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
Lok Sabha constituency	Pune
Established	1957
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Hemant Rasane
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

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 is 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. Though the BJP regained the seat in 2024.

In 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election BJP candidate Hemant Rasane made a spectacular comeback by defeating INC candidate Ravindra Dhangekar, resulting in BJP retaining its Bastion of Kasba Peth in just 1.5 years

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member [2]	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 Thorat		Indian National Congress
1995	Girish Bapat†		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004
2009
2014
2019	Mukta Tilak†
2023^	Ravindra Dhangekar		Indian National Congress
2024	Hemant Rasane		Bharatiya Janata Party

By-elections denoted by ^

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Kasba Peth ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Hemant Rasane	90,046	53.41	+8.32
	INC	Ravindra Dhangekar	70,623	41.89	−11.09
	MNS	Ganesh Bhokare	4,894	2.90
Majority			19,423	11.52	3.63
Turnout			1,68,607	59.44	+9.24
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2023 by-election

2023 elections in India: Kasba Peth ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ravindra Dhangekar	73,309	52.98	21.46
	BJP	Hemant 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

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Kasba Peth ^[6]

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

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Kasba Peth ^[7]

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

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Kasba Peth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Girish Bapat	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

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Kasba Peth

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 gain from NCP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
2. "Kasba Peth Vidhan Sabha Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
3. Election Commission of India (23 November 2024). "Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Kasba Peth". Archived from the original on 23 November 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
4. "Pune by-polls: 11 nominations invalid in Kasba Peth constituency".
5. "Election Commission of India". 2 March 2023. Archived from the original on 2 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
6. "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 2 February 2022.
7. "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2014". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 May 2023.

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