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Assembly constituency 88 · Maharashtra

Loha is assembly constituency number 88 in Maharashtra, in Nanded district, and one of the segments of the Latur Lok Sabha seat. In the 2024 election Prataprao Patil Chikhalikar of the Nationalist Congress Party won with 31.6% of the vote, 10,973 votes ahead of Eknathdada Pawar (SHSUBT).

Loha · 2024AC 88
  1. 01
    Prataprao Patil Chikhalikar
    NCP
    72,750
    31.65%
  2. 02
    Eknathdada Pawar
    SS(UBT)
    61,777
    26.87%
  3. 03
    Chandrasen Ishwarrao Patil (surnar)
    JALOP
    29,194
    12.70%
  4. 04
    Prof. Manohar Babarao Dhonde
    Independent
    20,643
    8.98%
  5. 05
    Shivkumar Narayanrao Narangale
    VBA
    20,302
    8.83%
  6. 9 other candidates · 24,143 votesNOTA · 1,082 (0.47%)

Margin 10,973 votes · 4.77% of valid votes

3,02,580
Registered electors
2024 election
76.1%
Turnout
+5.8 pts vs 2019
10,973
Victory margin
4.8% of valid votes
Nov 2024 · candidate-wise result

All 14 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,29,891 valid votes, NOTA included.

Loha 2024 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Prataprao Patil ChikhalikarMale · 63 yrsNCP72,750
31.65%
2Eknathdada PawarMale · 55 yrsSS(UBT)61,777
26.87%
3Chandrasen Ishwarrao Patil (surnar)Male · 41 yrsJALOP29,194
12.70%
4Prof. Manohar Babarao DhondeMale · 59 yrsIndependent20,643
8.98%
5Shivkumar Narayanrao NarangaleMale · 47 yrsVBA20,302
8.83%
6Ashabai Shyamsunder ShindeFemale · 62 yrsPWPI19,786
8.61%
—NOTANOTA1,082
0.47%
7Eknath Dada PawarMale · 54 yrsIndependent871
0.38%
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8Balaji Ramprasad ChukalwadMale · 41 yrsIndependent835
0.36%
9Subhash Bhagwan KolheMale · 35 yrsSBBGP580
0.25%
10Pandit Sudam WaghmareMale · 39 yrs · SCIndependent567
0.25%
11Sambhaji Govind PawaleMale · 32 yrsIndependent427
0.19%
12Ashatai Shyamsundar ShindeFemale · 41 yrsIndependent403
0.18%
13Suresh Prakashrao MoreMale · 42 yrsIndependent352
0.15%
14Bhagnure Prakash DigambarMale · 53 yrsIndependent322
0.14%
Past results

The seat changed hands: PWPI won in 2019, NCP in 2024.

0%20%40%60%2009201420192024NCP 31.6%SS(UBT) 26.9%JALOP 12.7%PWPI 8.6%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2019Shyamsundar ShindePWPI · 52.8% · margin 64,362Turnout70.3%
2024Prataprao Patil ChikhalikarNCP · 31.6% · margin 10,973Turnout76.1%
2014Chikhalikar Prataprao GovindraoShiv Sena · 47.0% · margin 45,486Turnout75.8%
2009Dhondge Shankarrao GaneshraoNCP · 47.2% · margin 9,364Turnout78.6%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Loha result 2019

Loha 2019 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Shyamsundar ShindePWPI1,01,668
52.76%
2Shivkumar Narayanrao NarangaleVBA37,306
19.36%
3Dhondge Mukteshwar KeshavraoShiv Sena30,965
16.07%
4Dilip Shankaranna DhondgeNCP14,517
7.53%
5Subhash Bhagwan KolheSBBGP2,559
1.33%
6Pandurang Tolaba WanneIndependent1,700
0.88%
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—NOTANOTA1,249
0.65%
7Hanmant Raghunath WadwaleBSP1,118
0.58%
8Bharat Babarao KopnarIndependent634
0.33%
9Rukminbai Shankarrao GiteJD(S)518
0.27%
10Rangnath Bapurao GajaleIndependent461
0.24%

Loha result 2014

Loha 2014 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Chikhalikar Prataprao GovindraoShiv Sena92,435
46.97%
2Dhondge Mukteshwar KeshavraoBJP46,949
23.86%
3Shankaranna DhondgeNCP29,294
14.89%
4Chavan Rohidas KhobrajiMNS6,568
3.34%
5Shyam Bapurao TelangINC5,312
2.70%
6Prof. Dhonde Manohar BabaraoIndependent4,878
2.48%
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7Satwa Arjun SonkambleBSP3,488
1.77%
—NOTANOTA2,295
1.17%
8Avinash Vishwanath BhosikarJSS1,320
0.67%
9Adv. A. S. Waghmare BachotikarIndependent568
0.29%
10Borole Vyankatrao KishanraoIndependent549
0.28%
11Shivaji WaghmareIndependent529
0.27%
12Adv. Maroti Govind SonkambleIndependent515
0.26%
13Dnyaneshwar Shinde HarbalkarIndependent467
0.24%
14Pathan Mahemud HaydarJD(S)459
0.23%
15Bharat Babarao KopnarIndependent453
0.23%
16Gaikwad Rajratna BhimraoRBS415
0.21%
17Pandurang Tolba WanneIndependent306
0.16%

Loha result 2009

Loha 2009 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Dhondge Shankarrao GaneshraoNCP81,539
47.17%
2Chikhalikar Prataprao GovindraoLB72,175
41.75%
3Dhonde Manohar BabaraoShiv Sena7,087
4.10%
4Umrekar Shahaji SambhajiIndependent1,999
1.16%
5Kamble Roopkumar NarayanraoIndependent1,807
1.05%
6Narangale Shivkumar NarayanraoMNS1,765
1.02%
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7Gaikwad Narendra BabaraoBSP1,696
0.98%
8Barole Venakatrao KishanraoIndependent1,507
0.87%
9Rathod Sunita RamraoIndependent1,396
0.81%
10Adampure Balaji GovindaIndependent1,106
0.64%
11Hambilkar Vitthal PundaBBM452
0.26%
12Navaghare Anand PandurangRKSP348
0.20%
Map

Loha 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 Nanded district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

BJPShiv SenaNCPSS(UBT)INCNCP(SP)Others
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Loha is one of the assembly segments of Latur. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Latur candidates.

  • Dr. Kalge Shivaji BandappaINC82,326 45.9%
  • Sudhakar Tukaram ShrangareBJP79,531 44.4%
  • Narsingrao UdgirkarVBA9,353 5.2%
  • Atithi Khanderao SuryvanshiSSS1,094 0.6%
  • Alte Vishwanath MahadevBSP966 0.5%

In the assembly election NCP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, INC led here by 2,795 EVM votes.

Open Latur Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Loha.

Who won the Loha assembly seat in 2024?

Prataprao Patil Chikhalikar of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) won Loha in the 2024 Maharashtra assembly election with 72,750 votes, which was 31.65% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Loha?

The margin was 10,973 votes (4.77% of valid votes). The runner-up was Eknathdada Pawar of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) with 61,777 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Loha in 2024?

Turnout was 76.07%: 2,30,179 of 3,02,580 registered electors voted, across 338 polling stations. That is 5.8 points higher than in 2019.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Loha part of?

Loha is an assembly segment of the Latur Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Dr. Kalge Shivaji Bandappa got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Loha a reserved constituency?

No. Loha is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Loha?

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.