Gadchiroli–Chimur Lok Sabha constituency

Gadchiroli–Chimur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency came into existence on 19 February 2008 as a part of the implementation of the Presidential notification on delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted on 12 July 2002.^[2] This seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribes. It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Marotrao Kowase of the Indian National Congress. As of the 2014 elections, it is represented by Ashok Nete of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Gadchiroli – Chimur MH-12
Lok Sabha constituency
Area of Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Assembly constituencies	Amgaon Armori Gadchiroli Aheri Bramhapuri Chimur
Established	2008
Total electors	16,17,207 (2024)[1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Namdeo Kirsan
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Ashok Nete, BJP

Assembly segments

As of 2014, Gadchiroli–Chimur Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These segments are:^[3]

No	Name	District	Member	Party		Leading (in 2024)
66	Amgaon (ST)	Gondiya	Sahasram Maroti Korote		INC		INC
67	Armori (ST)	Gadchiroli	Krishna Damaji Gajbe		BJP		INC
68	Gadchiroli (ST)		Deorao Madguji Holi		BJP		INC
69	Aheri (ST)		Dharamraobaba Bhagwantrao Aatram		NCP		INC
73	Bramhapuri	Chandrapur	Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar		INC		INC
74	Chimur		Bunty Bhangdiya		BJP		INC

Armori and Chimur assembly segments were earlier in part of the former Chimur constituency, while Gadchiroli assembly segment was earlier in the former Chandrapur constituency.^[4]

Members of Parliament

Year	Name	Party
Until 2009 :See Chimur
2009	Marotrao Kowase		Indian National Congress
2014	Ashok Nete		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024	Namdeo Kirsan		Indian National Congress

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Gadchiroli-Chimur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Namdeo Kirsan	617,792	52.97	14.25
	BJP	Ashok Nete	4,76,096	40.82	4.68
	BSP	Gonnade Yogesh Namdeorao	19,055	1.63	0.83
	NOTA	None of the above	16,577	1.42	0.73
	VBA	Hitesh Madavi	15,922	1.37	8.38
Majority			1,41,696	12.15	5.37
Turnout			11,66,360	72.12	0.21
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Gadchiroli-Chimur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ashok Nete	519,968	45.50	6.68
	INC	Dr. Namdeo Dalluji Usendi	4,42,442	38.72	9.60
	VBA	Ramesh Gajabe	1,11,468	9.75	New
	BSP	Harichandra Nagoji Mangam	28,104	2.46	4.05
	NOTA	None of the above	24,599	2.15	N/A
Margin of victory			77,526	6.78	16.28
Turnout			11,42,698	72.33	2.29
	BJP hold		Swing

General elections 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Gadchiroli-Chimur^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ashok Nete	535,982	52.18	17.16
	INC	Dr. Namdeo Dalluji Usendi	2,99,112	29.12	9.31
	BSP	Ramrao Govinda Nannaware	66,906	6.51	9.70
	AAP	Gajbe Ramesh Kumar Baburaoji	45,458	4.43	New
	CPI	Namdeo Anandrao Kannake	22,512	2.19	0.56
	AITC	Satish Gokuldas Pendam	8,156	0.79	N/A
	API	Deorao Monba Nannaware	6,606	0.64	New
	Independent	Dandekar Baburao Laxman	6,470	0.63	N/A
	SP	Vinod Ankush Nannaware	4,287	0.42	N/A
	BMP	Diwakar Pendam	3,730	0.36	New
	RPI	Prabhakar Mahaguji Dadmal	3,422	0.33	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	24,488	2.38	N/A
Margin of victory			2,36,870	23.06	19.65
Turnout			10,28,462	70.04	4.90
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

General elections 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Gadchiroli-Chimur^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Marotrao Kowase	321,756	38.43
	BJP	Ashok Nete	2,93,176	35.02
	BSP	Raje Satyawanrao Atram	1,35,756	16.21
	Independent	Dinesh Tukaram Madavi	25,857	3.09
	CPI	Namdeo Anandrao Kannake	23,001	2.75
	Independent	Jambhule Narayan Dinabhaji	8,916	1.06
	GGP	Vijay Surajsing Madavi	7,953	0.95
	BBM	Pendam Diwakar Gulab	7,240	0.86
Margin of victory			28,580	3.41
Turnout			8,37,247	65.14
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Chimur Lok Sabha constituency ( 1967 to 2004 elections for 4th to 14th Lok Sabha )
• Chandrapur Lok Sabha constituency
• Gadchiroli district
• Chandrapur district
• Gondiya district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

Notes

1. https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
2. "Delimitation notification comes into effect". The Hindu. 20 February 2008. Archived from the original on 28 February 2008.
3. "Delimitation Commission of India Notification" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra. p. 23. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
4. Bhatt, Arunkumar (30 March 2004). "Police draw up blueprint to tackle naxal threat". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 1 February 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
5. Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "Lok Sabha 2024 Election Results: Gadchiroli - Chimur". Archived from the original on 9 November 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
6. "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
7. "Maharashtra – Gadchiroli–Chimur". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
8. "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 86. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

External links

• Gadchiroli Chimur lok sabha constituency election 2019 results details

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