Shirala seat is also included in the 288 assembly seats of Maharashtra. Last Assembly Election held in 2014 where total vote percentage was 78.97%. The total number of voters were 276659, out of which male voters were 144044 and female voters were 132615. Incumbent MLA NAIK SHIVAJIRAO YASHWANTRAO contested from BJP party and got 85363 votes from total votes polled and won the election. The tug-of-war to prove political supremacy has already started gaining pace in Maharashtra as the state goes to polls on October 21, along with Haryana. The counting of votes will be done on October 24 to find out whether people are content with the work done by the Devendra Fadnavis government or they have decided to give the Congress-NCP alliance a chance.