Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti

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Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti
AbbreviationMES
Leader Manohar Kallappa Kinekar
PresidentDeepak Dalavi
Secretary Maloji Astekar
FounderVasantrao Patil
Founded1946
Headquarters Belgaum
Ideology
ColoursOrange
ECI StatusUnrecognised Party
Alliance
Seats in  Lok Sabha
0 / 543
Seats in  Rajya Sabha
0 / 245
Seats in  Belgaum Mahanagara Palike
Seats in  Karnataka Legislative Assembly and Karnataka Legislative Council
Party flag
Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg
Website
https://mesamithi.in

Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (Committee for Integration with Maharashtra)( abbr.MES) is a linguistic socio-political committee based in Belgaum city in the Indian state of Karnataka. [1] It acts as a party demanding the merger Belagavi district in Karnataka with the Maharashtra. [2] The president of Maharashtra ekikaran samiti for 22 years was late shri Vasantrao Parashram Patil. He was elected twice from Khanapur, Karnataka Assembly constituency.He had stronghold leader from mes in belgaum.He had good relations with NCP chief Sharad Pawar. He was leader of the masses.Since early age he participated in this struggle.

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Electoral Performance

Karnataka Legislative Assembly Elections

YearSeats wonChange in seats
1957
1 / 234
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1962
6 / 234
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1967
2 / 234
Decrease2.svg 4
1972
3 / 234
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1978
5 / 234
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1983
3 / 234
Decrease2.svg 2
1985
3 / 234
Decrease2.svg 0
1989
2 / 234
Decrease2.svg 1
1994
2 / 234
Decrease2.svg 0
1999
0 / 234
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2004
1 / 234
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2008
0 / 234
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2013
2 / 234
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2018
0 / 234
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2023
0 / 234
Decrease2.svg 0

History

After India became independent in 1947, the Belagavi district (which was in the erstwhile Bombay Presidency) became a part of the Bombay State. In 1948, the Belagavi City Council passed a resolution declaring that the district was a Marathi majority district and demanding for the inclusion of the Belagavi district in the proposed state of Samyukta Maharashtra. [3] The Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti was formed in the same year pursuing the single point demand for the inclusion of the district in the state of Maharashtra. The States Reorganisation Commission recommended the inclusion of the Belagavi district to the state of Mysore. [4] The district was subsequently merged into the Mysore State (currently Karnataka) when the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 was passed by the Parliament of India. [5] The Economic Times describes the MES to have held a significant influence in the district since. [4]

Electoral history

The committee has consistently supported candidates for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly; primarily from constituencies in the district of Belagavi. The committee members have also contested elections to the Belagavi City Corporation where it has held a dominant position from time to time. [6] It was a registered party in the 1962 Mysore Legislative Assembly election. [7]

Candidates in elections

V N Nisal (President of the first committee)
Dr Kowadkar (Leading light in 1950s)
Shri B R Sunthankar (Leading light in 1950s and 1960s), and MLA from Belagavi in 1957 and 1962
Laxman Birje, MLA from Khanapur in 1957 and 1962
Nilkanth Sardesai, MLA from Khanapur in 1967, 1972, 1978
Balwant Bhimrao Sayanak who became MLA from Belagavi in 1967 and 1978
Prabhakar Pawashe, MLA from Uchagaon in 1972 and 1978
Govind Ashtekar, MLA from Bagewadi in 1978, 1983, but lost in 1985 and 1994
Basavant Iroji Patil, MLA from Uchagaon in 1983, 1985, 1989, 1994. But he lost in 1999.
Rajabhau Mane, MLA from Belagavi in 1983, 1985
Bapusaheb Mahagaonkar, MLA from Belagavi in 1989.
Narayan Rao Tarale, MLA from Belagavi in 1994
Sambhaji Patil (1951-2019) was the mayor of Belgaum city for three terms and was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from the Belagavi Dakshin constituency for one term in 2013. [9]
Manohar Kinekar was a former member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from the Uchagaon constituency in 2004, but lost from Balagavi Rural in 2013. [3]

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References

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  2. ↑ Mahaprashastra, Ajoy Ashirwad (2 May 2018). "Despite Setbacks, Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti Charges Ahead in Karnataka's Belagavi". The Wire. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
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  8. ↑ "Karnataka Election Results 1962, Karnataka Assembly Elections Results 1962". www.elections.in.
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