Kasba Peth Assembly constituency
| Kasba Peth | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 215 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Western India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Pune |
| LS constituency | Pune |
| Established | 1957 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | INC |
| Elected year | 2023 |
Kasba Peth Assembly constituency is one of the constituencies of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, in India.[1] It is constituency is located in the Pune district and is a segment of Pune (Lok Sabha constituency).
It was considered a stronghold of the Bharatiya Janata Party, as it had elected BJP MLAs from 1995 to 2019, however the constituency elected the Indian National Congress politician Ravindra Dhangekar in a by-election in 2023, upturning this trend.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Vishnu Chitale | Communist Party of India | |
| 1962 | Baburao Sanas | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | R. V. Telang | ||
| 1972 | Lilaba Merchant | ||
| 1978 | Arvind Lele | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 1985 | Ulhas Kalokhe | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | Anna Joshi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1991^ | Vasant Vithoba Thorat | Indian National Congress | |
| 1995 | Girish Bapat | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | |||
| 2009 | |||
| 2014 | |||
| 2019 | Mukta Tilak | ||
| 2023^ | Ravindra Dhangekar | Indian National Congress | |
By-elections denoted by ^
Election results
[edit]2024
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Hemant Narayan Rasane | ||||
| INC | Ravindra Dhangekar | ||||
| MNS | Ganesh Bhokre | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2023 by-election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ravindra Dhangekar | 73,309 | 52.98 |  21.46
| |
| BJP | Hemant Narayan Rasane | 62,394 | 45.09 |  5.21
| |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,401 | 1.01 | 0.68
| |
| Majority | 10,915 | 7.89 | 9.22
| ||
| Turnout | 1,38,403 | 50.20 | 1.43
| ||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2019
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Mukta Shailesh Tilak | 75,492 | 50.30 | ||
| INC | Arvind Shinde | 47,296 | 31.52 | ||
| Independent | Vishal Dhanwade | 13,989 | 9.32 | N/A | |
| MNS | Ajay Shinde | 8,284 | 5.52 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,532 | 1.69 | N/A | |
| Majority | 28,196 | 19.11 | |||
| Turnout | 1,50,093 | 51.63 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2014
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Girish Bapat | 73,594 | 43.44 | +8.10 | |
| INC | Rohit Tilak | 31,322 | 18.49 | −11.54 | |
| MNS | Ravindra Dhangekar | 25,998 | 15.35 | −14.74 | |
| NCP | Deepak Mankar | 15,865 | 9.37 | N/A | |
| Independent | Suryakant Aandekar | 10,001 | 5.90 | N/A | |
| SS | Prashant Badhe | 9,203 | 5.43 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,371 | 0.81 | N/A | |
| Majority | 42,272 | 24.95 | +19.70 | ||
| Turnout | 1,69,399 | 62.11 | +10.33 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2009
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Girish Bapat [7] | 54,982 | 35.34 | −20.47 | |
| MNS | Ravindra Dhangekar | 46,820 | 30.09 | ||
| INC | Rohit Tilak | 46,728 | 30.03 | ||
| BSP | Satish Mohol | 1,396 | 0.90 | ||
| SP | Anis Ahmmad | 1,110 | 0.71 | ||
| ABHM | Milind Ekbote | 1,027 | 0.66 | ||
| Majority | 8,162 | 5.25 | |||
| Turnout | 1,55,587 | 51.78 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2004
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Girish Bapat | 38,160 | 55.81 | ||
| NCP | Anna Thorat | 28,542 | 41.74 | ||
| ABHM | Himani Savarkar | 1,158 | 1.69 | ||
| Independent | Vijay Tikone | 516 | 0.75 | ||
| Majority | 9,618 | 14.07 | |||
| Turnout | 68,376 | 54.83 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ "Pune by-polls: 11 nominations invalid in Kasba Peth constituency".
- ^ "Election Commission of India". 2 March 2023. Archived from the original on 2 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 2009". elections.in. Retrieved 25 June 2020.