The city was named after the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. It is also known as the 'City of Gates' and is close to the famous World Heritage Sites of Ajanta and Ellora caves. Aurangabad Parliamentary Constituency is the administrative headquarters of Aurangabad Division.
Aurangabad district assembly is segmented into six legislative assemblies -
- Kannad
- Aurangabad Central
- Aurangabad West
- Aurangabad East
- Gangapur
- Vaijapur
Aurangabad Election Results -
| Year | Candidates | Political Party | Winner | Runner-up |
| 1951 | NA | INC | S S Arya | S. K. V Payan(PDF) |
| 1957 | NA | INC | Satyendra Narain Singh | Ramswarup Singh(PSP) |
| 1962 | NA | SWA | Lalita Rajya Laxmi | Ramesh Prasad Singh(INC) |
| 1962 | NA | INC | Bhaurao Dagdurao Deshmukh | Balasaheb Shivram More(REP) |
| 1967 | NA | INC | M. Singh | M. Singh(SSP) |
| 1967 | NA | INC | B. D. Deshmukh | S. G. Sardesai(CPI) |
| 1971 | 6 | NCO | Satyendra Narayan Sinha | Mudrika Sinha(INC) |
| 1971 | 6 | INC | Manik Rao Palodkar | Ram Bhau Eknath Gavande(BJS) |
| 1977 | 7 | BLD | Satyendra Narain Singh | Ram Swaroop Yadav(INC) |
| 1977 | 4 | BLD | Bapu Kaldate | Chandrashekhar Rajurkar(INC) |
| 1980 | 13 | ICS | Sahebrao P.dongaonkar | Abdul Azim Abdul Hamid(INC) |
| 1980 | 11 | INC | Satyendra Narain Singh | Shankar Deyal Singh(JNP) |
| 1984 | 13 | ICS | Sahebrao P.dongaonkar | Abdul Azim Abdul Hamid(INC) |
| 1984 | 11 | INC | Satyendra Narain Singh | Shankar Deyal Singh(JNP) |
| 1989 | NA | IND | Moroshwar Save | Suresh Patil(INC) |
| 1989 | NA | JD | Ram Naresh Singh | Shyama Singh(INC) |
| 1991 | 22 | SHS | Moreshwar Save | Zakeria Rafic(JD) |
| 1991 | 24 | JD | Ram Naresh Singh | Satyendra Narain Sinha(INC) |
| 1996 | 22 | SHS | Jaiswal Pradeep | Suresh Patil(INC) |
| 1996 | 36 | JD | Virendra Kumar Singh | Satyendra Narayan Singh(INC) |
| 1999 | 6 | SHS | Chandrakant Khaire | A R Antulay(INC) |
| 1999 | 10 | INC | Shyama Singh | Sushil Kumar Singh(JD(U)) |
| 2004 | 11 | SHS | Chandrakant Khaire | Ramkrushna Baba Patil(INC) |
| 2009 | 22 | INC | Uttamsingh R Pawar | Chandrakant Khaire(SHS) |
