# Aurangabad West Assembly constituency

Aurangabad West Assembly constituency is one of the six constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha located in Aurangabad district. It is reserved for the Scheduled Castes (SC) from 2008.
It is a part of the Aurangabad (Lok Sabha constituency) along with five other assembly constituencies, viz Vaijapur Assembly constituency, Gangapur, Maharashtra Assembly constituency, Aurangabad East Assembly constituency, Kannad Assembly constituency and Aurangabad Central Assembly constituency

## Members of Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1967 | Rafiq Zakaria | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Rafiq Zakaria | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Abdul Azim | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1980 | Abdul Azim | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1985 | Amnulla Motiawala | Indian National Congress |
| 1990 | Chandrakant Khaire | Shiv Sena |
| 1995 | Chandrakant Khaire | Shiv Sena |
| 1999 | Rajendra Darda | Indian National Congress |
| 2004 | Rajendra Darda | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Sanjay Shirsat | Shiv Sena |
| 2014 | Sanjay Shirsat | Shiv Sena |
| 2019 | Sanjay Shirsat | Shiv Sena |
| 2024 | Sanjay Shirsat | Shiv Sena |
~ Become SC seat onwards

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Aurangabad West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SHS | Sanjay Shirsat | 122,498 | 49.28 | 7.28 |
| | SS(UBT) | Raju Ramrao Shinde | 1,06,147 | 42.70 | 20.98 |
| | VBA | Anjan Laxman Salve | 9,667 | 3.89 | 8.96 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,703 | 0.69 | 0.91 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,351 | 6.58 | 13.70 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,48,587 | | |
| | SHS gain from SS(UBT) | SHS gain from SS(UBT) | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Aurangabad West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SS | Sanjay Shirsat | 83,792 | 42.00 | 9.02 |
| | Independent | Raju Ramrao Shinde | 43,347 | 21.72 | 21.72 |
| | AIMIM | Arun Borde | 39,336 | 19.71 | New |
| | VBA | Sandeep Shirsat | 25,649 | 12.85 | 12.85 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 3,187 | 1.60 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 40,445 | 20.28 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,99,527 | 60.00 | 6.70 |
| | SS gain from Independent | SS gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Aurangabad West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SS | Sanjay Shirsat | 61,282 | 32.98 | 15.43 |
| | BJP | Madhukar Damodar Sawant | 54,355 | 29.25 | 29.25 |
| | PREP | Gangadhar Gade | 35,348 | 19.02 | New |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,131 | 0.61 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,927 | 3.73 | 8.13 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 185,810 | 66.70 | 14.21 |
| | SS gain from BJP | SS gain from BJP | Swing | | |

### 2009

2009 Maharashtra state assembly elections: Aurangabad West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SS | Sanjay Shirsat | 58,008 | 48.41 | 4.90 |
| | INC | Chandrabhan Parkhe | 43,797 | 36.55 | 9.31 |
| | BBM | Amit Sudhakar Bhuigal | 3,791 | 3.16 | |
| | Independent | Kailas Asaram Bakhare | 3,269 | 2.73 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,211 | 11.86 | 9.51 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,19,833 | 52.49 | 7.29 |
| | SS gain from INC | SS gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2004

2004 Maharashtra state assembly elections: Aurangabad West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Rajendra Jawaharlal Darda | 154,056 | 45.86 | 6.78 |
| | SS | Pradeep Jaiswal | 146,170 | 43.51 | 8.68 |
| | BSP | Kamaal Farooqui | 25,859 | 7.70 | 7.40 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,886 | 2.35 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 335,960 | 59.78 | 1.06 |
| | INC gain from SS | INC gain from SS | Swing | | |