Bhandara Lok Sabha constituency was a former
Lok Sabha
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(parliamentary)
constituency
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger State (polity), state (a country, administrative region, ...
in
Maharashtra
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state in western
India
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. With the
delimitation
Boundary delimitation (or simply delimitation) is the drawing of boundaries, particularly of electoral precincts, states, counties or other municipalities. of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008, based on the recommendations of the
Delimitation Commission of India
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constituted in 2002, this constituency ceased to exist. A new constituency,
Bhandara-Gondiya came into existence in place of it.
Assembly segments
Bhandara Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following
Vidhan Sabha
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(Legislative Assembly) segments:
# Tumsar
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Bhandara
Bhandara () is a city and municipal council which serves the administrative headquarters of eponymous administrative Bhandara Taluka and Bhandara district in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is connected with NH-53 and NH-247.
Overview ...
# Tirora
# Gondiya
#
Goregaon
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(now defunct)
# pauni
Members of Lok Sabha
^ by-poll
See also
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Bhandara-Gondiya Lok Sabha constituency ( 2009 elections of
15th Lok Sabha
Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2009 general election in India. It was dissolved on 18 May 2014 by President Pranab Mukherjee.
Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance won 44 more seats than the previou ...
onwards)
*
Gondia Lok Sabha constituency ( 1962 election to
3rd Lok Sabha
List of Members of the 3rd Lok Sabha, (2 April 1962 – 3 March 1967) elected February–March 1962. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. The election was held for 494 seats out of which Indian nati ...
)
Notes
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Former constituencies of the Lok Sabha
Former Lok Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra
2008 disestablishments in India
Constituencies disestablished in 2008