Constituency
266. Akola
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-AKOLA
BJP 38.9%won by 8.8%BBM 30.1%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.5% to 8.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to BBM (BBM).
- TurnoutTurnout fell 8.0% to 49.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
14,80,606
Turnout
49.9%
Valid votes
7,38,955
Margin
64,848
8.78%
Candidates
11 contested · winner BJP- 1DHOTRE SANJAY SHAMRAOBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,87,52638.9%
- 2AMBEDKAR PRAKASH YASHWANTBBM · BBM2,22,67830.1%
- 3BABASAHEB DHABEKARIndian National Congress · INC1,82,77624.7%
- 4MUJAHID KHAN CHAND KHANIndependent · IND22,6663.1%
- 5WASUDEORAO KHADE GURUJIIndependent · IND8,2661.1%
- 6ATIK AHAMAD GU. JILANIDESEP · DESEP4,3450.6%
- 7GANESH TULSHIRAM TATHEKKJHS · KKJHS3,0590.4%
- 8RAUT DEVIDAS ANANDRAOIndependent · IND2,8100.4%
- 9THAKURDAS GOVIND CHOUDHARIIndependent · IND1,9940.3%
- 10AJABRAO UTTAMRAO BHONGADEIndependent · IND1,4300.2%
- 11DIPAK SHRIRAM TIRAKERSPS · RSPS1,4050.2%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–BBM swing
- −8.4%
- BJP share
- 42.6% → 38.9%
- BBM share
- 25.5% → 30.1%
- Turnout
- 57.9% → 49.9%