Akole Akole is a city and Taluka in Akole tehsil, Ahmednagar district in the state of Maharashtra, India. Akole is surrounded by the Sahyadri Mountains of Western Ghats, India. Several historical sites in the city honor Akole's connection to the h ...

Vidhan Sabha seat is one of the seats in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in India. It is a segment of Shirdi lok Sabha seat. Both Akole assembly and Shirdi parliamentary seats came into existence after constituency map of India was redrawn in 2008.

Overview

Akole (constituency number 216) is one of the twelve Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the

Ahmednagar district Ahmednagar district (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, �ɦ(ə)məd̪nəɡəɾ is the largest districts of Maharashtra, district of Maharashtra state in western India. The historical Ahmednagar city is the headquarters of the district. ...

. It comprises part of Sangamner tehsil and the entire Akole tehsil of the district.

is part of the

Shirdi Lok Sabha constituency Shirdi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian parliament) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency was created on 19 February 2008 as a part of the implementation of the President ...

along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments in this district, namely Sangamner, Shirdi,

Kopargaon Kopargaon is a town and municipality located in the Ahmednagar district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Geography Kopargaon is situated at . It has an average elevation of 593 meters (2,117 feet) and lies on the banks of the Godavari ...

, Shrirampur and Nevasa. It is reserved for the candidates belonging to the

Scheduled tribes The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designa ...

Members of Vidhan Sabha

* Until 2008 : Seat did not exist * 2009 :

Madhukar Pichad Madhukar Kashinath Pichad is an Indian politician, social worker and former cabinet minister in Government of Maharashtra. Pichad is staunch member of Nationalist Congress Party since he started his political career but in 2019 he joined Bharat ...

, (NCP) * 2014 : Vaibhav Pichad, (NCP) * 2019 :

Kiran Lahamate Kiran Yamaji Lahamate is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He was elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly from Akole Vidhan Sabha constituency reserved for Schedule Tribe in Ahmednagar. He received 112830 votes as a member of Nationa ...

, (NCP)

Election Results

2019

2009

* Pichad Madhukar Kashinath (NCP) : 60,043 votes * Talpade Madhukar Shankar (SHS) : 50,964

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