Solapur Parliamentary Constituency Election and Results Update

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Reserved for the SC category and comprising of six Vidhan Sabha segments, Solapur is one of Maharashtra’s 48 Lok Sabha parliamentary constituencies and was formed before the 1951 elections. The total number of electorates in the Solapur Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 42) according to Election Commission of India 2009 reports are 1,594,138 of which 825,811 are males and 768,327 are females. The city of Solapur is the district headquarters of the Solapur District and is located just next to Karnataka border. It is the 30thwith a 51% male majority and an 11% child population. 49% of the population comprises of females and the gender ratio is 972 females for every 1000 males.

The city has a total area of 300 sq km and an average elevation of 457 m. It has an average literacy rate of 84% with male and female literacy at 91% and 77% respectively. Marathi is the official language although Urdu, Hindi, Kannada and Telegu are also widely spoken. Hindus have a 69% majority; Muslims occupy about 19% while the rest is occupied by Buddhists and Christians.

Over 10 engineering colleges are located here. Several other premier institutions are also located here, affiliated to Solapur University. Textile industries and several other small scale industries are located here. Tourism is also a vital part of the economy. The National Highways NH-9, 13, 204 and 211 are connected to Solapur.

Solapur Lok Sabha Election Results 2019

In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.

In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.

In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.

List of winner/current and runner up MPs Solapur Parliamentary Constituency.

The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Solapur parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Solapur constituency is Shri Sharad Bansode of BJP.

Year	PC No.	PC Name	Category	winner/current MP	Gender	Party	Vote	Runner Up MP	Gender	Party	Vote
2014	42	Solapur	(SC)	Sharad Bansode	M	BJP	517879	Shinde Sushilkumar Sambhajirao	M	INC	368205
2009	42	Solapur	(SC)	Shinde,Shri Sushil Kumar Sambhajirao	M	INC	387591	Adv. Bansode Sharad Maruti	M	BJP	287959
2004	37	Solapur	GEN	Deshmukh Subhash Sureshchandra	M	BJP	316188	Ujwalatai Sushilkumar Shinde	M	INC	310390
2003	Bye Pol	Solapur	GEN	Mohite P.P.Shankarrao	M	BJP	352360	Anandrao Narayan Deokate	M	INC	229543
1999	37	Solapur	GEN	Shinde Sushilkumar Sambhajirao	M	INC	286578	Valyal Lingraj Balirayya	M	BJP	209583
1998	37	Solapur	GEN	Shinde Sushilkumar Sambhajirao	M	INC	336346	Valyal Lingraj Balraiyya	M	BJP	231974
1996	37	Solapur	GEN	Valyal Lingraj Balairayya	M	BJP	184075	Patil Ravikant Shankarappa	M	JD	166988
1991	37	Solapur	GEN	Sadul Dharmanna Mondayya	M	INC	262623	Bhutada Gopikisan Goverdhandas	M	BJP	182533
1989	37	Solapur	GEN	Sadul Dharmanna Mondayya	M	INC	281909	Valyal Lingraj Balirayya	M	BJP	146831
1984	37	Solapur	GEN	Kuchan Gangadhar Sinramappa	M	INC	258050	Racheti Hanmantappaerappa	M	BJP	67418
1980	37	Solapur	GEN	Kuchan Gangadhar Sidramappa	M	INC(I)	204027	Pannalal Surana	M	JNP	99421
1977	37	Solapur	GEN	Damani Surajratan Fatehchand	M	INC	183424	Kadadi Madeppa Bandappa	M	BLD	149381
1971	34	Solapur	GEN	Surajratan Fatehchand Damani	M	INC	188577	Rangnath Madhav Vaidya	M	IND	98148
1967	34	Solapur	GEN	S. F. Damani	M	INC	116734	S. M . Dhanashetti	M	IND	93021
1962	18	Solapur	GEN	Madeppa Beandappa Kadadi	M	INC	135011	Vishnupant Ramrao Patil	M	HMS	61725

List of Assembly Constituencies in Solapur Parliamentary Constituency

The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Solapur parliamentary constituency.

Names of Assembly Constituencies
Mohol (SC)	Solapur City North	Solapur City Central
Akkalkot	Solapur South	Pandharpur