Yavatamal-Washim Lok Sabha Constituency: Candidates for LS poll 2019, past results, all updates

The Yavatamal-Washim Lok Sabha Constituency is one of the 48 Lok Sabha constituencies in the battleground state of Maharashtra which was first created in 2008 and had its first election in 2009.

It consists of six segments –  Washim, Karanja, Ralegaon, Yavatmal, Digras and Pusad.

The main showdown is between Shiv Sena’s Bhawana Gawli and Indian National Congress’ Manikrao G Thakare.

In 2014, Bhavana Gawali beat INC’s Shivajirao Moghe by 93,000 votes. Gawal won the seat in 2009 as well, beating INC’s Harising Rathod by 56,000 votes.

Maha Showdown

In 2014, BJP and Shiv Sena won 23 and 18 seats respectively. The Congress just got two while the NCP won 4 and Swabhimani Paksha got 1.  In 2019, the BJP and Sena alliance is set to take on the Congress-NCP alliance.

Maharashtra is going to vote in four phases. Phase -1 (Date of polling: April 11, 2019)

Constituencies: Wardha, Ramtek, Nagpur, Bhandara-Gondiya, Gadchiroli-Chimur, Chandrapur,

Yavatmal-Washim

Phase -2 (Date of polling: April 18, 2019)

Constituencies: Buldhana, Akola, Amravat, Hingoli, Nanded, Parbhani, Beed, Osmanabad, Latur, Solapur

Phase -3 (Date of polling: April 23, 2019)

Constituencies: Jalgaon, Raver, Jalna, Aurangabad, Raigad, Pune, Baramat, Ahmednagar,

Madha, Sangli, Satara, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Kolhapur, Hatkanangle

Phase -4 (Date of polling: April 29, 2019)

Constituencies: Nandurbar, Dhule, Dindori, Nashik, Palghar, Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Thane, Mumbai

North, Mumbai North-West, Mumbai North-East, Mumbai North-Central, Mumbai South- Central