Gangapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

111 Gangapur (Assembly constituency) is one of the six constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha located in the Aurangabad district.

It is a part of the Aurangabad (Lok Sabha constituency) along with five other assembly constituencies, viz Vaijapur (Assembly constituency), Kannad (Assembly constituency), Aurangabad East (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Aurangabad Central (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and Aurangabad West (Vidhan Sabha constituency).^[1] One of the 288 assembly constituencies of Maharashtra, Gangapur belongs to Aurangabad parliamentary constituency. Having population of 358,155, according to 2011 census, Gangapur is a taluka in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra.

In 2019 General Maharashtra Assembly Election, Prashant Bansilal Bamb of Bharatiya Janata Party candidate won the assembly elections. Prashant Bansilal Bamb defeated Santosh Annasaheb Mane Patil, rebellion of Shiv Sena. Prashant Bansilal Bamb received 1,07,193 votes as against Santosh Mane's 72,222 votes. Voters of Gangapur Constituency supported Development agenda of Prashant Bansilal Bamb and his works towards Farmer's empowerment. Caste politics (caste polarisation) didn't supported by voters of Gangapur constituency to Santosh Mane of NCP and Result of that he lost by huge margin of 34,971 votes.

Bamb Prashant Bansilal from Bharatiya Janata Party won the seat in 2014 by defeating the Ambadas Eknath Danve of Shiv Sena candidate by a margin of 17,278 votes. Bamb Prashant Bansilal got 55,483 votes while Ambadas Eknath Danve SS candidate received 38,205 votes. The Bharatiya Janata Party got 30.11% vote share.

Prashant Bansilal Bamb, an independent candidate won the assembly elections of 2009. He defeated Annasaheb Mane Patil of Shiv Sena, the 2004 elections winner. Bamb received 53067 votes as against Patil's 29568 votes.

Members of Legislative Assembly[]

1978: , Indian National Congress
1980: , Indian National Congress
1985: , Indian Congress (Socialist)
1990: Kailash Patil, Shiv Sena
1995: , Independent (politician)
1999: , Shiv Sena
2004: , Shiv Sena
2009: Prashant Bansilal Bamb, Independent (politician)
2014: Prashant Bansilal Bamb, Bharatiya Janata Party
2019: Prashant Bansilal Bamb, Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results[]

Assembly Elections 2004[]

2004 Maharashtra state assembly elections: Gangapur
Party		Votes	%	±%
	SHS	50,985	32.11	+1.65
	NCP	46,342	29.19	-2.68
	SP	43,243	27.24	+16.78

Majority		4,643	2.92
Turnout		158,765	62.88	+2.30
	SHS hold	Swing

Assembly Elections 2009[]

2009 Maharashtra state assembly elections: Gangapur
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Independent	53,067	35.72
	SHS	29,568	19.90	-12.21
	Independent	23,786	16.01
	NCP	17,327	11.66	-17.53
Majority		23,499	15.62
Turnout		148,548	63.54	+0.66
	Independent gain from SHS	Swing

Assembly Elections 2014[]

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Gangapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP		55,483	30.13	+30.13
	SHS	Ambadas Eknath Danve	38,205	20.75	+0.85
	NCP		33,216	18.04	+6.38
	INC		16,826	9.14	+9.14
Majority			17,278	9.38
Turnout			184,124	68.96	+5.09
	[[Bhartiya Janta Party\|Bhartiya Janta Party]] gain from Independent		Swing

Assembly Elections 2019[]

2019 Maharashtra state assembly elections: Gangapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bamb Prashant Bansilal	1,07,193	52.68	+22.55
	NCP		72,222	35.49	+17.45
	None of the Above	NOTA	1491	00.73
Majority			34,971	17.19
Turnout			2,03,483
	BJP hold		Swing

References[]

^ "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010.

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[1] "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010.

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