Barshi Assembly constituency

Barshi
Constituency No. 246 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Rajendra Raut, present MLA of Barshi
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Solapur
Lok Sabha constituency	Osmanabad
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Dilip Gangadhar Sopal
Party	Shiv Sena (UBT)
Elected year	2024

Barshi Assembly constituency (246) is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state, western India. This constituency is located in Solapur district. ^[1]

Geographical scope

The constituency comprises Barshi taluka. ^[1]

Representatives

Year	Member [2]	Party
1952	Tulsidas Jadhav		Peasants and Workers Party
	Narsing Deshmukh
1957	Shivaji Arya		Indian National Congress
1962	Prabhatai Zadbuke
1967
1972	Shailaja Shitole
1978	Krishnarao Deshmukh
1980	Baburao Narke		Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Dilip Sopal		Indian Congress (Socialist)
1990			Indian National Congress
1995			Independent
1999			Nationalist Congress Party
2004	Rajendra Raut		Shiv Sena
2009	Dilip Sopal		Independent
2014			Nationalist Congress Party
2019	Rajendra Raut		Independent
2024	Dilip Sopal		Shiv Sena (UBT)

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Barshi ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS(UBT)	Dilip Gangadhar Sopal	122,694	49.07
	SHS	Rajendra Raut	1,16,222	46.48
	NOTA	None of the Above	697	0.28
Majority			6,472
Turnout			2,50,044
	SS(UBT) gain from SHS		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Barshi ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rajendra Raut	95,482	42.57%
	SS	Dilip Gangadhar Sopal	92,406	41.19%
	NCP	Niranjan Prakash Bhumkar	16,119	7.19%
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,255	0.56%
Majority			3,076
Turnout			2,24,316	73.18%
	Independent gain from SS		Swing

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Barshi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Dilip Gangadhar Sopal	97,655	45.74%
	SS	Rajendra Raut	92,544	43.35%
	BJP	Rajendra Sukhdev Mirgane	16,506	7.73%
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,444	0.68%
Majority			5,111
Turnout			2,13,494	72.96%
	NCP gain from SS		Swing

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. p. 262. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
2. "Barshi Vidhan Sabha Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
3. "Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Barshi". 23 November 2024. Archived from the original on 13 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
4. "Barshi Constituency Election Results 2024". The Times of India. 23 November 2024. Archived from the original on 13 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
5. "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 2 February 2022.

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