# Basmath Assembly constituency

Basmath is one of the 288 constituencies of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, in Maharashtra, India.

## Overview

Basmath (constituency number 92) is one of the three Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Hingoli district. It covers the entire Basmath tehsil and part of Aundha tehsil of this district.
Basmath is part of the Hingoli Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Kalamnuri and Hingoli in Hingoli district and Umarkhed in Yavatmal district, Kinwat and Hadgaon in Nanded district.

## Members of Legislative assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1962 | Rangrao Parashram | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | W. A. Nayak | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | S. Iqbal Hussain | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Panditrao Deshmukh | Janata Party |
| 1980 | Ganeshrao Dudhgaonkar | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1985 | Munjaji Jadhav | Indian National Congress |
| 1990 | Jaiprakash Mundada | Shiv Sena |
| 1995 | Jaiprakash Mundada | Shiv Sena |
| 1999 | Jaiprakash Mundada | Shiv Sena |
| 2004 | Jaiprakash Dandegaonkar | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 2009 | Jaiprakash Dandegaonkar | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 2014 | Jaiprakash Mundada | Shiv Sena |
| 2019 | Chandrakant Nawghare | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 2024 | Chandrakant Nawghare | Nationalist Congress Party |

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Basmath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | VBA | [[Tushar Wahule] | 242,420 | 100 | |
| | NCP | Jayprakash Dandegaonkar | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| | JSS | Gurupadeshwar Shivacharya Maharaj | 0 | 0 | −12 |
| | BJP | Prititai Manoj Jaiswal | 0 | 0 | −8 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 0 | 0 | +13 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 0 | 100 | +17.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,42,420 | 99.76 | |
| | Tushar Wahule gain from Jayprakash Dandegaokar | Tushar Wahule gain from Jayprakash Dandegaokar | Swing | 100 | |

### 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Basmath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | NCP | Chandrakant Nawghare | 75,321 | 34.59% |
| | Independent | Adv Shivajirao Munjajirao Jadhav | 67,070 | 30.80% |
| | SS | Jaiprakash Mundada | 41,557 | 19.09% |
| | VBA | Munir Isak Patel | 25,397 | 11.66% |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,957 | 0.90% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,251 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,17,733 | 74.49% |
| | NCP gain from Independent | NCP gain from Independent | Swing | |

### 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Basmath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SS | Jaiprakash Mundada | 63,851 | 31.82% |
| | NCP | Jaiprakash Dandegaonkar | 58,295 | 29.05% |
| | BJP | Adv Shivajirao Munjajirao Jadhav | 51,197 | 25.52% |
| | INC | Abdul Hafeez Abdul Raheman | 13,996 | 6.64% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,556 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,00,649 | 76.18% |
| | SS gain from NCP | SS gain from NCP | Swing | |

### 2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Basmath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | NCP | Jayprakash Dandegaonkar | 81,357 | 45.62 |
| | SS | Jaiprakash Mundada | 78,513 | 44.03 |
| | Independent | Ujjwalatai Tambhale | 9,059 | 5.08 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,844 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,78,323 | 75.20 |
| | NCP gain from SS | NCP gain from SS | Swing | |