Latur City Assembly constituency

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Latur City
Constituency No. 235 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region Western India
State Maharashtra
District Latur
Lok Sabha constituency Latur
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Indian National Congress
Elected year2024

Latur City Assembly 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 the district headquarters 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 Assembly constituency was divided into Latur City and Latur Rural constituencies.

In Latur City Assembly constituency the Indian National Congress 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 until 2008.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearMember [2] Party
Before 2009 : See Latur
2009 Amit Deshmukh Indian National Congress
2014
2019
2024

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Latur City
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Amit Vilasrao Deshmukh 114,110 45.08 Decrease2.svg7.4
BJP Archana Patil Chakurkar1,06,71242.16Increase2.svg8.76
VBA Vinod Somprakash Khatke26,61610.51Decrease2.svg1.11
NOTA None of the above 6420.25Decrease2.svg0.09
Majority 7,3982.92
Turnout 2,53,13562.74
INC gain from BJP Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Latur City
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Amit Vilasrao Deshmukh 111,156 52.48 Decrease2.svg6.34
BJP Shailesh Govindkumar Lahoti70,74133.40Decrease2.svg1.1
VBA Rajasab Bashumiya Maniyar24,60411.62New
NOTA None of the above 7270.34
Majority 40,41519.08
Turnout 2,11,94856.90
INC gain from BJP Swing

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Latur City
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Amit Deshmukh 119,656 58.82 Decrease2.svg6.34
BJP Shailesh Govindkumar Lahoti70,19134.50New
NCP Murtujkhan Basidkhan Pathan4,0471.99New
SS Shripad Kulkarni2,3231.14Decrease2.svg10.29
BSP Raghunath Waghoji Bansode2,2021.08Decrease2.svg12.43
NOTA None of the Above 5390.26
Majority 49,46524.32
Turnout 2,03,45361.98
INC gain from BJP Swing

2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Latur City
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Amit Deshmukh 113,006 64.91
BSP Kayyumkhan Mohmmadkhan Pathan23,52613.51
SS Shripad Madhukarrao Kulkarni19,90511.43
Majority 89,48051.40
Turnout 1,74,19459.65
INC gain from BSP Swing

1962

1962 Maharashtra State Assembly election: Latur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Keshavrao Sonawane 20,549 57.15
Independent Ramchandra Govind14,03634.80
PWPI Digamberrao Yadavrao2,9747.37
Majority 9,01322.35
Turnout 42,64962.29
INC gain from Independent Swing

1957

1957 Bombay Legislative Assembly election: Latur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Keshavrao Sonawane 14,785 54.83
Independent Vithalrao Kelgaokar12,17845.17
Majority 2,6079.67
Turnout 26,96348.84
INC gain from Independent Swing

References

  1. "About District | लातूर जिल्हा | India" . Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  2. "Latur City Vidhan Sabha Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.

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