Shirdi Lok Sabha constituency

Shirdi is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian parliament) constituencies of the Indian state of Maharashtra. 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.^[1][2] This constituency is one of the two Lok Sabha constituencies in Ahmednagar district.^[3] It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Bhausaheb Rajaram Wakchaure of Shiv Sena. As of the 2024 elections, its current MP is Bhausaheb Rajaram Wakchaure also of Shiv Sena (UBT) .

Shirdi
Lok Sabha constituency
Dark Area of Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Assembly constituencies	Akole Sangamner Shirdi Kopargaon Shrirampur Nevasa
Established	2008
Total electors	16,77,335 (2024)
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Bhausaheb Rajaram Wakchaure
Party	SS(UBT)
Alliance	Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Sadashiv Lokhande, Shiv Sena

Assembly segments

Currently, the Shirdi Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These segments are:^[1]

No	Name	District	Member	Party		Winning (in 2024)
216	Akole (ST)	Ahmednagar	Kiran Lahamate		NCP		SS(UBT)
217	Sangamner		Amol Khatal		SS		SS(UBT)
218	Shirdi		Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil		BJP		SS
219	Kopargaon		Ashutosh Kale		NCP		SS
220	Shrirampur (SC)		Hemant Ogle		INC		SS
221	Nevasa		Vitthal Langhe		SS		SS

Members of Parliament

Year	Name	Party
Before 2008 : See Kopargaon
2009	Bhausaheb Wakchaure		Shiv Sena
2014	Sadashiv Lokhande
2019
2024	Bhausaheb Wakchaure		Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election in Maharashtra: Shirdi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS(UBT)	Bhausaheb Rajaram Wakchaure	476,900	45.00	New
	SS	Sadashiv Lokhande	4,26,371	40.23	7.06
	VBA	Utkarsha Rupwate	90,929	8.58	2.43
	Independent	Bhausaheb Ramnath Wakchaure	14,006	1.32	N/A
	BSP	Ramchandra Namdev Jadhav	7,040	0.66	N/A
	Independent	Ravindra Kallayya Swamy	5,537	0.52	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	5,380	0.51	N/A
Majority			50,529	4.77	6.40
Turnout			10,59,864	63.19	1.74
	SS(UBT) gain from SS		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Shirdi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Sadashiv Lokhande	486,820	47.29
	INC	Bhausaheb Kamble	3,66,625	35.62
	VBA	Sanjay Laxman Sukhdan	63,287	6.15
	Independent	Pradip Sunil sarode	12,946	1.26
	CPI	Adv. Bansi Satpute	20,300	1.97
Majority			1,20,195	11.67
Turnout			10,30,502	64.93
	SS gain from INC		Swing

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Shirdi^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Sadashiv Lokhande	532,936	57.14	+2.93
	INC	Bhausaheb Rajaram Wakchaure	3,33,014	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
Margin of victory			1,99,922	21.43	+1.44
Turnout			9,32,893	63.80	+13.43
	SS gain from INC		Swing

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Shirdi^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Bhausaheb Wakchaure	359,921	54.21	N/A
	RPI(A)	Ramdas Athawale	2,27,170	34.22	N/A
	Independent	Premanand Rupawate	22,787	3.43	N/A
	BSP	Kacharu Nagu Waghmare	8,408	1.27	N/A
Margin of victory			1,32,751	19.99	N/A
Turnout			6,63,881	50.37	N/A
	SS gain from RPI(A)		Swing

See also

• Kopargaon Lok Sabha constituency
• Ahmednagar district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha