Junnar Assembly constituency

Junnar
Constituency No. 195 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Pune
Lok Sabha constituency	Shirur
Established	1962
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sharaddada Bhimaji Sonavane
Party	Independent
Elected year	2024

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

Geographical scope

The constituency consists of Junnar taluka. ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member [2]	Party
1952	Dattatraya Dhobale		Indian National Congress
1957	Shivaji Kale		Praja Socialist Party
1962	Vithalrao Awate
1967	D. R. Kakade		Indian National Congress
1972	Shrikrishna Tambe
1974^	Lata Tambe
1978	Krishnarao Mundhe
1980	Dilip Dhamdhere		Indian National Congress (U)
1985	Vallabh Benke		Indian Congress (Socialist)
1990			Indian National Congress
1995	Balasaheb Dangat		Shiv Sena
1999
2004	Vallabh Benke		Nationalist Congress Party
2009
2014	Sharad Sonavane		Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
2019	Atul Benke		Nationalist Congress Party
2024	Sharad Sonavane		SS

Election results

2024

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Sharaddada Bhimaji Sonavane	73,355	32.43
	NCP-SP	Satyashil Sherkar	66,691	29.48
	NCP	Atul Vallabh Benke	48,100	21.26
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,376
Majority			6,664
Turnout			226,201
	Independent gain from NCP-SP		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Junnar ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Atul Vallabh Benke	74,958	37.01
	SS	Sharad Sonawane	65,890	32.53
	Independent	Asha Dattatray Buchake	50,041	24.71
Majority			9,068
Turnout
	NCP gain from SS		Swing

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 2008-11-26. p. 262. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
2. "Junnar Vidhan Sabha Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
3. "Junnar Constituency Election Results 2024". The Times of India. 23 November 2024. Archived from the original on 1 January 2025. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
4. "Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Junnar". Election Commission of India. 23 November 2024. Archived from the original on 1 January 2025. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
5. "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 2 February 2022.

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