Darwha
Darwha is a town and a municipal council in Yavatmal district in the state of Maharashtra, India.
History
Locals believe Rango Bapuji Gupte, a freedom fighter had lived incognito in the town. The town is also famous for 'Golibar Chowk', squa ...
Vidhan Sabha seat was one of the constituencies of
Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha
The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (ISO: ''Mahārāṣṭra Vidhāna Sabhā'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Maharashtra state in western India. It consists of 288 members directly elected from single-seat constituencie ...
, in
India
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.
Darwha seat existed from 1972 until the 2004 elections. Darwha is in
Yavatmal district
Yavatmal district , əʋət̪maːɭformerly known as Yeotmal, is a district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is located in the region of Vidarbha, in the east-central part of the state. It is Vidarbha's third-largest district by popula ...
.
It is a segment of the
Yavatmal-Washim (Lok Sabha constituency) with adjoining
Washim district
Washim district (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, aːʃim 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 De ...
along with five other Vidhan Sabha assembly constituencies, viz.
Washim (SC),
Karanja,
Ralegaon (ST),
Yavatmal (ST) and
Pusad
Pusad, with ancient name ''Pushpawanti'' named after the Pus river, is the second largest city in the Yavatmal district of Vidarbha region in Maharashtra state of India. Over the decades, ruling politicians' failure to address people's demand ...
.
Members of Legislative Assembly
Election results
2004
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Darwha Assembly constituency
Former assembly constituencies of Maharashtra
Yavatmal district
Politics of Maharashtra
Constituencies disestablished in 2008
2008 disestablishments in India