AKOLA
Constituency no. 6 in Maharashtra · Lok Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Maharashtra also has an assembly constituency called AKOLA. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 9 results.
Winner, 2019
Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao
BJP
Elections held
16
1962–2024
Most successful party
BJP
won 8 of 16
Margin, 2019
2,75,596
24.62% of valid votes
Result, 2019
Runner-up
VBAAmbedkar (Adv) Prakash Yashwant
- Votes
- 2,78,848
- Vote share
- 24.91%
- Behind by
- 2,75,596
Electors
18,65,169
Total votes polled
11,19,440
Valid votes
11,19,440
NOTA votes
8,866
0.79% of votes polled
Turnout
60.0%
Full result, 2019
11 candidates · 11,19,440 valid votes
Dhotre Sanjay ShamraoBJPwon
5,54,444
49.5%
Ambedkar (Adv) Prakash YashwantVBA
2,78,848
24.9%
Hidayatullah Barakatullah PatelINC
2,54,370
22.7%
Bhai B.C.KambleBSP
7,780
0.7%
Mrs. Pravina Laxmanrao BhatkarBMUP
3,583
0.3%
Arun Kankar WankhedePPID
3,048
0.3%
Sachin Ganpatlal SharmaIND
2,577
0.2%
Murlidhar Lalsing PawarIND
2,141
0.2%
Arun Manohar ThakareIND
1,540
0.1%
Social Worker Gajanan Onkar Harne (Anna)IND
1,278
0.1%
Pravin Chandrakant KaurpuriyaIND
965
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ANUP SANJAY DHOTRE | BJP | 4,57,030 | 38.96% | ABHAY KASHINATH PATIL | 40,626 |
| 2019 | Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao | BJP | 5,54,444 | 49.53% | Ambedkar (Adv) Prakash Yashwant | 2,75,596 |
| 2014 | DHOTRE SANJAY SHAMRAO | BJP | 4,56,472 | 46.65% | PATEL HIDAYAT ULLA BARKAT ULLA | 2,03,116 |
| 2009 | DHOTRE SANJAY SHAMRAO | BJP | 2,87,526 | 38.91% | AMBEDKAR PRAKASH YASHWANT | 64,848 |
| 2004 | DHOTRE SANJAY SHAMRAO | BJP | 3,13,323 | 42.61% | LAXMANRAO TAYADE | 1,06,371 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above