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The Bhokar assembly constituency in Maharashtra has long been a Congress bastion, with the grand old party winning all elections, except on three occasions, since 1952. Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan won the last three elections on a Congress ticket. However, with Chavan switching sides to the Bharatiya Janata Party, the election dynamics in the seat have taken a 360-degree turn. The BJP has fielded Ashok Chavan's daughter Sreejaya Chavan as a joint candidate of the ruling Mahayuti coalition with hopes of opening an account on the seat.
Sreejaya is a third-generation Chavan eyeing to represent the Bhokar assembly seats. Previously, her grandfather and former Maharashtra CM Shankarrao Chavan won elections from this seat thrice from 1967 to 1978.
Ashok Chavan entered the Vidhan Sabha as an MLA from Bhokar in 2009. Following his win in the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Ashok Chavan vacated the seat for his wife Ameeta Chavan, who won the by-polls. The former CM returned to the seat in 2019 before vacating it earlier this year to join the BJP with a Rajya Sabha nomination.
Congress has fielded Tirupati Baburao Kadam Kondekar. A total of 25 candidates will try their luck for the seat. Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi has fielded Suresh Tikram Rathord.
In the 2024 polls, the Mahayuti (BJP, Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar's NCP) is in a direct contest against the MVA, which includes Congress, NCP (SP) and Shiv Sena (UBT).
Bhokar: Polling Date
In Maharashtra, polling in all 288 seats, including Bhokar, is scheduled for November 20. The counting of votes is on November 23.
Bhokar Candidates List
There are 25 candidates in the fray for the Bhokar seat in the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly election. Here's a complete list:
2019 result
During the 2019 polls in Maharashtra, Congress' Ashok Chavan defeated then-BJP candidate Shrinivas alias Bapusaheb Deshmukh Gorthekar by 97445 votes.
Sreejaya is a third-generation Chavan eyeing to represent the Bhokar assembly seats. Previously, her grandfather and former Maharashtra CM Shankarrao Chavan won elections from this seat thrice from 1967 to 1978.
Ashok Chavan entered the Vidhan Sabha as an MLA from Bhokar in 2009. Following his win in the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Ashok Chavan vacated the seat for his wife Ameeta Chavan, who won the by-polls. The former CM returned to the seat in 2019 before vacating it earlier this year to join the BJP with a Rajya Sabha nomination.
Congress has fielded Tirupati Baburao Kadam Kondekar. A total of 25 candidates will try their luck for the seat. Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi has fielded Suresh Tikram Rathord.
In the 2024 polls, the Mahayuti (BJP, Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar's NCP) is in a direct contest against the MVA, which includes Congress, NCP (SP) and Shiv Sena (UBT).
Bhokar: Polling Date
In Maharashtra, polling in all 288 seats, including Bhokar, is scheduled for November 20. The counting of votes is on November 23.
Bhokar Candidates List
There are 25 candidates in the fray for the Bhokar seat in the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly election. Here's a complete list:
| Candidate Names | Party |
| Kadam Kondhekar Tirupati Alias Pappu Baburao | Indian National Congress |
| Kamleshkumar Pandurangrao Choudante | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| Sreejaya Ashokrao Chavan | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Saiprasad Suryakantrao Jatalwar | Maharashtra Navnirman Sena |
| Dr.Arjunkumar Seetaram Rathod | Jan Janwadi Party |
| Kausar Sultana Altaf Ahmed | Indian National League |
| Tirupati Devidas Kadam | Janata Dal (Secular) |
| Dinesh Muktiram Lone | Republican Sena |
| Nagnath Laxman Ghisewad | Janhit Lokshahi Party |
| Makhsud A. Razzaq Shaikh | All India Majlis-E-Inquilab-E-Millat |
| Sahebrao Baba Gorathakar | Rashtriya Samaj Paksha |
| Suresh Tikaram Rathod | Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi |
| M.Afasar M.Navaj | Independent |
| Altaf Ahmed Iqbal Ahmed | Independent |
| Ashok Madhavrao Kshirsagar | Independent |
| Gautam Arjun Sawate | Independent |
| Chandrakant Vitthal Mustapure | Independent |
| Jakir Sagir Shaikh | Independent |
| Dasharath Babayya Swami | Independent |
| Bhimrao Sambhaji Dudhare | Independent |
| Mahananda Nagorao Motekar | Independent |
| Madhav Narsing Mekewad | Independent |
| Vilas Digambar Shinde | Independent |
| Santosh Prabhu Gavhane | Independent |
| Sambhaji Ramji Kale | Independent |
2019 result
During the 2019 polls in Maharashtra, Congress' Ashok Chavan defeated then-BJP candidate Shrinivas alias Bapusaheb Deshmukh Gorthekar by 97445 votes.
| Candidate Names | Party | Votes |
| Ashokrao Shankarrao Chavan | Indian National Congress | 140,559 votes (67.78%) |
| Shrinivas alias Bapusaheb Deshmukh Gorthekar | BJP | 43,114 votes (20.79%) |
| Ayalwad Namdev Nagorao | Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi | 17,813 votes (8.59%) |
| Bhagwan Bhimrao Kadam | SMBGP | 2,069 votes (1%) |
| Nota | 1,297 votes (0.63%) | |
| Ratnakar S/o Shamrao Taru | Bahujan Samaj Party | 1,240 votes (0.6%) |
| Paparao Pandit Chavan | Independent | 956 votes (0.46%) |
| Balaprasad Narayan Lingampalle | Independent | 334 votes (0.16%) |
(Edited by : Sudarsanan Mani)
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