Gadchiroli–Chimur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Gadchiroli–Chimur

Existence	2008–present
Current MP	Ashok Nete
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year	2014
State	Maharashtra
Total Electors	1,469,767[1]
Assembly Constituencies	Amgaon (ST), Armori (ST), Gadchiroli (ST), Aheri (ST), Brahmapuri, and Chimur.[2]

Gadchiroli–Chimur Lok Sabha constituency (Marathi: गडचिरोली-चिमूर लोकसभा मतदारसंघ) 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.^[3] 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.

Assembly segments

As of 2014, Gadchiroli–Chimur Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These segments are:^[2]

1. Amgaon (ST)
2. Armori (ST)
3. Gadchiroli (ST)
4. Aheri (ST)
5. Brahmapuri
6. Chimur

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

Key

  INC     BJP  

Election		Member	Party
	2009	Marotrao Kowase	Indian National Congress
	2014	Ashok Nete	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

General elections 2009

Indian general elections, 2009: Gadchiroli–Chimur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Marotrao Kowase	321,756	38.43	N/A
	BJP	Ashok Nete	293,176	35.02	N/A
	BSP	Raje Satyawanrao Atram	135,756	16.21	N/A
	Independent	Dinesh Tukaram Madavi	25,857	3.09	N/A
	CPI	Namdeo Anandrao Kannake	23,001	2.75	N/A
	Independent	Jambhule Narayan Dinabhaji	8,916	1.06	N/A
	GGP	Vijay Surajsing Madavi	7,953	0.95	N/A
	BBM	Pendam Diwakar Gulab	7,240	0.86	N/A
	Kranti Kari Jai Hind Sena	Khandale Kawdu Tulshiram	4,972	0.59	N/A
	Democratic Secular Party	Pendam Purushottam Zituji	4,392	0.52	N/A
	Prabuddha Republican Party	Dadmal Prabhakar Mahaguji	4,228	0.50	N/A
Margin of victory			28,580	3.41	N/A
Turnout			837,247	65.14	N/A
	INC win (new seat)

General elections 2014

Indian general elections, 2014: Gadchiroli–Chimur^[1][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Ashok Nete	535,982	52.18	+17.16
	INC	Namdeo Usendi	299,112	29.12	-9.31
	BSP	Ramrao Govinda Nannaware	66,906	6.51	-9.70
	AAP	Gajbe Rameshkumar Baburaoji	45,458	4.43	N/A
	CPI	Namdeo Anandrao Kannake	22,512	2.19	-0.56
	Trinamool Congress	Satish Gokuldas Pendam	8,156	0.79	N/A
	Ambedkarite Party of India	Deorao Monba Nannaware	6,606	0.64	N/A
	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	N/A
	RPI	Prabhakar Mahaguji Dadmal	3,422	0.33	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	24,488	2.38	N/A
Margin of victory			236,870	23.06	+19.65
Turnout			1,027,129	69.88	+4.74
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

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. "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
2. "Delimitation Commission of India Notification" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra. p. 23. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
3. "Delimitation notification comes into effect". The Hindu. 20 February 2008.
4. Bhatt, Arunkumar (30 March 2004). "Police draw up blueprint to tackle naxal threat". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 June 2009.
5. "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 86. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
6. "Maharashtra – Gadchiroli–Chimur". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.