# Nanded Assembly constituency

Nanded Assembly constituency was one of the 288 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Maharashtra state, western India. This constituency was located in Nanded district.

## History

It was part of Nanded Lok Sabha constituency. It existed from 1952 to 2008.
As per the Delimitation Order, 1951 it consisted of Nanded taluk excluding Neemgaon and Ardhapur Ciroles. In the Delimitation Order, 1956 and Delimitation Order, 1961 it consisted of Nanded taluk (excluding Mudkhed circle). In the Delimitation Order, 1976 it consisted of Nanded municipality and Nanded and Limbgaon RICs in Nanded tahsil. It was abolished by the 2008 Delimitation.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1952 | Raghwan Rao | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Vithalrao Deshpande | Communist Party of India |
| 1962 | Farook Pasha Makhdum Pasha | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Farook Pasha Makhdum Pasha | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Farook Pasha Makhdum Pasha | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Noorallah Khan Bismillah Khan | Janata Party |
| 1980 | Kamalkishor Kadam | Indian National Congress (U) |
| 1985 | Kamalkishor Kadam | Indian Congress (Socialist) |
| 1990 | D. R. Deshmukh | Shiv Sena |
| 1995 | Prakash Khedkar | Shiv Sena |
| 1999 | Prakash Khedkar | Shiv Sena |
| 2004 | Anusayatai Khedkar | Shiv Sena |
| 2008 onwards : See Nanded North & Nanded South ||||

## Election results

Vote share of winning candidates :
| 1952 | 1952 | 54.54% | 54.54% |
| 1957 | 1957 | 46.61% | 46.61% |
| 1962 | 1962 | 57.73% | 57.73% |
| 1967 | 1967 | 52.36% | 52.36% |
| 1972 | 1972 | 44.69% | 44.69% |
| 1978 | 1978 | 35.21% | 35.21% |
| 1980 | 1980 | 36.98% | 36.98% |
| 1985 | 1985 | 33.68% | 33.68% |
| 1990 | 1990 | 35.13% | 35.13% |
| 1995 | 1995 | 29.39% | 29.39% |
| 1999 | 1999 | 35.36% | 35.36% |
| 2004 | 2004 | 38.99% | 38.99% |

### 1952

1952 Hyderabad State Legislative Assembly election: Nanded :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Raghwan Rao | 9,663 | 54.54 | |
| | PDF | Vithal Rao | 5,613 | 31.68 | |
| | Independent | Venkat Rao | 1,163 | 6.56 | |
| | Socialist | Mohd. Wilayat Ali | 705 | 3.98 | |
| | SCF | Govind Rao | 574 | 3.24 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,050 | 22.86 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 17,718 | | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,718 | 30.81 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 57,504 | | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |

### 1957

1957 Bombay State Legislative Assembly election: Nanded :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI | Deshpande Vithalrao Devidasrao | 12,039 | 46.61 |
| | INC | Wilayatali Khan S/O Alrahyarkhan | 11,046 | 42.77 |
| | ABJS | Srinivasji Rajaram Shastri | 1,597 | 6.18 |
| | Independent | Waghmare Ganpatrao Manikrao | 1,146 | 4.44 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 993 | 3.84 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 25,828 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,828 | 38.52 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 67,054 | |
| | CPI gain from INC | CPI gain from INC | Swing | |

### 1962

1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Nanded :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | S. Farook Pasha S. Makhdum Pasha | 23,929 | 57.73 |
| | CPI | Vithal Rao Devidas Rao | 12,620 | 30.45 |
| | Independent | Laxman Lingoji | 3,058 | 7.38 |
| | ABJS | Laxman Rao Tulshiram | 1,844 | 4.45 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,309 | 27.28 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 41,451 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2,343 | 5.35 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,794 | 58.06 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 75,430 | |
| | INC gain from CPI | INC gain from CPI | Swing | |

### 1967

1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Nanded :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | S. F. P. S. M. Pasha | 24,063 | 52.36 |
| | CPI | V. D. Deshpande | 16,426 | 35.74 |
| | ABJS | C. G. Amki | 2,762 | 6.01 |
| | Independent | G. Waghmare | 1,735 | 3.78 |
| | Independent | J. C. Potphode | 969 | 2.11 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,637 | 16.62 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 45,955 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2,726 | 5.60 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,681 | 51.77 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 94,026 | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### 1972

1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Nanded :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Syed F. Pasha Syed N. Pasha | 25,040 | 44.69 |
| | Independent | More Eknath Kisanrao | 10,642 | 18.99 |
| | CPI | N. A. Shankerrao | 5,603 | 10.00 |
| | RPI(K) | M. K. Dhondiba | 3,966 | 7.08 |
| | ABJS | M. C. Govind Rao | 3,815 | 6.81 |
| | Independent | Ayyubkhan Ilyas Khan | 3,547 | 6.33 |
| | RPI | Godbole Mohanrao Deorao | 2,499 | 4.46 |
| | Independent | Jadhav Hiraji Umanji | 920 | 1.64 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 14,398 | 25.70 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 56,032 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1,912 | 3.30 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57,944 | 50.07 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,15,735 | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### 1978

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Nanded :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | JP | Noorallah Khan Bismillah Khan | 25,823 | 35.21 |
| | IUML | M. Maqbool Saleem M. Khaja | 19,981 | 27.24 |
| | Independent | Tirodekar Vyankatrao Babarao | 9,618 | 13.11 |
| | Independent | Satwa Mukunda Pradhan | 9,431 | 12.86 |
| | INC(I) | Shinde Bajirao Nivrutirao | 2,366 | 3.23 |
| | Independent | Kale Bhimrao Ganpatrao | 2,158 | 2.94 |
| | Independent | Kamble Tulsiram Ranba | 1,366 | 1.86 |
| | Independent | Kadam Krishan Gopinath | 1,091 | 1.49 |
| | Independent | Lalu Narsaih | 661 | 0.90 |
| | Independent | Kakandikar Govind Dhondia | 573 | 0.78 |
| | Independent | Bhosker Gopilrao Rameshastri | 277 | 0.38 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 5,842 | 7.97 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 73,345 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2,163 | 2.86 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 75,508 | 61.24 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,23,289 | |
| | JP gain from INC | JP gain from INC | Swing | |

### 1980

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Nanded :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC(U) | Kadam Kamal Kishore Nana Saheb | 27,657 | 36.98 |
| | IUML | M. Maqbool Salim Mohd. Khaja | 21,030 | 28.12 |
| | INC(I) | A. Karim Siddiqui A. Rahman | 13,443 | 17.98 |
| | JP | Sadashiv Patil | 8,786 | 11.75 |
| | RPI(K) | Magre Kamlakar Ranba | 3,294 | 4.40 |
| | Independent | Gaikwad Sopan Dhondiba | 325 | 0.43 |
| | Independent | Manjramkar Haribhau Dhondiba | 246 | 0.33 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 6,627 | 8.86 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 74,781 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1,735 | 2.27 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 76,516 | 54.82 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,39,582 | |
| | INC(U) gain from JP | INC(U) gain from JP | Swing | |

### 1985

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Nanded :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | IC(S) | Kamalkishor Kadam | 30,462 | 33.68 |
| | INC | Kabra Ramnarayan Ramdev | 27,392 | 30.28 |
| | Independent | Isakhan Sardsrkhan | 15,249 | 16.86 |
| | Independent | L. D. Bhosale | 10,026 | 11.08 |
| | Independent | M. Maqbool Saleem Haji Mohd. Khajya | 3,929 | 4.34 |
| | CPI | Anantrao Shankarrao Nagapurkar | 1,256 | 1.39 |
| | Independent | Gaikwad Naryan Nagorao | 949 | 1.05 |
| | Independent | Nazimoddin Siddiq Ahmed | 611 | 0.68 |
| | Independent | Bore Shrikant Devidasrao | 161 | 0.18 |
| | Independent | Maroti Munjaji Iandge | 158 | 0.17 |
| | Independent | Ratole Shankarrao Gangaram | 103 | 0.11 |
| | Independent | Hirachand Khushal Chand Mutha | 96 | 0.11 |
| | Independent | Mourya Udayraj Brijmohan | 66 | 0.07 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 3,070 | 3.39 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 90,458 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1,374 | 1.50 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 91,832 | 57.31 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,60,236 | |
| | IC(S) gain from INC(U) | IC(S) gain from INC(U) | Swing | |

### 1990

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Nanded :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SS | D. R. Deshmukh | 48,645 | 35.13 |
| | INC | Kadam Kamalkishor Nansaheb | 33,270 | 24.02 |
| | Bharatiyan Republican Paksha | Gaikwad Suresh Gyanobarao | 25,205 | 18.20 |
| | IUML | Mahmd Usman Mahmad Ismail | 12,832 | 9.27 |
| | JD | Bhalerao Savita | 11,894 | 8.59 |
| | AIMIM | M. Abdul Haleem Ali Sattar M. A. Hakeem | 1,013 | 0.73 |
| | Independent | Syed Iftekharal Syed Kharookh Ali | 634 | 0.46 |
| | Independent | Madhukar Kishanrao Kshirsagar | 546 | 0.39 |
| | INS(SCS) | Tak Ramesh Salikram | 480 | 0.35 |
| | Independent | Farahtullah Beg Nurullabeg | 334 | 0.24 |
| | Independent | Debade Sahebrao Tulshiram | 314 | 0.23 |
| | Doordarshi Party | Dube Radheyshyam Muneshwar | 273 | 0.20 |
| | Independent | Kamble Tulshiram Ranbaji | 264 | 0.19 |
| | Independent | Gore Vijaykumar Narayanrao | 247 | 0.18 |
| | Independent | Dhut Dilipkumar Badriprasad | 246 | 0.18 |
| | BSP | Abdul Basheed Mandal Hussain Mandal Bangali | 216 | 0.16 |
| | Independent | Kandharkar Sanjay Kishan | 207 | 0.15 |
| | Independent | Fazlur Rahman | 201 | 0.15 |
| | Independent | Dipajirao Hirajirao Shinde | 200 | 0.14 |
| | Independent | Bhalke Mahesh Manikrao | 197 | 0.14 |
| | Independent | Milind Ektate Arvind | 128 | 0.09 |
| | Independent | Khanolkar Ramdas Vasant | 111 | 0.08 |
| | Independent | Patne Suryakant Gurusantappa | 97 | 0.07 |
| | Independent | SK. Ibrahim SK. Bademiyan | 96 | 0.07 |
| | Independent | Patil Jagdeorao Parbatrao | 95 | 0.07 |
| | Independent | B. Narsingrao Pentya | 94 | 0.07 |
| | Independent | Mahmad Nisar Mahmad Naseer | 92 | 0.07 |
| | Independent | Ratole Sushilabai Shankarrao | 77 | 0.06 |
| | Independent | Inderjeetsingh Ratansingh | 77 | 0.06 |
| | Independent | Thakur Sheetalsingh Ratansingh | 70 | 0.05 |
| | Independent | Sale Vivek Ramrao | 69 | 0.05 |
| | Independent | Suryawanshi Rohidas Jaising | 56 | 0.04 |
| | Independent | Gulam Mahmd SK. Farid | 55 | 0.04 |
| | Independent | Lohiya Giriraj Ramjivan | 41 | 0.03 |
| | Independent | Wadgaonkar Narayan Gopal | 40 | 0.03 |
| | Independent | Waghmare D. D. | 32 | 0.02 |
| | Independent | Raosaheb Vishwanath Chosate | 30 | 0.02 |
| | Independent | Ramdeo Bapuji Ubale | 11 | 0.01 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 15,375 | 11.10 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,38,489 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1,734 | 1.24 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,40,223 | 61.55 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,27,806 | |
| | SS gain from IC(S) | SS gain from IC(S) | Swing | |

### 1995

1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Nanded :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SS | Khedkar Prakashs Murlidharrao | 55,972 | 29.39 |
| | JD | Hamid Hussain Sarwari Altaf Hussain | 37,680 | 19.79 |
| | BBM | Gaikwad Suresh Gyanoba | 31,345 | 16.46 |
| | INC | Pokarna Omprakash Ganeshlal | 28,451 | 14.94 |
| | Independent | Kadam Kamal Kishor Nanasaheb | 14,254 | 7.48 |
| | Independent | Kadam Uttamrao Kondji | 4,813 | 2.53 |
| | Independent | Kamthekar Ranjeetsingh Khandasingh | 4,430 | 2.33 |
| | Independent | D. R. Deshmukh | 2,357 | 1.24 |
| | Independent | Nurullahkhan Bismillahkhan | 2,321 | 1.22 |
| | Independent | Jadhav Dagdu Maroti | 1,380 | 0.72 |
| | Independent | Gajbhare Shankarrao Sabhajirao | 625 | 0.33 |
| | Independent | Vrashali Rajendra Waghmare | 488 | 0.26 |
| | Independent | Deshpande Vikash Venkateshrao | 475 | 0.25 |
| | Independent | Tornekar Vithal Lingappa | 455 | 0.24 |
| | Independent | Giri Balaji Ganpati Giri | 453 | 0.24 |
| | Independent | Jadhav Gangadhar Ganpati | 418 | 0.22 |
| | Independent | Devidas Kamaji Kolhe | 378 | 0.20 |
| | Independent | Paitwar Sudesh Chandrakantrao | 332 | 0.17 |
| | Independent | Kamble Sidharth Rawan | 321 | 0.17 |
| | Independent | D. D. Waghmare | 287 | 0.15 |
| | Independent | Bhorge Suryakant Madhavrao | 253 | 0.13 |
| | Independent | M. Nazir Ahmed Baba M. Ismail | 236 | 0.12 |
| | MUL | Altaf Ahmed Eqbal Ahmed | 222 | 0.12 |
| | RPI(K) | Hatkar Baburao Chandji | 201 | 0.11 |
| | Independent | Abdul Kareem Pahelwan A. Hamid | 196 | 0.10 |
| | Independent | Tanaji Dnyanoba Pahune | 189 | 0.10 |
| | Independent | Alimunneessa Zeenat M. A. Khursheed | 189 | 0.10 |
| | Independent | Chidaliya Raju Chatursingh | 187 | 0.10 |
| | Independent | Ashok Shankar Marewar | 158 | 0.08 |
| | Independent | Swami Shankar Dhondiyappa | 152 | 0.08 |
| | Independent | Baburao Tulshiram Kamble | 141 | 0.07 |
| | Independent | Sharma Hanumanprasad Mohanlal | 134 | 0.07 |
| | Independent | Lahoti Madangopal Bankatlal | 116 | 0.06 |
| | Independent | M. Ayub M. Yakub | 112 | 0.06 |
| | Independent | Arvind Govindrao Deshpande | 111 | 0.06 |
| | Independent | Misale Vijaykumar Sripatappa | 100 | 0.05 |
| | Independent | Ali Chaus M. Chaus | 85 | 0.04 |
| | Doordarshi Party | Sawdekar Dapadu Bula | 84 | 0.04 |
| | Independent | Habib Khan Mahboobkhan | 83 | 0.04 |
| | Independent | Jadhav Rajkumar Madhusudhan | 80 | 0.04 |
| | Independent | Sated Jani S. M. Kasim | 66 | 0.03 |
| | Independent | Shaikh Chand Shaikh Kalu | 45 | 0.02 |
| | Independent | Damodhar Nagorao Jadhav | 37 | 0.02 |
| | Independent | More Sunil Narayanrao | 32 | 0.02 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 18,292 | 9.60 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,90,444 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 3,216 | 1.66 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,93,812 | 68.84 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,81,554 | |
| | SS hold | SS hold | Swing | |

### 1999

1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Nanded :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SS | Khedkar Prakash Murlidharrao | 60,474 | 35.36 |
| | Independent | Abdul Samad A. Karim | 41,980 | 24.55 |
| | BBM | Suresh Dnyanoba Gaikwad | 30,637 | 17.91 |
| | Independent | Alegaonkar Bhagwanrao Madhavrao | 19,404 | 11.35 |
| | NCP | Mohan Patil Taklikar | 13,112 | 7.67 |
| | Independent | Sawant Prafull Narharrao | 1,888 | 1.10 |
| | Independent | Yadav Manoher Sahebrao | 1,828 | 1.07 |
| | AIMIM | Altaf Ahmed Iqbal Ahmed | 1,039 | 0.61 |
| | Independent | Jadhav Gangadhar Ganpati | 663 | 0.39 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 18,494 | 10.81 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,71,025 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 8,258 | 4.61 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,79,293 | 62.08 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,88,795 | |
| | SS hold | SS hold | Swing | |

### 2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Nanded :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SS | Anusayatai Prakash Khedkar | 84,610 | |
| | INC | Omprakash Ganeshlal Pokrana | 63,835 | |
| | BSP | Pandhre Sudhakar Ramrao | 31,290 | |
| | BBM | Gaffar Khan Gulam MD. Khan | 29,016 | |
| | Independent | Suresh Eknathrao Deshmukh | 1,896 | |
| | JD(S) | Kabde Venkatesh Rukmajee | 1,737 | |
| | Independent | Pathan Zafarali Khan Mahemoodali Khan | 756 | |
| | Independent | Misale Vijaykumar Shripat Appa | 748 | |
| | Independent | Yadav Manohar Sahebrao | 670 | |
| | SP | A. Bari Siddiqui S/O A. Karim Siddiqui | 543 | |
| | RLD | Jadhav Vishnu Maroti | 519 | |
| | Independent | Bhadarge Bhaurao Mariba | 476 | |
| | Independent | Alkatwar Digambar Narayanrao | 276 | |
| | Republican Party Of India (Democratic) | Sonwanesow Nisha Vijay | 242 | |
| | Independent | Gudup Digambar Marotrao Chinchgavankar | 237 | |
| | Independent | Abdul Khaleel Abdul Jaleel | 158 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 20,775 | 9.57 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,17,009 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,17,009 | 55.57 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,90,493 | |
| | SS hold | SS hold | Swing | |