Kasba Peth Assembly constituency

Kasba Peth Assembly constituency is one of the constituencies of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, in India.[1] It is constituency is located in the Pune district and is a segment of Pune (Lok Sabha constituency).

Kasba Peth
Constituency No. 215 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionWestern India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictPune
LS constituencyPune
Established1957
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBJP
Elected year2024

It was considered a stronghold of the Bharatiya Janata Party, as it had elected BJP MLAs from 1995 to 2019, however the constituency elected the Indian National Congress politician Ravindra Dhangekar in a by-election in 2023, upturning this trend.

In 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election BJP candidate Hemant Rasane made a spectacular comeback by defeating INC candidate Ravindra Dhangekar, resulting in BJP retaining it's Bastion of Kasba Peth in just 1.5 years

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Member Party
1957 Vishnu Chitale Communist Party of India
1962 Baburao Sanas Indian National Congress
1967 R. V. Telang
1972 Lilaba Merchant
1978 Arvind Lele Janata Party
1980 Bharatiya Janata Party
1985 Ulhas Kalokhe Indian National Congress
1990 Anna Joshi Bharatiya Janata Party
1991^ Vasant Vithoba Thorat Indian National Congress
1995 Girish Bapat Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004
2009
2014
2019 Mukta Tilak
2023^ Ravindra Dhangekar Indian National Congress
2024 Hemant Rasane Bharatiya Janata Party

By-elections denoted by ^

Election results

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2024

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2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Kasba Peth[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Hemant Rasane 90,046 53.41 +8.32
INC Ravindra Dhangekar 70,623 41.89 −11.09
MNS Ganesh Bhokare 4,894 2.90
Majority 19,423 11.52  3.63
Turnout 1,68,607 59.44 +9.24
BJP gain from INC Swing

2023 by-election

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2023 elections in India: Kasba Peth[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ravindra Dhangekar 73,309 52.98  21.46
BJP Hemant Rasane 62,394 45.09  5.21
NOTA None of the Above 1,401 1.01  0.68
Majority 10,915 7.89  9.22
Turnout 1,38,403 50.20  1.43
INC gain from BJP Swing

2019

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2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Kasba Peth[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Mukta Shailesh Tilak 75,492 50.30
INC Arvind Shinde 47,296 31.52
Independent Vishal Dhanwade 13,989 9.32 N/A
MNS Ajay Shinde 8,284 5.52
NOTA None of the above 2,532 1.69 N/A
Majority 28,196 19.11
Turnout 1,50,093 51.63
BJP hold Swing

2014

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2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Kasba Peth[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Girish Bapat 73,594 43.44 +8.10
INC Rohit Tilak 31,322 18.49 −11.54
MNS Ravindra Dhangekar 25,998 15.35 −14.74
NCP Deepak Mankar 15,865 9.37 N/A
Independent Suryakant Aandekar 10,001 5.90 N/A
SS Prashant Badhe 9,203 5.43 N/A
NOTA None of the above 1,371 0.81 N/A
Majority 42,272 24.95 +19.70
Turnout 1,69,399 62.11 +10.33
BJP hold Swing

2009

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2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Kasba Peth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Girish Bapat [7] 54,982 35.34 −20.47
MNS Ravindra Dhangekar 46,820 30.09
INC Rohit Tilak 46,728 30.03
BSP Satish Mohol 1,396 0.90
SP Anis Ahmmad 1,110 0.71
ABHM Milind Ekbote 1,027 0.66
Majority 8,162 5.25
Turnout 1,55,587 51.78
BJP hold Swing

2004

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2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Kasba Peth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Girish Bapat 38,160 55.81
NCP Anna Thorat 28,542 41.74
ABHM Himani Savarkar 1,158 1.69
Independent Vijay Tikone 516 0.75
Majority 9,618 14.07
Turnout 68,376 54.83
BJP hold Swing

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. ^ Election Commission of India (23 November 2024). "Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Kasba Peth". Archived from the original on 23 November 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Pune by-polls: 11 nominations invalid in Kasba Peth constituency".
  4. ^ "Election Commission of India". 2 March 2023. Archived from the original on 2 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 2009". elections.in. Retrieved 25 June 2020.

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