Sakri assembly constituency is one of the 288 assembly constituencies in the state of Maharashtra. This constituency is located in Dhule district which is reserved for Scheduled Tribe category candidates. It is part of the Nandurbar Lok Sabha constituency along with five other assembly constituencies, Shirpur in Dhule district and Akkalkuwa, Navapur, Nandurbar and Shahada in Nandurbar district. This seat has mostly been held by Congress. However, at present also independent Manjula Gavit is the MLA from this seat. BJP has also won this seat in three consecutive assembly elections.
Know the caste equation of Sakri Assembly
Congress has dominated the Sakri seat reserved for Scheduled Tribes. According to the data of 2019 assembly elections, the total number of voters here is 346349. At the same time, the number of SC voters is 11603 which is approximately 3.35% according to the 2011 census. Talking about the number of ST voters, it is approximately 195,410 which is approximately 56.42%. At the same time, the number of Muslim voters in this seat is approximately 10,044 which is approximately 2.9% according to the voter list analysis.
What is the history of the assembly seat?
This seat has been held by Congress 8 times out of 15 assembly elections held so far. This assembly seat, which came into existence in 1951, was ruled by Congress in three consecutive assembly elections from 1972 to 1980. However, after this, BJP continued to rule this seat continuously for the next three elections. After this, BBM party unexpectedly captured this seat in the 1999 elections. After this, in the elections of 2004, 2009 and 2014, Congress made a comeback and won this seat three times in a row, but it could not continue its victory campaign in the 2019 elections. At present also independent Manjula Gavit is the MLA from this seat.
Possible results of 2024
In the 15 assembly elections, Congress has won this seat 8 times while BJP has also won this seat 3 times. Presently this seat is occupied by an independent candidate. In the upcoming elections, both Congress and BJP will make every effort to win this seat. Apart from this, other parties will also try to exert their full strength. However, independent candidates will also be seen challenging Congress and BJP on this seat. In such a situation, it will be interesting to see whether Congress is able to win this seat again or not. It will also be interesting to see whether BJP will be able to make a comeback on this seat after a long time or not.
