Shirur Parliamentary Constituency Election and Results Update

Shirur is one of the 48 constituencies of the state of Maharashtra and is fondly called “Ghodnadi” which means “River Ghod” in the local language. The total number of electorates in the Shirur Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 36) according to Election Commission of India 2009 reports are 1,630,466 of which 859,730 are males and 770,736 are females. Located in the Pune district, it is home to over 27,000 people of which 52% are males. Covering an area of 1,500 sq km, Shirur lies on the banks of River Ghod. It shares its borders with Pune and Ahmednagar. The city boasts of a literacy rate of 72%, with male literacy at almost 60% and female literacy at 66%. It has several schools and colleges and also serves as an important educational centre for the talukas of Parner and Shrigonda as well. It came into existence in the year 2008 due to delimitation of the parliamentary and legislative assemblies.

Marathi is the local language of this area and is also the medium of literacy in the municipal schools. Shirur houses people of various religions and castes. Hindus of the Mallav Samaj live here alongside Muslims, Jains and Christians in harmony.

The climate and the soil of the area are suitable for the harvest of wheat, sugarcane, sweet lime and oranges. Companies like Apollo Tyres, LG Electronics and Whirlpool India are amongst the many which helped in boosting up of the industrial aspects of this constituency.

Shirur Lok Sabha Election Results 2019

In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.

In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.

In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.

List of winner/current and runner up MPs Shirur Parliamentary Constituency.

The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Shirur parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Shirur constituency is Shri Adhalrao Shivaji Dattatrey of SHS.

Year	PC No.	PC Name	Category	Winner	Gender	Party	Vote	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Vote
2014	36	Shirur	GEN	Adhalrao Shivaji Dattatrey	M	SHS	643415	Nikam Devdatta Jaywant	M	NCP	341601
2009	36	Shirur	GEN	Adhalrao Patil,Shri Shivaji	M	SHS	482563	Vilas Vithoba Lande	M	NCP	303952

List of Assembly Constituencies in Shirur Parliamentary Constituency

The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Shirur parliamentary constituency.

Names of Assembly Constituencies
Junnar	Ambegaon	Khed Alandi
Shirur	Bhosari	Hadapsar