About Junnar Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
A city in the Pune district of Maharashtra, the assembly constituency of Junnar belongs to Shirur
parliamentary constituency. The seat has been occupied by NCP (Nationalist Congress Party) since 2004.
Benake Vallabh Dattaray of NCP won the 2009 assembly elections for the second consecutive time and is the
present MLA. He defeated Asha Dattatray Buchake of SHS (Shiv Sena). Dattaray bagged 79360 votes as
against Buchake's 72902 votes. Junnar had a population of 399,302 as per 2011 India census. Apart from
being a tourist destination, Junnar is famous for its Ganesh festivals.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Junnar Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Junnar assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year |
A C No. |
Constituency Name |
Category |
Winner |
Gender |
Party |
Votes |
Runner Up |
Gender |
Party |
Votes |
| 2014 |
195 |
Junnar |
GEN |
Sharaddada Bhimaji Sonavane |
M |
MNS |
60305 |
Ashatai Dattatray Buchke |
M |
SHS |
43382 |
| 2009 |
195 |
Junnar |
GEN |
Benake Vallabh Dattaray |
M |
NCP |
79360 |
Asha Dattatray Buchake |
M |
SHS |
72902 |
| 2004 |
240 |
Junnar |
GEN |
Benke Vallabh Dattatraya |
M |
NCP |
73855 |
Janardan Alias Balasaheb |
M |
SHS |
59724 |
| 1999 |
240 |
Junnar |
GEN |
Balasaheb Savalerambuva Dangat |
M |
SHS |
52284 |
Benake Vallabh Dattatraya |
M |
NCP |
39865 |
| 1995 |
240 |
Junnar |
GEN |
Dangat Balasaheb Savalerambuva |
M |
SHS |
59552 |
Benake Vallabhdattatraya |
M |
INC |
42545 |
| 1990 |
240 |
Junnar |
GEN |
Benke Wallabh Dattatray |
M |
INC |
37953 |
Gunjal Mahadeo Rakhama Alias Tatyasaheb |
M |
JNP(JP) |
27577 |
| 1985 |
240 |
Junnar |
GEN |
Vellabh Dattaray Benake |
M |
ICS |
41840 |
Nivrittishet Namdeo Sherkar |
M |
INC |
38412 |
| 1980 |
240 |
Junnar |
GEN |
Dilip Dhamdhere |
M |
INC(U) |
28484 |
Balasaheb Purvant |
M |
INC(I) |
16588 |
| 1978 |
240 |
Junnar |
GEN |
Krishnarao Mundhe |
M |
INC |
29017 |
Jagdish Phule |
M |
JNP |
28297 |
| 1972 |
225 |
Junnar |
GEN |
Tambeshrikishna Ramji |
M |
INC |
25542 |
Phule Jagdish Sitaram |
M |
SOP |
19440 |
| 1967 |
225 |
Junnar |
GEN |
D. R. Kakade |
M |
INC |
18486 |
J. S. Phule |
M |
SSP |
17083 |
| 1962 |
54 |
Junnar |
GEN |
Vithalrao Narayanrao Awate |
M |
PSP |
17826 |
Shivaji Mahadeo Kale |
M |
INC |
17699 |
Last Updated on May 04, 2020