Latur City (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Latur City
Existence1957 - present
Reservationnone
Current MLA Amit Deshmukh
Political Party  INC   
Elected Year 2019
State Maharashtra
Most Successful Party  INC   (12 times)
Lok Sabha constituency Latur

Latur City Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency is located in the Latur district. It is the 16th largest city in Maharashtra with district headquarter located in the city. The district comes under Marathwada region of Maharashtra, geographically located between 17°52′ North to 18°50′ North and 76°18′ East to 79°12′ East in the Deccan plateau. It has an average elevation of 631 metres (2,070 ft) above mean sea level. The entire district is on the Balaghat plateau, 540 to 638 metres from the mean sea level. [1]

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Cabinet Minister for Medical education & Cultural affairs, Amit Vilasrao Deshmukh is the current MLA of the constituency, representing the Indian National Congress.

History

After the delimitation of the legislative assembly constituencies in 2008, the erstwhile Latur Vidhan Sabha constituency was divided into Latur City and Latur Rural constituencies.

In Latur City Assembly constituency the Indian National Congress party is the strongest party.

Vilasrao Deshmukh, Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, represented the seat five times in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He was elected for three consecutive terms from the seat till 1995. From 1999, he was elected for two consecutive terms till 2008.

Members of Legislative Assembly

SL No.YearNameParty
As Latur Vidhan Sabha Seat, from 1957-2004
1.1957 Keshavrao Sonawane Indian National Congress
2.1962 Keshavrao Sonawane Indian National Congress [2]
3.1967V R Kaldate Samyukta Socialist Party
4.1973 Shivraj Patil Indian National Congress
5.1978 Shivraj Patil Indian National Congress
6.1980 Vilasrao Deshmukh Indian National Congress
7.1985 Vilasrao Deshmukh Indian National Congress
8.1991 Vilasrao Deshmukh Indian National Congress
9.1995 Shivajirao Patil Kavhekar Janata Dal
10.1999 Vilasrao Deshmukh Indian National Congress
11.2004 Vilasrao Deshmukh Indian National Congress
Seat bifurcated into Latur City and Latur Rural, in the year 2008.
12.2009 Amit Deshmukh Indian National Congress
13.2014 Amit Deshmukh Indian National Congress
14.2019 Amit Deshmukh Indian National Congress [3] [4]

Election results

Assembly elections 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Latur City
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Amit Deshmukh 1,11,15652.48
BJP Shailesh Govindkumar Lahoti70,74133.4
VBA Rajasab Bashumiya Maniyar24,60411.62
NOTA None of the Above7270.34
Majority40,41519.08
Turnout 2,11,94856.90
INC hold Swing

Assembly elections 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Latur City
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Amit Deshmukh 1,19,65658.82
BJP Shailesh Govindkumar Lahoti70,19134.50
NCP Murtujkhan Basidkhan Pathan4,0471.99
SHS Shripad Kulkarni2,3231.14
BSP Raghunath Waghoji Bansode2,2021.08
NOTA None of the Above5390.26
Majority49,46524.32
Turnout 2,03,45361.98
INC hold Swing

Assembly elections 2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Latur City
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Amit Deshmukh 1,13,00664.91
BSP Kayyumkhan Mohmmadkhan Pathan23,52613.51
SHS Shripad Madhukarrao Kulkarni19,90511.43
Majority89,48051.40
Turnout 1,74,19459.65
INC gain from BSP Swing

Assembly elections 1957

1957 Bombay Legislative Assembly election: Latur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Keshavrao Sonawane 14,78554.83%
Vithalrao Kelgaokar12,17845.17%
Majority2,6079.67%
Turnout 26,96348.84%
INC hold Swing

Assembly elections 1962

1962 Maharashtra State Assembly election: Latur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Keshavrao Sonawane 23,04957.15%
Ramchandra Govind14,03634.80%
PWP Digamberrao Yadavrao2,9747.37%
Yesgwanta yatya2700.67%
Majority9,01322.35%
Turnout 42,64962.29%
INC hold Swing

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References

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