# Arni Assembly constituency

Arni-Kelapur Assembly constituency is one of the 288 constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and one of the seven which are located in Yavatmal district. It is reserved for Scheduled Tribe candidate.
It is a part of the Chandrapur (Lok Sabha constituency) with adjoining Chandrapur district along with five other Vidhan Sabha assembly constituencies, viz. Rajura, Chandrapur(SC), Ballarpur and Warora from the Chandrapur district and Wani from the Yavatmal district.
The remaining constituencies from Yavatmal district, Ralegaon(ST), Yavatmal, Digras and Pusad are part of Yavatmal-Washim (Lok Sabha constituency) while Umarkhed is part of the Hingoli (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of Legislative assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1952 | Dattatraya Krishnarao Deshmukh Parvekar | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Trambak Dattatrya Deshmukh Parvekar alias Abasaheb Parvekar | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Masram Lakhuji Marotrao | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1980 | Shivajirao Moghe | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1985 | Shivajirao Moghe | Indian National Congress |
| 1990 | Gedam Deorao Jaitaji | Janata Dal |
| 1995 | Shivajirao Moghe | Independent politician |
| 1999 | Shivajirao Moghe | Indian National Congress |
| 2004 | Sandip Prabhakar Dhurve | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Before 2008: See Kelapur Assembly constituency ||||
| 2009 | Shivajirao Moghe | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Raju Narayan Todsam | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2019 | Sandip Prabhakar Dhurve | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2024 | Raju Narayan Todsam | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Arni-Kelapur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Raju Todsam | 127,203 | 54.00 |
| | INC | Jitendra Shivajirao Moghe | 97,890 | 41.56 |
| | PHJSP | Neeta Anandrao Madavi | 1,804 | 0.77% |
| | BSP | Baban Sriniwas Soyam | 1,700 | 0.72% |
| | Independent | Adv.Ajay Datta Atram | 1,313 | 0.56% |
| | Independent | Niranjan Shivram Masram | 613 | 0.26% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 29,313 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,35,542 | 72.67% |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | |

### 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Arni-Kelapur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Sandip Prabhakar Dhurve | 81,599 | 38.62% |
| | INC | Shivajirao Moghe | 78,446 | 37.13% |
| | Independent | Raju Narayan Todsam | 26,949 | 12.75% |
| | VBA | Niranjan Shivram Masram | 12,307 | 5.82% |
| | BMP | Adv.Anil Bhimrao Kinake | 2,791 | 1.32% |
| | BSP | Baliram Abhiman Neware | 2,032 | 0.96% |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 2,411 | 1.14% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,153 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,11,294 | 67.66% |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | |

### 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ralegaon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Raju Narayan Todsam | 86,991 | 43.63% |
| | INC | Shivajirao Moghe | 66,270 | 33.24% |
| | SS | Sandip Prabhakar Dhurve | 30,960 | 15.53% |
| | BSP | Shinde Ranjita Parashram | 4,197 | 2.11% |
| | NCP | Vishnu Shankarrao Ukande | 2,972 | 1.49% |
| | BMP | Adv.Anil Bhimrao Kinake | 2,410 | 1.21% |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,957 | 0.98% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20,721 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,99,365 | 69.37% |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | |