Karanja Assembly constituency

Karanja
Karanja
Constituency No. 35 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Washim
Lok Sabha constituency	Yavatmal-Washim
Established	1978
Total electors	316,493
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Sai Prakash Dahake
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024

Karanja Assembly constituency is one of the 288 constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and one of the three which are located in Washim district. On 23 February 2024, Karanja Assembly constituency seat got Vacant as the Death of sitting MLA Rajendra Patni.

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RegionWestern India

StateMaharashtra

DistrictWashim

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It is a part of the Yavatmal-Washim (Lok Sabha constituency) with the adjoining Yavatmal district along with five other Vidhan Sabha assembly constituencies, viz. Washim (SC), Ralegaon (ST), Yavatmal (ST), Digras and Pusad.^[1]

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 35 Karanja Assembly constituency is composed of the following: 1. Karanja Tehsil, 2. Manora Tehsil of the district.^[2]

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Year	Member^[3]
1978	Arvind Deshmukh	All India Forward Bloc
1980	Ramkrishna Rathi	Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Anantrao Deshmukh	Indian National Congress
1990	Gulabrao Gawande	Shiv Sena
1995	Babasaheb Dhabekar	Independent politician
1999	Babasaheb Dhabekar	Indian National Congress
2004	Rajendra Patni	Shiv Sena
2009	Prakash Dahake	Nationalist Congress Party
2014	Rajendra Patni	Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Rajendra Patni
2024	Sai Prakash Dahake

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sai Prakash Dahake	85,005	40.79%	1.26
	NCP-SP	Patni Gyayak Rajendra	49,932	23.96%	New
	AIMIM	Mohammad Yusuf Mohammad Shafi Punjani	31,042	14.90%	New
	VBA	Dhabekar Sunil Kesheorao	24,412	11.71%	4.97
	Samnak Janta Party	Yayati Manoharrao Naik	7,962	3.82%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	753	0.36%	0.26
Margin of victory			35,073	16.83%	4.56
Turnout			209,154	66.08%	4.45
Total valid votes			208,401
Registered electors			316,493		4.92
	BJP hold		Swing	1.26

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rajendra Sukhanand Patni	73,205	39.53%	15.03
	NCP	Prakash Uttamrao Dahake	50,481	27.26%	15.73
	BSP	Mohammad Yusuf Mohammad Shafi Punjani	41,907	22.63%	New
	VBA	Dr. Ram Sheshrao Chavhan	12,493	6.75%	New
	MNS	Dr. Subhash Pandurang Rathod	2,160	1.17%	15.12
	Independent	Digambar Narendra Chavhan	1,816	0.98%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,142	0.62%	0.25
Margin of victory			22,724	12.27%	10.00
Turnout			186,523	61.83%	1.89
Total valid votes			185,200
Registered electors			301,654		4.48
	BJP hold		Swing	15.03

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rajendra Sukhanand Patni	44,751	24.49%	*New*
	BBM	Punjani Mo.Yusuf	40,604	22.23%	7.01
	MNS	Ranjit Shersing Jadhav	29,751	16.28%	New
	Independent	Prakash Uttamrao Dahake	27,043	14.80%	New
	NCP	Subhash Pandhrinath Thakare	21,066	11.53%	27.24
	SS	Kawar Sudhirkumar Vitthalrao	6,277	3.44%	16.54
	INC	Jyotitai Anil Ganeshpure	3,010	1.65%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	668	0.37%	New
Margin of victory			4,147	2.27%	16.52
Turnout			183,474	63.55%	1.38
Total valid votes			182,695
Registered electors			288,706		15.51
	BJP gain from NCP		Swing	14.27

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Prakash Uttamrao Dahake	62,658	38.77%	*New*
	SS	Rajendra Sukhanand Patni	32,283	19.98%	10.04
	Independent	Subhash Pandhrinath Thakare	30,681	18.98%	New
	BBM	Dr. Rathod Subhash Pandurang	24,590	15.21%	14.76
	Independent	Ramesh Pandurang Nakhale	2,191	1.36%	New
	Independent	Sawake Ramkrushana Pundlikrao	2,126	1.32%	New
	BSP	Mahakal Laxmikant Bhagwantrao	2,049	1.27%	9.37
Margin of victory			30,375	18.79%	18.76
Turnout			161,651	64.68%	2.52
Total valid votes			161,617
Registered electors			249,933		37.34
	NCP gain from SS		Swing	8.75

Karanja Assembly constituency

Members of Legislative assembly

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

Assembly Election 2019

Assembly Election 2014

Assembly Election 2009

Assembly Election 2004

Assembly Election 1999

Assembly Election 1995

Assembly Election 1990

Assembly Election 1985

Assembly Election 1980

Assembly Election 1978

Assembly Election 1952

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Rajendra Sukhanand Patni	36,695	30.01%	17.28
	BBM	Prakash Uttamrao Dahake	36,648	29.98%	23.36
	INC	Babasaheb Dhabekar	29,091	23.79%	17.74
	BSP	Chaware Radhatai Anil	13,009	10.64%	New
	Peoples Republican Party	Usman Piru Garwe	4,252	3.48%	New
	Independent	Amadabadkar Gajanan Kashinath	2,562	2.10%	New
Margin of victory			47	0.04%	3.11
Turnout			122,285	67.20%	8.96
Total valid votes			122,257
Registered electors			181,984		15.87
	SS gain from INC		Swing	11.52

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Babasaheb Dhabekar	37,980	41.53%	14.50
	NCP	Prakash Uttamrao Dahake	35,099	38.38%	New
	SS	Bhaurao Hiraji Raut	11,644	12.73%	9.02
	BBM	Sd. Mohsin Haji Sd. Taleb	6,047	6.61%	12.64
Margin of victory			2,881	3.15%	5.82
Turnout			97,030	61.78%	15.17
Total valid votes			91,446
Registered electors			157,062		6.32
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	5.54

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Babasaheb Dhabekar	39,025	36.00%	*New*
	INC	Prakash Uttamrao Dahake	29,304	27.03%	1.92
	BBM	Ingale Shrawan Shekoji	20,871	19.25%	New
	Independent	Amdabadkar Gajanan Kashinath	5,490	5.06%	New
	SS	Ghule Rajendra Madhukarrao	4,031	3.72%	37.15
	JD	Malani Thakurdas Sukhedoji	3,839	3.54%	New
	Independent	Arvind Kamlakar Deshmukh	1,555	1.43%	New
Margin of victory			9,721	8.97%	2.95
Turnout			110,254	74.63%	8.49
Total valid votes			108,414
Registered electors			147,727		11.01
	Independent gain from SS		Swing	4.87

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Gawande Gulabrao Ramrao	35,297	40.87%	*New*
	INC	Babasaheb Dhabekar	25,007	28.95%	10.23
	BRP	Rode Arjun Bhikuram	15,358	17.78%	New
	PWPI	Kankirad Shridhar Shaligram	7,653	8.86%	22.13
Margin of victory			10,290	11.91%	3.72
Turnout			87,422	65.70%	2.73
Total valid votes			86,366
Registered electors			133,071		27.73
	SS gain from INC		Swing	1.69

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Anantrao Vithhalrao Deshmukh	25,376	39.18%	*New*
	PWPI	Bang Manohar Motilalji	20,071	30.99%	1.44
	Independent	K. P. Meshram	12,786	19.74%	New
	Independent	Mubarakkha Tamijkha	1,955	3.02%	New
	Independent	Chandumal Pursumal	1,619	2.50%	New
	RPI	Tayde Vijaikumar Babanji	1,579	2.44%	16.20
	Independent	Ismale Haji Jusub	404	0.62%	New
Margin of victory			5,305	8.19%	0.96
Turnout			65,895	63.25%	8.53
Total valid votes			64,768
Registered electors			104,182		5.40
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	2.40

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Rathi Ramkrushna Gangaramji	22,045	41.58%	*New*
	PWPI	Bang Manohar Motilalji	17,193	32.43%	12.10
	RPI	Ambore Ramdas Narayan	9,880	18.64%	New
	JP	Ajit Faruqui Ajimoddin Faruqui	3,208	6.05%	New
	Independent	Rachwani Chandumal Parsumal	687	1.30%	New
Margin of victory			4,852	9.15%	26.52
Turnout			54,097	54.73%	20.70
Total valid votes			53,013
Registered electors			98,840		6.64
	INC(I) gain from AIFB		Swing	14.42

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	Arvind Kamlakar Deshmukh	38,584	56.00%	*New*
	PWPI	Korpe Wamanrao Ramkrushna Alias Dr. Annasaheb Korpe	14,006	20.33%	New
	INC	Tidke Subasrao Bhagwantrao	12,026	17.46%	45.25
	Independent	Bothara Laxmichand Rupchand	2,686	3.90%	New
	Independent	Dhendule Rameshwar Prabhati	924	1.34%	New
	Independent	Praghane Abhiman Baliram	604	0.88%	New
Margin of victory			24,578	35.68%	10.90
Turnout			70,936	76.53%	10.67
Total valid votes			68,894
Registered electors			92,685		126.27
	AIFB gain from INC		Swing	6.70

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vithalsinha Jaisinha Thakur	16,351	62.71%	*New*
	Independent	Mahadu Uka Borkar	4,205	16.13%	New
	Independent	Birendra Krishnaji Sone	2,597	9.96%	New
	SKP	Shalikrao Narayan Kankirad	1,505	5.77%	New
	SP	Hemchandra Ratansa Vaidya	1,418	5.44%	New
Margin of victory			12,146	46.58%
Turnout			26,076	63.66%
Total valid votes			26,076
Registered electors			40,963
	INC win (new seat)