Murtizapur Assembly constituency

Murtizapur Assembly constituency is one of the 288 constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and one of the five which are located in Akola district. It is reserved for a Scheduled Caste candidate.

Murtizapur
Constituency No. 32 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Akola
LS constituency	Akola
Established	1951
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Harish Marotiappa Pimple
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Alliance	MahaYuti
Elected year	2024

It is a part of Akola Lok Sabha constituency along with five other assembly constituencies, viz Akot, Balapur, Akola West, and Akola East and Risod from the Washim district.^[1]

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 32 Murtizapur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: 1. Murtizapur Tehsil, 2. Barshitakli Tehsil, and 3. Akola Tehsil (Part), Revenue Circle - Kurankhed. of the district.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1952	Shamrao Dhotre		Indian National Congress
1957	Kusum Korpe
1962
1967	Pratibha Tidke
1972
1978	Dhyandeorao Thakre		Indian National Congress (I)
1980	Suresh Kanot
1985	Suhas Tidke		Indian National Congress
1990	Makhram Pawar		Independent
1995	Motiram Lahane		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999	Sanjay Dhotre
2004	Tukaram Birkad		Nationalist Congress Party
2009	Harish Pimple		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019
2024

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Murtizapur^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Harish Pimple	91,820	43.98
	PHJSP	Ravi Rathi	2738	01.32
	VBA	Sugat Gyaneshwar Waghmare	49224	23.76
	NCP-SP	Samrat Dongardive	55222	26.08
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Murtizapur^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Harish Pimple
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
	BJP gain from		Swing

2009

• Harish Marotiappa Pimpale (BJP): 50,333 votes
• Palaspagar Baldev Sukhaev (BBM): 34,975 votes

1967

• P. B. Tidake (INC): 27,593 votes^[5]
• S. P. Pachade (IND): 13,774 votes

See also

• Murtajapur
• Barshitakli
• Kurankhed
• UJALESHWAR
• CCIT

References

1. "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
2. "Schedule – XVII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of but due to poloetical parties conflict the election were postponed by 2 day India" (PDF). Schedule XVII Maharashtra, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
3. "Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Murtizapur". Election Commission of India. 23 November 2024. Archived from the original on 30 November 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
4. "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
5. "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1967".

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