-12.21
IndependentKrishna Dongaonkar Patil23,78616.01
NCPKundalikrao Pandurang Mane17,32711.66-17.53
Majority23,49915.62
Turnout148,54863.54+0.66
Independent gain from SHSSwing

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Gangapur[4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPPrashant Bansilal Bamb55,48330.13+30.13
SHSAmbadas Eknath Danve38,20520.75+0.85
NCPKrishna Dongaokar33,21618.04+6.38
INCShobhatai Khorse16,8269.14+9.14
Majority17,2789.38
Turnout184,12468.96+5.09
BJP gain from IndependentSwing

2019

2019 Maharashtra state assembly elections: Gangapur[3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPBamb Prashant Bansilal 107,193 52.68 +22.55
NCPMane Patil Santosh Annasaheb72,22235.49+17.45
None of the AboveNOTA149100.73
Majority34,97117.19
Turnout2,03,483
BJP holdSwing

References

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