Shirdi (Lok Sabha constituency)

Shirdi

Existence	2008–present
Current MP	Sadashiv Lokhande
Party	Shiv Sena
Elected Year	2014
State	Maharashtra
Total Electors	1,459,712[1]
Most Successful Party	Shiv Sena (2 times)
Assembly Constituencies	Akole (ST), Sangamner, Shirdi, Kopargaon, Shrirampur (SC), and Nevasa.[2]

Shirdi Lok Sabha constituency (Marathi: शिर्डी लोकसभा मतदारसंघ) is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian parliament) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency was created on 19 February 2008 as a part of the implementation of the Presidential notification based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted on 12 July 2002.^[2][3] This constituency is one of the two Lok Sabha constituencies in Ahmednagar district.^[4] It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Bhausaheb Rajaram Wakchaure of Shiv Sena. As of the 2014 elections, its current MP is Sadashiv Lokhande also of Shiv Sena.

Assembly segments

Presently, Shirdi Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These segments are:^[2]

1. Akole (ST)
2. Sangamner
3. Shirdi
4. Kopargaon
5. Shrirampur (SC)
6. Nevasa

Members of Parliament

Key

  Shiv Sena  

Election		Member	Party
	2009	Bhausaheb Wakchaure	Shiv Sena
	2014	Sadashiv Lokhande	Shiv Sena

Election results

General election 2009

General election, 2009: Shirdi[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Shiv Sena	Bhausaheb Wakchaure	359,921	54.21	N/A
	RPI(A)	Ramdas Athawale	227,170	34.22	N/A
	Independent	Premanand Rupawate	22,787	3.43	N/A
	BSP	Kacharu Nagu Waghmare	8,408	1.27	N/A
	Independent	Sandip Bhaskar Gholap	7,874	1.19	N/A
	Independent	Vairagar Sudhir Natha	6,326	0.95	N/A
	Independent	Wagh Gangadhar Radhaji	6,295	0.95	N/A
	KM	Dhotre Suchit Chintaman	6,052	0.91	N/A
	Independent	Londhe Sharad Laxman	4,626	0.70	N/A
	Independent	Bagul Balu Dasharath	2,249	0.34	N/A
	Independent	Rakshe Annasaheb Eknath	2,040	0.31	N/A
	Independent	Adhagale Rajendra Namdeo	1,923	0.29	N/A
	Independent	Medhe Prafullakumar Muralidhar	1,889	0.28	N/A
	Independent	Kamble Ramesh Ankush	1,690	0.25	N/A
	Independent	Gaikwad Appasaheb Gangadhar	1,584	0.24	N/A
	Prabuddha Republican Party	Satish Balasaheb Palghadmal	1,567	0.24	N/A
	Independent	Sable Anil Damodar	1,480	0.22	N/A
Margin of victory			132,751	19.99	N/A
Turnout			663,881	50.37	N/A
	Shiv Sena win (new seat)

General election 2014

General election, 2014: Shirdi[1][6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Shiv Sena	Sadashiv Lokhande	532,936	57.14	+2.93
	INC	Bhausaheb Rajaram Wakchaure	333,014	35.71	N/A
	AAP	Nitin Udmale	11,580	1.24	N/A
	BSP	Mahendra Dadasaheb Shinde	10,381	1.11	-0.16
	BMP	Santosh Madhukar Roham	9,296	1.00	N/A
	Independent	Shende Ravindra Vitthal	4,728	0.51	N/A
	Independent	Bagul Balasaheb Dashrath	4,319	0.46	+0.12
	BBM	Raghunath Ramji Makasare	3,193	0.34	N/A
	Independent	Sayaji Shankar Kharat	2,954	0.32	N/A
	Independent	Wagh Gangadhar Radhaji	2,874	0.31	-0.64
	The Lok Party of India	Pawar Vijay Banderao	2,334	0.25	N/A
	Independent	Gholap Sandeep Bhaskar	2,229	0.24	N/A
	Independent	Uddhavrao Balwant Gaikwad	1,499	0.16	N/A
	Lok Bharati	Sarode Popat Rambhau	1,429	0.15	N/A
Margin of victory			199,922	21.43	+1.44
Turnout			932,645	63.89	+13.52
	Shiv Sena hold		Swing

See also

• Kopargaon (Lok Sabha constituency)
• Ahmednagar district
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha

Notes

1. "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
2. "Delimitation Commission of India Notification" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra. p. 25. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
3. "Delimitation notification comes into effect". The Hindu. 20 February 2008.
4. Yadav, Radheshyam (3 March 2009). "Delimitation to set new equations". The Times of India.
5. "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 98–99. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
6. "Maharashtra - Shirdi". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.