Malkapur Assembly constituency

Malkapur
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 Rajesh Ekade
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]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

2019 Maharashtra state assembly elections: Malkapur
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