About Karanja Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
Karanja is a city in Washim district of Maharashtra. The city is also referred to as Karanja
Lad. The
place derives its name from Saint Karanj. The assembly constituency of Karanja belongs to
Yavatmal-Washim
parliamentary constituency. Prakash Uttamraoji Dahake of NCP won the 2009 assembly elections
and is the
present MLA. He defeated Patni Rajendra Sukhanand of SHS with a huge margin. Uttamrao bagged
62658 votes
as against Sukhanand's 32283 votes.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Karanja Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Karanja assembly elections conducted so
far.
| Year |
A C No. |
Constituency Name |
Category |
Winner |
Gender |
Party |
Votes |
Runner Up |
Gender |
Party |
Votes |
| 2014 |
35 |
Karanja |
GEN |
Patni Rajendra Sukhanand |
M |
BJP |
44751 |
Punjani Mo.Yusuf |
M |
BBM |
40604 |
| 2009 |
35 |
Karanja |
GEN |
Prakash Uttamraoji Dahake |
M |
NCP |
62658 |
Patni Rajendra Sukhanand |
M |
SHS |
32283 |
| 2004 |
117 |
Karanja |
GEN |
Patni Rajendra Sukhanand |
M |
SHS |
36695 |
Prakash Uttamraoji Dahake |
M |
BBM |
36648 |
| 1999 |
117 |
Karanja |
GEN |
Babasaheb Dhabekar |
M |
INC |
37980 |
Prakash Uttamraoji Dahake |
M |
NCP |
35099 |
| 1995 |
117 |
Karanja |
GEN |
Babasaheb Dhabekar |
M |
IND |
39025 |
Prakash Uttamrao Dahake |
M |
INC |
29304 |
| 1990 |
117 |
Karanja |
GEN |
Gawande Gulabrao Ramrao |
M |
SHS |
35297 |
Babasaheb Dhabekar |
M |
INC |
25007 |
| 1985 |
117 |
Karanja |
GEN |
Deshmukh Anantrao Vitthalrao |
M |
INC |
25376 |
Bang Manohar Motilalji |
M |
PWP |
20071 |
| 1980 |
117 |
Karanja |
GEN |
Rathi Ramkrushna Gangaramji |
M |
INC(I) |
22045 |
Bang Manohar Motilalji |
M |
PWP |
17193 |
| 1978 |
117 |
Karanja |
GEN |
Arvind Kamlkar Deshmukh |
M |
FBL |
38584 |
Korpe Wamanrao Ramkrushna |
M |
PWP |
14006 |
Last Updated on July 17, 2023