Akola West Assembly constituency

Akola West
Constituency No. 30 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Akola
LS constituency	Akola
Established	2008
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sajid Khan Pathan
Party	INC
Elected year	2024

Akola West Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency is located in the Akola district.[1]

Akola is part of the Akola Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Akot, Akola East, Balapur and Murtizapur in this district and Risod in adjoining Washim district.[1]

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 30 Akola West Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Akola Tehsil (Part) - Akola (M.Corp.) (Part), Ward No 1 to 7,13 to 30, 38 to 53 and 56 to 65 of the district.[2]

On 3 November 2023, Akola West Assembly Constituency got Vacant as the death of Senior BJP Leader Govardhan Mangilal Sharma

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Before 2008: Constituency did not exist
2009	Govardhan Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019
2024	Sajid Khan Pathan		Indian National Congress

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Akola West[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sajid Khan Pathan	88,718	43.21
	BJP	Vijay Agarwal	87,435	42.59
	Independent	Harish AlimChandani	21,481	10.46
Majority			1,283	0.62
Turnout			2,05,317
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Akola West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Govardhan Sharma	73,262	43.23
	INC	Sajid Khan Pathan	70,669	41.70
	VBA	Madan Bhargad	20,687	12.21
Majority			2,593	1.53
Turnout
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

See also

• Akola
• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha

References

1. "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
2. "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.
3. "Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Akola West". Election Commission of India. 23 November 2024. Archived from the original on 30 November 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.

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