Aurangabad West Assembly Election Results 2024 LIVE updates: Shiv Sena (SHS) candidate Sanjay Pandurang Shirsat has emerged victorious in the Aurangabad West constituency, defeating Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) candidate Raju Ramrao Shinde by a margin of 16,220 votes. Shirsat secured a total of 122,498 votes, while Shinde garnered 106,278 votes.
This assembly seat is located in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, Aurangabad West is one of the state's Assembly constituencies, reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), and falls under the Aurangabad Lok Sabha constituency. According to the election commission data, there were 1,99,789 voters, of which, 1,09,392 were male, 88,786 were female voters, and four were third gender in the constituency. The approximate voter turnout is 69.64 per cent.
Aurangabad West Assembly Election 2024 Candidates
The battle for the Aurangabad West Assembly seat in 2024 is between (Thackeray) Shiv Sena's Raju Ramrao Shinde, Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena pitted Sanjay Pandurang Shirsat and Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi (VBA) nominated Anjan Laxman Salve.
What happened in 2019 and 2014 results?
In the 2019 Assembly Elections, Sanjay Pandurang Shirsat from SHS won the seat with a margin of 40,445 votes. He polled 83,792 votes with a vote share of 42.00 % and defeated Raju Ramrao Shinde from IND who received 43,347 votes (21.72 %). In the 2014 Assembly Elections, Sanjay Shirsat from SHS won the seat and polled 61,282 votes with a vote share of 32.98%. Sanjay Shirsat defeated Madhukar Damodhar Sawant by a margin of 6,927 votes. BJP candidate Madhukar Damodhar Sawant received 54,355 votes (29.25 %) and was the runner-up in the elections.
Aurangabad West Assembly Election 2024
Aurangabad West Assembly Election 2024 voting was conducted in a single phase on November 20. According to ECI, 18 candidates from different parties participated in the 2024 elections. The list of the candidates and their party names who are contesting for the Aurangabad Assembly Election 2024 is given below.
Party |
Candidate |
Bahujan Samaj Party |
Kunal Suresh Landge |
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) |
Raju Ramrao Shinde |
Shiv Sena |
Sanjay Pandurang Shirsat |
Hindustan Janta Party |
Adv. Anil Hiraman Dhupe |
Bahujan Republican Socialist Party |
Arvind Kisanrao Kamble |
Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi |
Anjan Laxman Salve |
Peoples Party of India (Democratic) |
Kailas Chandrabhan Sonone |
Republican Bahujan Sena |
Panchashila Babulal Jadhav |
Sampoorna Bharat Kranti Party |
Mukund Bhikaji Gadhe |
Republican Party of India (Democratic ) |
Ramesh Laxmanrao Gaikwad |
Republican Paksha (Khoripa) |
Sanjeev Kumar Ganesh Ikhare |
Maharashtra Swarajya party |
Sandeep Bhausaheb Shirsath |
Independent |
Anil Kakasaheb Jadhav |
Independent |
Jagan Baburao Salve |
Independent |
Nikhil Gautam Magare |
Independent |
Madhukar Padmakar Tribhuwan |
Independent |
Manisha Kharat |
Independent |
Sulochana Daughter of Dagdu Aakshe |