Sakri Assembly constituency is one of the 288

Vidhan Sabha The State Legislative Assembly, or Vidhan Sabha, or also Saasana Sabha, is a legislative body in the states and union territories of India. In the 28 states and 3 union territories with a unicameral state legislature, it is the sole legislati ...

constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency is located in the

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and it is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled tribes. It is part of the

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along with another five Vidhan Sabha segments, namely

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in Dhule district and

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and

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in the Nandurbar district. As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 6 Sakri Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Sakri Tehsil (excluding Dusane Circle). of

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The election got interesting due to its three-dimensional nature. The independent candidate who was a former BJP member brought interest in the election by taking the issue of BJP deliberately neglecting its loyal party workers who have worked for the party for many decades. The Chairman of Dhule Zilla Parishad Shivajirao Dahite joined BJP ahead of elections, this created the anguish amongst all BJP voters and party workers and this affected the voting for BJP candidate. This is considered to be the biggest reason of win of independent candidate Smt. Manjulatai Gavit. The elected Member of Legislative Assembly declared her support to

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regarding the Government formation. The election effectively changed the politics of Sakri Taluka and Sakri City.

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