Kasba Peth Assembly constituency

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Kasba Peth
Constituency No. 215 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region Western India
State Maharashtra
District Pune
LS constituency Pune
Established1957
ReservationNone
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).

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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

YearMemberParty
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

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Kasba Peth [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Hemant Narayan Rasane
INC Ravindra Dhangekar
MNS Ganesh Bhokre
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
MNS hold Swing

2023 by-election

2023 elections in India: Kasba Peth [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Ravindra Dhangekar 73,309 52.98 Increase2.svg21.46
BJP Hemant Narayan Rasane62,39445.09Decrease2.svg5.21
NOTA None of the Above1,4011.01Decrease2.svg0.68
Majority10,9157.89Decrease2.svg9.22
Turnout 1,38,40350.20Decrease2.svg1.43
INC gain from BJP Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Kasba Peth [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Mukta Shailesh Tilak 75,492 50.30
INC Arvind Shinde47,29631.52
Independent Vishal Dhanwade13,9899.32N/A
MNS Ajay Shinde8,2845.52
NOTA None of the above2,5321.69N/A
Majority28,19619.11
Turnout 1,50,09351.63
BJP hold Swing

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Kasba Peth [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Girish Bapat 73,594 43.44 +8.10
INC Rohit Tilak31,32218.49−11.54
MNS Ravindra Dhangekar25,99815.35−14.74
NCP Deepak Mankar 15,8659.37N/A
Independent Suryakant Aandekar10,0015.90N/A
SS Prashant Badhe9,2035.43N/A
NOTA None of the above1,3710.81N/A
Majority42,27224.95+19.70
Turnout 1,69,39962.11+10.33
BJP hold Swing

2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Kasba Peth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Girish Bapat [7] 54,98235.34−20.47
MNS Ravindra Dhangekar46,82030.09
INC Rohit Tilak46,72830.03
BSP Satish Mohol1,3960.90
SP Anis Ahmmad1,1100.71
ABHM Milind Ekbote 1,0270.66
Majority8,1625.25
Turnout 1,55,58751.78
BJP hold Swing

2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Kasba Peth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Girish Bapat 38,16055.81
NCP Anna Thorat28,54241.74
ABHM Himani Savarkar1,1581.69
Independent Vijay Tikone5160.75
Majority9,61814.07
Turnout 68,37654.83
BJP hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "Pune by-polls: 11 nominations invalid in Kasba Peth constituency".
  4. ↑ "Election Commission of India". 2 March 2023. Archived from the original on 2 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  5. ↑ "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2014". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 2009". elections.in. Retrieved 25 June 2020.

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