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Washim (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Washim was a Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra state in western India from 1977 (6th Lok Sabha) till 2004 elections (14th Lok Sabha). It was established before the 1977 Lok Sabha elections following the abolition of the Khamgaon Lok Sabha constituency, which had existed for three terms in the eighbouring Buldhana district. This constituency was dissolved when the boundary delimitation, delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002 was implemented with the creation of new Yavatmal-Washim Lok Sabha constituency. Members of Parliament See also * Washim district * List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha References {{coords, 20.1, 77.1, display=title Washim district Former Lok Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra Former constituencies of the Lok Sabha 2008 disestablishments in India Constituencies disestablished in 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of Parliament of India which is Bicameralism, bicameral, where the upper house is Rajya Sabha. Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha, constituencies, and they hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the president of India on the advice of the Union Council of Ministers. The house meets in the Lok Sabha Chambers of the New Parliament House, New Delhi. The maximum membership of the House allotted by the Constitution of India is 552. (Initially, in 1950, it was 500.) Currently, the house has 543 seats which are filled by the election of up to 543 elected members. Between 1952 and 2020, Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Lok Sabha, two additional members of the Anglo-Indian community were also nominated by the President ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Indian General Election
General elections were held in India on 22 and 26 November 1989 to elect the members of the ninth Lok Sabha. The incumbent Indian National Congress (Indira) government under the premiership of Rajiv Gandhi lost its mandate, even though it was still the largest single party in the Lok Sabha. V. P. Singh, the leader of the second largest party Janata Dal (which also headed the National Front) was invited by the President of India to form the government. The government was formed with outside support from the Bharatiya Janata Party and Communist parties led by CPI(M). V. P. Singh was sworn in as the seventh Prime Minister of India on 2 December 1989. Background The 1989 elections were held after the Lok Sabha elected in 1984 completed its five-year term. Although Rajiv Gandhi had won the 1984 elections by an unprecedented landslide (mainly due to an overwhelming outpour of popular grief for to his mother's assassination), by 1989 he was trying to fight off scandals that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Constituencies Of The Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha, the Lower House of the Parliament of India, is made up of Members of Parliament ( MPs). Each member of parliament represents a single geographic constituency. The maximum size of the Lok Sabha as outlined in the Constitution of India is 550 members, made up of up to 530 members representing people of 28 states and 20 members representing people of 8 union territories based on their population. There are currently 543 constituencies in the Lok Sabha. Delimitation of constituencies Under the Delimitation Act of 2002, the Delimitation Commission of India has redefined the list of parliamentary constituencies, their constituent assembly segments and reservation status (whether reserved for Scheduled castes (SC) candidates or Scheduled tribes (ST) candidates or unreserved). 2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, which took place in May 2008, was the first state election to use newly demarcated assembly constituencies. Consequently, all assembly election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washim District
Washim district (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, [ʋaːʃim]) is a List of districts of Maharashtra, district in Maharashtra, India. The headquarters is at Washim. The area of the district is . Officer Members of Parliament *Sanjay Deshmukh (Shiv Sena (1966–2022), SHS) *Anup Dhotre (Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP) Guardian Minister list of Guardian Minister District Magistrate/Collector list of District Magistrate / Collector Geography Washim district is located in the western region of Vidarbha, Vidharbha (20.1390° N, 77.1025° E). Akola district, Akola lies to its north, Amravati district, Amravati lies to its north-east, Hingoli district, Hingoli lies to its south, Buldhana district, Buldhana lies to its west, Yavatmal district, Yavatmal lies to its east. River Painganga River, Penganga is the main river of the district. It flows through the Tehsil of Risod. Later it flows through the boundary of Washim and Hingoli districts. River Kas is the main tri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yavatmal–Washim Lok Sabha Constituency
Yavatmal–Washim Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian parliament) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency was created on 19 February 2008 as a part of the implementation of the Presidential notification based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted on 12 July 2002. It held its first election in 2009 which was won by Bhavana Gawali of Shiv Sena. Vidhan Sabha segments Presently, Yavatmal–Washim Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. Members of Parliament Election results General Elections 2024 General Election 2019 General election 2014 General election 2009 See also * Yavatmal Lok Sabha constituency (1951 to 2004 elections for 1st to 14th Lok Sabha) * Washim Lok Sabha constituency (1977 to 2004 elections for 6th to 14th Lok Sabh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Indian General Election
General elections were held in India in four phases between 20 April and 10 May 2004. Over 670 million people were eligible to vote, electing 543 members of the 14th Lok Sabha. Seven states also held assembly elections to elect state governments. They were the first elections fully carried out with electronic voting machines (EVMs). On 13 May the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the lead party of the National Democratic Alliance conceded a shocking mysterious defeat. The Indian National Congress, which had governed India for all but five years from independence until 1996, returned to power after a record six years out of office. It was unable to put a majority alone in 2004. It formed UPA, which had together a comfortable majority of more than 335 members out of 543 with the help of its allies. The 335 members included both the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance, the governing coalition formed after the election and external support from the Left Front, who threatened t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhavana Gawali
Bhavana Pundlikrao Gawali (born 23 May 1974) is a five-time Member of Parliament from Shivsena representing Yavatmal-Washim Lok Sabha and she is a daughter of senior Shiv Sena leader & former M.P. Pundlikrao Gawali. She is serving as a Member of Parliament for this constituency since 1999. She is currently the most senior Member of Parliament from Maharashtra (more than 25 years in office). The Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided several locations linked to Gawali on 30 August 2021. Early life and background Bhavana Pundlikrao Gawali, also called Bhavnatai, was born in a traditional Ghatole Kunbi family in Risod on 23 May 1973. She is daughter of former Shiv Sena senior leader & Member of parliament of Washim Washim (Vatsagulma) is a city and a municipal council, Municipal Council in Washim district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Washim is the district headquarters of Washim district. History Washim was known earlier known as Vatsagulma and ... Pund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Indian General Election
General elections were held in India between 5 September and 3 October 1999, a few months after the Kargil War. Results were announced on 6 October 1999. The elections saw the National Democratic Alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party win a majority in the Lok Sabha, the first time since 1984 Indian general election, 1984 that a party or alliance had won an outright majority and the second since the 1977 Indian general election, 1977 elections that a non-Congress coalition had done so. It was also the third consecutive election in which the party that won the most votes overall did not win the most seats. The elections gave Atal Bihari Vajpayee the record of being the first non-Congress Prime Minister to serve a full five-year term. The decisive result also ended the political instability the country had seen since 1996 Indian general election, the 1996 elections that had resulted in a hung parliament. Although the Indian National Congress was able to increase its vote share ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudhakarrao Naik
Sudhakarrao Rajusing Naik (21 August 1934 – 10 May 2001) was an Indian politician from Indian National Congress party who served as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 25 June 1991 until 22 February 1993 following the communal riots. He had given the new shape to the Panchayat Raj, started the continuous election process in Panchayat Raj systems all over the state, as desired by the former Prime Minister Rajeev Gandhi, decentralisation of power and faster decision making process being motive of bringing back the Panchayat Raj in full-fledged functioning. He is called as the hero of Jalkranti, who started the irrigation revolution in the State of Maharashtra. Career He started his political career from his rural base as Sarpanch or village head. He was Member of Legislative Assembly for Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha from Pusad 5 times winning elections of 1978, 1980, 1985, 1990 and 1999 elections. He was the Chief Minister during the Mumbai riots of 1992–1993. However, politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Indian General Election
General elections were held in India on 16, 22 and 28 February 1998 to elect the members of the twelfth Lok Sabha. The elections were held three years ahead of schedule after the government led by Inder Kumar Gujral collapsed when the Indian National Congress (INC) withdrew its support in November 1997. The result was another hung parliament, with no party or alliance able to muster a majority. However, Atal Bihari Vajpayee of the Bharatiya Janata Party was able to form a coalition government led by the National Democratic Alliance with the outside support of the Telugu Desam Party. He was sworn in as Prime Minister with support from 272 of 543 MPs. However, his government collapsed on 17 April 1999 when the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam withdrew its support, after Vajpayee refused to meet the demands of its leader J. Jayalalithaa, namely halting the corruption cases against her and the sacking of the Tamil Nadu government led by her bete-noire M. Karunanidhi. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiv Sena (1966–2022)
Shiv Sena (1966–2022) (; ; SS) was a right-wing politics, right-wing Marathi people, Marathi Regionalism (politics), regionalist Hindutva-based political party in India founded in 1966 by Bal Thackeray, who was later succeeded by Uddhav Thackeray. The party is split into two parties: the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT), Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) which has a new symbol of ''Mashaal'' (Torch) and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena (2022–present) which has gotten hold of the original party name and the "bow and arrow" symbol. Initially apolitical, the organisation was patronised by the then Chief Minister Vasantrao Naik who used it for curbing trade unions and maintain stranglehold of the Indian National Congress, Congress. The organisation at the same time carried out pro-Marathi people, Marathi Nativism (politics), nativist movement in Mumbai in which it agitated for preferential treatment for the Marathi people over migrants from other parts of India. Althou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pundlikrao Gawali
Pundlikrao Ramji Gawali (born 11 November 1949 in Gohgaon, Akola, Maharashtra) was an Indian politician and member of the Shiv Sena. He was Member of Parliament representing Washim from 1996 to 1998 in the 11th Lok Sabha The 11th Lok Sabha was constituted after April–May 1996 general elections. The result of the election was a hung parliament, which would see three Prime Ministers in two years and force the country back to the polls in 1998. Atal Bihari Vajpa .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Gawali, Pundlikrao People from Washim district Shiv Sena politicians India MPs 1996–1997 Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra Living people 21st-century Indian people 1949 births People from Akola district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
