# Dhamangaon Railway Assembly constituency

Dhamangaon Railway Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies in Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency is part of the eight constituencies located in the Amravati district.
Dhamangaon Railway is part of the Wardha Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Wardha, Arvi, Deoli and Hinganghat in Wardha district and Morshi in Amravati district. The Dhamangaon Railway constituency was earlier known as the Chandur Railway Constituency before the Delimitation of Constituencies in 2009.
As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 36 Dhamangaon Railway Assembly constituency is composed of the following:
* Nandgaon-Khandeshwar Tehsil,
* Chandur Railway Tehsil and
* Dhamangaon Railway Tehsil of the district.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1952 | Pundlikrao Chorey | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Pundlikrao Chorey | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Bhaurao Jadhav | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Bhaurao Jadhav | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Sharad Tasare | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Sudhakar Sawalakhe | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1980 | Yashwant Sherekar | Indian National Congress |
| 1985 | Yashwant Sherekar | Indian National Congress |
| 1990 | Arun Adsad | Bhartiya Janata Party |
| 1995 | Dr. Pandurang Dhole | Janata Dal |
| 1999 | Arun Adsad | Bhartiya Janata Party |
| 2004 | Virendra Jagtap | Indian National Congress |
| Till 2009: Chandur Assembly Constituency, Name and major boundry changes since 2009 ||||
| 2009 | Virendra Jagtap | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Virendra Jagtap | Indian National Congress |
| 2019 | Pratap Adsad | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2024 | Pratap Adsad | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Dhamangaon Railway :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Pratap Adsad | 110,641 | 49.54% |
| | INC | Virendra Jagtap | 94,413 | 42.27% |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 768 | 0.34% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,228 | 7.27% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,23,343 | 69.75% |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | |

### 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Dhamangaon Railway :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Pratap Adsad | 90,832 | 43.29 |
| | INC | Virendra Jagtap | 81,313 | 38.75 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 788 | 0.38 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9519 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 209820 | 66.67 |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | |

### 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Dhamangaon Railway :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Virendra Jagtap | 70,879 | 35.60 |
| | BJP | Arunbhau Janardan Adsad | 69,905 | 35.11 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 558 | 0.28 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 974 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 199,077 | 68.63 |
| | INC gain from BJP | INC gain from BJP | Swing | |

### 2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Dhamangaon Railway :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Virendra Jagtap | 72,755 | 39.93 |
| | BJP | Arunbhau Janardan Adsad | 59,307 | 32.55 |
| | BSP | Pandurang Vithusa Dhole | 29,544 | 16.21 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,448 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 182,228 | 67.39 |
| | INC gain from BJP | INC gain from BJP | Swing | |