Akot is assembly constituency number 28 in Maharashtra, in Akola district, and one of the segments of the Akola Lok Sabha seat. In the 2024 election Prakash Gunwant Bharsakle of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 43.5% of the vote, 18,851 votes ahead of Gangane Mahesh Sudhakarrao (INC).
- 01Prakash Gunwant BharsakleBJP93,33843.51%
- 02Gangane Mahesh SudhakarraoINC74,48734.72%
- 03Deepak Ramdas BodkheVBA34,13515.91%
- 04Lalit Sudhakarrao BahaleSTBP5,9552.78%
- 05Ramprabhu Gajanan TaraleIndependent2,3811.11%
- 6 other candidates · 3,086 votesNOTA · 1,161 (0.54%)
Margin 18,851 votes · 8.79% of valid votes
All 11 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,14,543 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prakash Gunwant BharsakleMale · 72 yrs | BJP | 93,338 | 43.51% |
| 2 | Gangane Mahesh SudhakarraoMale · 40 yrs | INC | 74,487 | 34.72% |
| 3 | Deepak Ramdas BodkheMale · 48 yrs | VBA | 34,135 | 15.91% |
| 4 | Lalit Sudhakarrao BahaleMale · 63 yrs | STBP | 5,955 | 2.78% |
| 5 | Ramprabhu Gajanan TaraleMale · 45 yrs | Independent | 2,381 | 1.11% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,161 | 0.54% |
| 6 | Laxmikant Gajanan KauthakarMale · 41 yrs | Independent | 825 | 0.38% |
| 7 | Capt. Sunil DobaleMale · 58 yrs | MNS | 792 | 0.37% |
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| 8 | Ansarullha Khan Ataullha KhanMale · 58 yrs | Independent | 626 | 0.29% |
| 9 | Adv Sujata Vidhyasagar WankhadeFemale · 48 yrs · SC | BSP | 479 | 0.22% |
| 10 | Nitin Manohar WalsingeMale · 33 yrs | Independent | 187 | 0.09% |
| 11 | Gopal Jivanrao DeshmukhMale · 53 yrs | Independent | 177 | 0.08% |
BJP held the seat: it also won in 2019.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Akot result 2019
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prakash Gunwantrao Bharsakale | BJP | 48,586 | 26.56% |
| 2 | Adv. Santosh Vasant Rahate | VBA | 41,326 | 22.59% |
| 3 | Anil Manikrao Gawande | Independent | 28,183 | 15.41% |
| 4 | Bodkhe Sanjay Ramdas | INC | 27,679 | 15.13% |
| 5 | Tushar Najukrao Pundkar | PHJSP | 23,934 | 13.08% |
| 6 | Ramkrushna Laxman Dhigar | Independent | 3,817 | 2.09% |
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| 7 | Abdul Sadique Abdul Khalique | Independent | 2,947 | 1.61% |
| 8 | Gajanan Shantaram Tayade | MPS(T) | 1,288 | 0.70% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 857 | 0.47% |
| 9 | Ravindra Madhukar Phate | MNS | 792 | 0.43% |
| 10 | Santosh Suryabhan Deulkar | PPID | 777 | 0.42% |
| 11 | Vijay Viitthalrao Kogade | Independent | 655 | 0.36% |
| 12 | Amol Motiram Vyavahare | VMP | 600 | 0.33% |
| 13 | Mahadev Vishram Wankhade | Independent | 362 | 0.20% |
| 14 | Ashok Kisanrao Thorat | Independent | 320 | 0.17% |
| 15 | Waman Baldev Sarkate | BSP | 317 | 0.17% |
| 16 | Jitendra Basavant Sable | Independent | 270 | 0.15% |
| 17 | Pramod Ramchandra Khandare | Independent | 205 | 0.11% |
Akot result 2014
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bharsakle Prakash Gunvantrao | BJP | 70,086 | 42.30% |
| 2 | Gangane Mahesh Sudhakarrao | INC | 38,675 | 23.34% |
| 3 | Wankhade Pradeep Sadashiv | BBM | 32,350 | 19.53% |
| 4 | Sanjay Laxman Gawande | Shiv Sena | 14,024 | 8.46% |
| 5 | Raju Vitthalrao Boche | NCP | 3,200 | 1.93% |
| 6 | Daberao Vinod Nandkishor | BSP | 1,253 | 0.76% |
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| 7 | Syd.shareef Syd.sikandar | Independent | 992 | 0.60% |
| 8 | Rajesh Digambar Khokle | Independent | 877 | 0.53% |
| 9 | Pradeep Ganeshrao Gawande | MNS | 860 | 0.52% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 706 | 0.43% |
| 10 | Dr.umesh Tukaram Navalkar | Independent | 589 | 0.36% |
| 11 | Kailas Mahadevrao Nathe | BMUP | 527 | 0.32% |
| 12 | Pradeep Ambadas Wankhade | Independent | 295 | 0.18% |
| 13 | Mo.azhar Shaikh Mo.muntejar | MNDP | 244 | 0.15% |
| 14 | Jakeershah Rasheedshah | Independent | 241 | 0.15% |
| 15 | Salim Ahemad Kha Sabajekha | Independent | 233 | 0.14% |
| 16 | Prakash Uttamrao Thorat | Independent | 206 | 0.12% |
| 17 | Gajanan Gopalrao Pundkar | Independent | 180 | 0.11% |
| 18 | Gajanan Pundlik Dudhe | Independent | 145 | 0.09% |
Akot result 2009
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gawande Sanjay Laxman | Shiv Sena | 37,834 | 25.56% |
| 2 | Gangane Sudhakar Ramkrishna | INC | 36,869 | 24.91% |
| 3 | Mankar Prabhakar Tulshiram | BBM | 32,629 | 22.04% |
| 4 | Bharsakle Prakash Gunwant | Independent | 32,415 | 21.90% |
| 5 | Gajanan Gopalrao Pundkar | MNS | 2,216 | 1.50% |
| 6 | Salim Ahmad Khan Sabje Khan | Independent | 1,536 | 1.04% |
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| 7 | Syd. Matin Ahmad Syd. Ab. Sattar | RPI(A) | 945 | 0.64% |
| 8 | Mule Bhashkar Bhagwanji | Independent | 857 | 0.58% |
| 9 | Syd. Sharif Syd. Sikandar | Independent | 847 | 0.57% |
| 10 | Moh. Azhar Sk. Muntejar | Independent | 764 | 0.52% |
| 11 | Rathod Sheshrao Pandurang | BSP | 667 | 0.45% |
| 12 | Nathe Kailas Mahadeorao | HJP | 453 | 0.31% |
Akot outlined in orange among the other Maharashtra seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2024. Click any seat to open its page.
Other seats in Akola district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Akot is one of the assembly segments of Akola. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Akola candidates.
- Anup Sanjay DhotreBJP78,228 41.1%
- Abhay Kashinath PatilINC69,060 36.3%
- Ambedkar Prakash YashwantVBA40,272 21.1%
- Adv Najib ShaikhINL671 0.4%
- Kashinath Vishwanath DhamodeBSP424 0.2%
In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 9,168 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Akot.
Who won the Akot assembly seat in 2024?
Prakash Gunwant Bharsakle of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Akot in the 2024 Maharashtra assembly election with 93,338 votes, which was 43.51% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Akot?
The margin was 18,851 votes (8.79% of valid votes). The runner-up was Gangane Mahesh Sudhakarrao of the Indian National Congress with 74,487 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Akot in 2024?
Turnout was 68.95%: 2,15,105 of 3,11,972 registered electors voted, across 346 polling stations. That is 4.8 points higher than in 2019.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Akot part of?
Akot is an assembly segment of the Akola Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Anup Sanjay Dhotre got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Akot a reserved constituency?
No. Akot is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Akot?
The Maharashtra assembly elected in 2024 completes its five-year term in 2029, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.
Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Maharashtra assembly elections of 2024 and 2019 and 2014 and 2009 (2024 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.
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