Akola Parliamentary Constituency Election and Results Update

One of the 48 constituencies of Maharashtra, Akola was formed before the 1951 elections and has six Vidhan Sabha segments, of which two are reserved for the SC category. The Akola Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 6) consists of 1,480,606 number of electorates in totality, of these 768,569 are males and 712,037 are females as the Election commission of India 2009 data suggests. The city of Akola is the centre of administration of the Akola District and lies in the Vidarbha region, 250 kms away from Nagpur bordered by the districts of Amravati, Washim and Buldhana. The Melghat Hills lie to the north of the city which has an altitude of about 280 metres and the city sprawls over an area of 60 sq kms.

As per the 2011 census, Akola city had a population of over 4,27,000 with 13% being under the age of six. 52% of the population comprises of males and the sex ratio is 958 females per 1,000 males. Marathi is the official language here. The average literacy rate is about 92% with male and female literacy rates at 94% and 87% respectively.

The city has several private and public schools, mostly affiliated with the state board of Maharashtra. Many colleges are located here which offer degrees in science, commerce, arts, medical sciences, engineering and law, including a famous agricultural university. The main economic activities include agriculture, IT engineering and cotton production. National Highway NH-6, State Highways SH-68 and SH-69 pass through the city and connect it to a large road network.

Akola Lok Sabha Election Results 2019

In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.

In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.

In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.

List of winner/current and runner up MPs Akola Parliamentary Constituency.

The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Akola parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Akola constituency is Shri Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre of BJP.

Year	PC No.	PC Name	Category	winner/current MP	Gender	Party	Vote	Runner Up MP	Gender	Party	Vote
2014	6	Akola	GEN	Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao	M	BJP	456472	Patel Hidayat Ulla Barkat Ulla	M	INC	253356
2009	6	Akola	GEN	Dhotre,Shri Sanjay Shamrao	M	BJP	287526	Ambedkar Prakash Yashwant	M	BBM	222678
2004	19	Akola	GEN	Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao	M	BJP	313323	Laxmanrao Tayade	M	INC	206952
1999	19	Akola	GEN	Ambedkar Prakash Yashwant	M	BBM	272243	Fundkar Pandurang Pundlik	M	BJP	263527
1998	19	Akola	GEN	Ambedkar Prakash Yashawant	M	RPI	366427	Fundkar Pandurang Pundlik	M	BJP	333645
1996	19	Akola	GEN	Phundkar Pandurang Pundlik	M	BJP	221094	Ambedkar Prakash Yeshwant	M	RPI	212041
1991	19	Akola	GEN	Fundkar Pandurang Pundlik	M	BJP	201800	Gangane Sudakar Ramkrishna	M	INC	156687
1989	19	Akola	GEN	Phundkar Pandurang Pundlik	M	BJP	322384	Azhar Hussain	M	INC	171015
1984	19	Akola	GEN	Madhusudan Atmaram Vairale	M	INC	178874	Ambedkar Prakash Yeshwant	M	IND	165064
1980	19	Akola	GEN	Vairale Madhusudan Atmaram	M	INC(I)	199050	Mo. A. Razak Noor Mahammed	M	INC(U)	95025
1977	19	Akola	GEN	Sathe Vasantrao Purushottam	M	INC	208468	Lahane Motiram Udaybhanji	M	BLD	146969
1972	Bye Pol	Akola	GEN	S.V.Purushottam	M	INC	247023	K.S.Shambhuji	M	RPK	65393
1971	18	Akola	GEN	K. M. Asgar Hussain Sardarkhan	M	INC	255162	Motiram Udebhan Lahane	M	BJS	88713
1967	18	Akola	GEN	K. M. A. H. Sardarkhan	M	INC	188248	S. S. Khandare	M	RPI	141953
1962	29	Akola	GEN	Mohammad Mohibbul Haq Mohammad Anwarul Haq	M	INC	135226	Brijlal Nandlal Biyani	M	IND	88057

List of Assembly Constituencies in Akola Parliamentary Constituency

The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Akola parliamentary constituency.

Names of Assembly Constituencies
Akot	Balapur	Akola West
Akola East	Murtizapur (SC)	Risod