Pune Lok Sabha constituency

Pune (formerly spelt Poona) Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Maharashtra state in western India.

Pune
Lok Sabha constituency
Dark Area of Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Pune
Assembly constituencies	Vadgaon Sheri Shivajinagar Kothrud Parvati Pune Cantonment Kasba Peth
Established	1952–present
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Murlidhar Mohol
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Vidhan Sabha segments

The six vidhan sabha seats covered by Pune (पुणे) constituency have been frequently rearranged due to changing demography and population explosion in the area. Seats like Shukrawar Peth (1962-1977) and Bhawani Peth no longer exist. Presently, Pune Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These segments are:^[1]

#	Name	District	Member	Party
208	Vadgaon Sheri	Pune	Bapusaheb Pathare		NCP-SP
209	Shivajinagar		Siddharth Shirole		BJP
210	Kothrud		Chandrakant Patil		BJP
212	Parvati		Madhuri Misal		BJP
214	Pune Cantonment (SC)		Sunil Kamble		BJP
215	Kasba Peth		Hemant Rasane		BJP

Members of Lok Sabha

Year	Member	Party
1951	Narhar Vishnu Gadgil[a]		Indian National Congress
	Indira Anant Maydeo[b]
1957	Narayan Gore		Praja Socialist Party
1962	Shankarrao More		Indian National Congress
1967	Shreedhar Joshi		Samyukta Socialist Party
1971	Mohan Dharia		Indian National Congress
1977			Janata Party
1980	Vitthalrao Gadgil		Indian National Congress (I)
1984			Indian National Congress
1989
1991	Anna Joshi		Bharatiya Janata Party
1996	Suresh Kalmadi		Indian National Congress
1998	Vitthal Tupe
1999	Pradeep Rawat		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Suresh Kalmadi		Indian National Congress
2009
2014	Anil Shirole		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Girish Bapat †
2024	Murlidhar Mohol

• ^† Died in office

Election results

General election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Pune

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Murlidhar Mohol	584,728	52.94	8.19
	INC	Ravindra Dhangekar	461,690	41.80	12.03
	VBA	Vasant More	32,012	2.90	3.36
	NOTA	None of the above	7,460	0.68	0.38
Margin of victory			1,23,038	11.14	20.22
Turnout			11,04,769	53.57	3.68
	BJP hold		Swing

General election 2019

2019 Indian general election: Pune

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Girish Bapat	632,835	61.13	3.40
	INC	Mohan Joshi	308,207	29.77	4.21
	VBA	Anil Jadhav	64,793	6.26	new
	NOTA	None of the above	11,001	1.06	0.41
Margin of victory			324,628	31.36	0.41
Turnout			10,35,654	49.89	4.22
	BJP hold		Swing

General election 2014

2014 Indian general election: Pune^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anil Shirole	569,825	57.33	22.72
	INC	Vishwajeet Kadam	254,056	25.56	12.55
	MNS	Deepak Paigude	93,502	9.41	0.93
	AAP	Subhash Shankarrao Ware	28,657	2.88	new
	BSP	Imtiyaz Peerzade	14,727	1.48	7.09
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,438	0.65	N/A
Margin of victory			315,769	31.77	28.27
Turnout			993,278	54.11	13.45
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	19.22

General election 2009

2009 Indian general election: Pune

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Suresh Kalmadi	279,973	38.11	10.49
	BJP	Anil Shirole	254,272	34.61	6.06
	MNS	Ranjeet Shirole	75,930	10.34	new
	BSP	D. S. Kulkarni	62,981	8.57	N/A
	PG	Arun Bhatia	30,340	4.13	N/A
Margin of victory			25,701	3.50	0.81
Turnout			7,34,641	40.66	N/A
	INC hold		Swing

General election 2004

2004 Indian general election: Pune

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Suresh Kalmadi	373,774	48.60
	BJP	Pradeep Rawat	300,598	39.08
	Independent	Arun Bhatia	60,237	7.83
Margin of victory			73,176	9.52
Turnout			769,018
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

General election 1999

1999 Indian general election: Pune

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pradeep Rawat	304,955	41.62
	INC	Mohan Joshi	213,670	29.16
	NCP	Vitthal Tupe	198,738	27.13
Margin of victory			91,285	12.46
Turnout			732,654	52.22
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

General election 1998

1998 Indian general election: Pune

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vitthal Tupe	434,915	52.79
	Independent	Suresh Kalmadi	341,697	41.48
	Independent	Avinash Dharmadhikari	34,219	4.15
Margin of victory			93,218	11.31
Turnout			823,793	59.60
	INC hold		Swing

General election 1996

1996 Indian general election: Pune

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Suresh Kalmadi	390,778	50.66
	BJP	Girish Bapat	303,783	39.38
	RPI	Namdeo Dhasal	56,185	7.28
Margin of victory			86,995	11.28
Turnout			771,356	57.00
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

General election 1991

1991 Indian general election: Pune

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anna Joshi	250,272	44.22
	INC	Vitthalrao Gadgil	233,334	41.22
	JD	Sambhajirao Kakade	72,377	12.79
Margin of victory			16,938	3.00
Turnout			566,027	48.17
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

General election 1989

1989 Indian general election: Pune

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vitthalrao Gadgil	296,051	43.61
	BJP	Anna Joshi	287,870	42.41
	JD	Atur Sangtani	57,837	8.52
	RPI	Jaidev Gaikwad	25,825	3.80
Margin of victory			8,181	1.20
Turnout			678,858	64.21
	INC hold		Swing

General election 1984

1984 Indian general election: Pune

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vitthalrao Gadgil	311,278	60.38
	BJP	Jagannathrao Joshi	112,924	21.90
	JP	Mohan Dharia	53,182	10.32
	Independent	Jaidev Gaikwad	20,796	4.03
Margin of victory			198,354	38.48
Turnout			515,541	66.38
	INC hold		Swing

General election 1980

1980 Indian general election: Pune^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Vitthalrao Gadgil	215,161	50.81
	JP	Narayan Ganesh Gore	186,331	44.00
	JP(S)	Shyamkant More	9,356	2.21
Margin of victory			28,830	6.81
Turnout			423,433	57.87
	INC gain from JP		Swing

General election 1977

1977 Indian general election: Pune^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Mohan Dharia	209,922	55.73
	INC	Vasant Thorat	1,61,755	42.94
Margin of victory			48,167	12.79
Turnout			376,666	62.98
	JP gain from INC		Swing

General election 1971

1971 Indian general election: Poona^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mohan Dharia	208,150	58.97
	ABJS	Rambhau Mhalgi	113,662	32.20
	SSP	Bhai Vaidya	15,275	4.33
	SS	Bhagwant Ghate	6,453	1.83
Margin of victory			94,488	26.76
Turnout			352,998	67.95
	INC gain from SSP		Swing

General election 1967

1967 Indian general election: Poona^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SSP	Shreedhar Joshi	150,696	51.74
	INC	Narhar Vishnu Gadgil	137,158	47.09
	Independent	A. G. Bhide	3,396	1.17
Margin of victory			13,538	4.65
Turnout			291,250	69.64
	SSP gain from INC		Swing

General election 1962

1962 Indian general election: Poona^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shankarrao More	115,402	43.06
	PSP	Narayan Ganesh Gore	66,996	25.00
	Independent	Pralhad Keshav Atre	58,862	21.96
	ABJS	Jagannathrao Joshi	26,755	9.98
Margin of victory			48,406	18.06
Turnout			268,015	64.04
	INC gain from PSP		Swing

General election 1957

1957 Indian general election: Poona^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PSP	Narayan Ganesh Gore	143,822	59.09
	INC	Narhar Vishnu Gadgil	99,586	40.91
Margin of victory			44,236	18.18
Turnout			243,408	68.14
	PSP gain from INC		Swing

General election 1951

Poona Central

1951 Indian general election: Poona Central^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Narhar Vishnu Gadgil	102,692	53.37
	PWPI	Keshavrao Jedhe	42,200	21.93
	Socialist	Shreedhar Joshi	32,333	16.80
	RRP	Kashinath Mahajan	15,181	7.89
Margin of victory			60,492	31.44
Turnout			192,406	47.32
	INC win

Poona South

1951 Indian general election: Poona South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Indira Maydeo	114,720	63.99
	Socialist	Shridhar Limaye	32,432	18.09
	PWPI	Shanta More	32,137	17.92
Margin of victory			82,288	45.90
Turnout			179,289	47.32
	INC win

See also

• Pune district
• Baramati Lok Sabha constituency
• Shirur Lok Sabha constituency
• Maval Lok Sabha constituency
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

Notes

1. Poona Central
2. (Poona South)