Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024 | Bhandara constituency results

Here's everything you need to know about the Bhandara Assembly constituency in Maharashtra, including results of previous elections, demographic details, and other information.

The Bhandara constituency is one of the 288 Assembly constituencies in the western state of Maharashtra, which is headed to the polls.

Maharashtra heads into the Vidhan Sabha elections this time after a tumultuous five years following the 2019 elections, the aftermath of which was marked by defections, more defections, and splits in major parties in the state.

Constituency details:

Constituency number 61, the Bhandara seat in Maharashtra is located in the Bhandara district. The seat is reserved for Scheduled Castes.

Polling and counting date:

Unlike the two-phase Assembly elections in Jharkhand, state polls in Maharashtra will be held in a single phase for all 288 seats, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced.

The Bhandara constituency will go to polls on November 20, along with all other seats in the state.

Counting of votes for all seats will be held on November 23, alongside vote counting for Jharkhand. Counting of votes for bypolls to 48 Assembly seats and two Lok Sabha seats across 15 states will also take place on the same day.

Demographic details:

The Bhandara constituency is located in the Bhandara district, which has 1007555 registered voters, including 503373 male voters, 504178 female voters, and 4 third gender voters.

Polling stations:

According to the state Chief Election Commissioner (CEO), the Bhandara constituency will have 435 polling stations. Overall, more than 1 lakh polling stations will be set up across Maharashtra for the 2024 Assembly elections.

What happened in the 2019 Assembly elections?

The last Assembly elections in Maharashtra, held in October 2019, saw the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) reach a majority to form the government, but that was only the beginning of the story. Owing to fractures within the alliance, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena quit the NDA and joined hands with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Indian National Congress (INC) to form a new alliance, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), which went on to form the government with Uddhav as the Chief Minister.

The saga, however, didn't end there.

Political churning gripped the state again in 2022, following which Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde along with 40 MLAs left the Uddhav-led party and joined hands with the BJP, leading to the collapse of the MVA government and the revival of the Maha Yuti, comprising the Shinde-led Sena and the BJP. Shinde, subsequently, was appointed Chief Minister.

A year later, Ajit Pawar also rebelled against the Sharad Pawar-led NCP, leading to a split in the party. The younger Pawar, along with several party members, joined the Maha Yuti, leading to two defined blocs within the the state: the MVA, comprising the Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP (SP), Congress, and the Maha Yuti, comprising the BJP, the Shinde-led Shiv Sena, and the Ajit Pawar-led NCP.

Bhandara constituency election results:

In the 2019 Assembly elections in Maharashtra, Independent candidate Narendra Bhojraj Bhondekar won the Bhandara seat with a margin of 23677 votes.

Bhandara constituency voter turnout:

In the 2019 Assembly elections in Maharashtra, the Bhandara constituency had 368228 registered voters but only saw 231654 votes cast—a turnout of 62.9 %.

Assembly Elections 2024 | The Maharashtra Assembly polls will take place against the backdrop of a fractured political landscape in the western state where the Shiv Sena and NCP will be going up against the Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar factions, even as the BJP and Congress try to make their mark. Meanwhile, in Jharkhand, the JMM faces a new challenge after Hemant Soren's recent arrest and Champai, a longstanding party member, joining the BJP. The Haryana election resulted in a shock loss for Congress, which was looking to galvanize on the Lok Sabha poll performance, while J&K also saw the grand old party eventually stepping away from the cabinet, with Omar Abdullah's JKNC forming government. It remains to be seen if the upcoming polls help BJP cement its position further or provide a fillip to I.N.D.I.A. Check live updates and track the latest coverage, live news, in-depth opinions, and analyses only on Deccan Herald.

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