Parbhani

Parbhani (parbhani, IPA  [pərbhNi] ) is a city in Maharashtra state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Parbhani District. Parbhani is the 4th largest city in Marathwada region of the Maharashtra after Aurangabad, Nanded and Latur. Parbhani is around 200 km away from regional headquarter Aurangabad while it is 491 km away from state capital Mumbai. Along with entire Marathwada region, Parbhani was a part of the erstwhile Nizam State; later a part of Hyderabad State; after reorganization of states in 1956 it became a part of the then Bombay state; and from 1960 onwards it is part of the present Maharashtra state.

Parbhani is known for its Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Agricultural University which is one of only 4 agriculture universities of Maharashtra. Moreover, Parbhani is also famous for its annual urs festival at Hazrat Turabul Haq Dargah which attracts lakhs of tourists each year.

Origin of Name

In ancient times Parbhani was known as Prabhavati nagari on account of the existence of a massive temple of Goddess Prabhavati. Indian name Prabhavati means goddess Lakshmi and Parvati. Present name Parbhani is a corrupt form of Prabhavati.

Parbhani (Lok Sabha constituency)

Parbhani Lok Sabha constituency (Marathi: परभणी लोकसभा मतदारसंघ) is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency covers the entire Parbhani district and a part of Jalna district.

Assembly segments

At present, Parbhani Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These segments are:

Members of Parliament

Parbhani (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Parbhani (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of 288 assembly constituencies of Maharashtra state of India. It comes under Parbhani (Lok Sabha constituency) for Indian general elections.

Current member of legislative assembly(MLA) from this constituency is Rahul Vedprakash Patil of Shiv Sena who defeated Syed Khaled Syed Sahebjan of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen by 26,526 votes.

Rahul Patil replaced long time MLA Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav of his own party who went on to become member of parliament from Parbhani (Lok Sabha constituency).

Past elections

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