Lok Sabha elections 2019: Nagpur in Maharashtra votes on April 11

The Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency, represented in Lok Sabha by union minister Nitin Gadkari, is spread over Nagpur city and some part of Nagpur district.

The Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency, represented in Lok Sabha by union minister Nitin Gadkari, is spread over Nagpur city and some part of Nagpur district.

Nagpur is going to vote in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 11. (PTI)

One of the 48 parliamentary seats in Maharashtra, Nagpur was represented by Congress’s Vilas Muttemwar in 1998, 1999, 2004 and 2009.

The constituency has added more than five lakh voters since the 2014 general election and 52 polling stations have been identified as ‘critical’

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Nagpur will vote in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 11.

Here’s all you need to know about Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency:

State: Maharashtra

Name of the Lok Sabha constituency: Nagpur

2019 candidates: Nitin Jairam Gadkari (BJP), Nana Patole (Congress)

Date of polling: April 11

Sitting MP, Party: Nitin Gadkari, BJP

Winning margin in 2014: 284,828

Runner up name, party: Vilas Muttemwar, Congress

Number of polling booths in 2014: 1,828

Number of voters in 2014: 1,050,640

Percentage of votes polled in 2014: 61%

Number of women voters: 505,529