Latur City Assembly constituency

Latur City
Constituency No. 235 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Latur
Lok Sabha constituency	Latur
Established	1951
Total electors	400,145
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Amit Deshmukh
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

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]

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

Year	Member	Party
Before 2009 : See Latur
2009	Amit Deshmukh		Indian National Congress
2014
2019
2024

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Latur City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Amit Vilasrao Deshmukh	114,110	45.19%	7.47
	BJP	Dr. Archana Patil Chakurkar	106,712	42.26%	8.75
	VBA	Vinod Somprakash Khatke	26,616	10.54%	1.12
	NOTA	None of the Above	642	0.25%	0.09
Margin of victory			7,398	2.93%	16.22
Turnout			253,135	63.26%	6.44
Total valid votes			252,493
Registered electors			400,145		7.43
	INC hold		Swing	7.47

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Latur City ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Amit Vilasrao Deshmukh	111,156	52.67%	6.31
	BJP	Shailesh Govindkumar Lahoti	70,741	33.52%	1.08
	VBA	Rajasab Bashumiya Maniyar	24,604	11.66%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	727	0.34%	0.08
Margin of victory			40,415	19.15%	5.23
Turnout			211,948	56.90%	5.15
Total valid votes			211,060
Registered electors			372,474		13.47
	INC hold		Swing	6.31

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Latur City ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Amit Vilasrao Deshmukh	119,656	58.97%	5.93
	BJP	Lahoti Shailesh Govindkumar	70,191	34.59%	New
	NCP	Pathan Murtujkhan Basidkhan	4,047	1.99%	New
	SS	Pappubhai Urf Shripad Kulkarni	2,323	1.14%	10.29
	BSP	Bansode Raghunath Waghoji	2,202	1.09%	12.43
	NOTA	None of the Above	539	0.27%	New
Margin of victory			49,465	24.38%	27.01
Turnout			203,453	61.98%	2.19
Total valid votes			202,904
Registered electors			328,265		12.41
	INC hold		Swing	5.93

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Latur City ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Amit Vilasrao Deshmukh	113,006	64.91%	New
	BSP	Kayyumkhan Mohmaadkhan Pathan	23,526	13.51%	New
	SS	Shripad Madhukarrao Kulkarni	19,905	11.43%	New
	Independent	Adv. Annarao Govindrao Patil	10,228	5.87%	New
	Independent	Adv. Yevate Patil Shrimanth Arjun	1,400	0.80%	New
Margin of victory			89,480	51.39%
Turnout			174,194	59.65%
Total valid votes			174,108
Registered electors			292,030
	INC win (new seat)

References

1. "About District | लातूर जिल्हा | India" . Retrieved 21 April 2022.
2. "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 2 February 2022.
3. "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2014" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 2 February 2022.
4. "General Elections to State Legislative Assembly 2009" (PDF). Chief Eletoral Officer, Maharashtra. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 July 2024.

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