Melghat (Maharashtra) Assembly Constituency Elections

About Melghat Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency

Melghat is situated in the Amravati district of Maharashtra. The word Melghat means 'meeting of the ghats'. In 1974, the place was declared a Tiger Reserve. The assembly constituency of Melghat belongs to Amravati parliamentary constituency. The constituency is reserved for the Scheduled Tribes. The seat was occupied by INC from 1967 to 1995. It lost to BJP in the subsequent three assembly elections. But in the 2009 assembly elections the INC regained its lost ground. Kale Kewalram Tulshiram defeated Patel Rajkumar Dayaram of BJP. Tulshiram bagged 63619 votes as against Dayaram's 62909 votes.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Melghat Assembly Constituency

Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Melghat assembly elections conducted so far.