Mahesh (Dada) Landge | |
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| Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office (2014-2019), (2019-2024), (2024-Present) | |
| Preceded by | Vilas Vithoba lande |
| Constituency | Bhosari Assembly constituency |
| President of Bharatiya Janata Party Pimpri-Chinchwad City | |
| Assumed office 16 January 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mahesh Kisanrao Landge 27 November 1975 Bhosari,Poona district,(now Pune district) Maharashtra,India |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (2016-present) |
| Other political affiliations | Nationalist Congress Party (till 2016) |
| Residence | Bhosari |
| Alma mater | Vinayak Mission University,Tamil Nadu |
| Occupation | Politician |
Mahesh Kisanrao Landge (born 27 November 1975) is an Indian politician. He is currently a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly representing Bhosari Vidhan sabha constituency in the Pune district.
Before entering politics,Landge was a wrestler. [ citation needed ] His political career began with National Students' Union of India (NSUI),student wing of Indian National Congress.[ citation needed ] In 2002,he contested his first election for the position of corporator but was defeated. However,he won a by-election in 2004 and became a corporator in Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC).
Landge served as a corporator for three consecutive terms as a member of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). In 2014,after being denied a ticket by the NCP for Bhosari Assembly Constituency,he contested the election as an independent candidate. He won the election and subsequently joined Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP).
Mahesh Dada became a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS),a far-right Hindu nationalist paramilitary volunteer organisation.
In the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections,Landge was re-elected as a BJP candidate from Bhosari. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
| Year | Party BJP | Constituency | Opponent | Result | Margin | |||
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| 2014 | Independent | Bhosari | SS | Ubale Rambhau | Won | 15,314 | ||
| 2019 | BJP | Independent | Vilas Lande | Won | 77,567 | |||
| 2024 [6] | BJP | NCP-SP | Ajit Damodar Gavhane | Won | 63,765 | |||