Latur City (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Latur City Vidhan Sabha 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.

Latur City

Amit Deshmukh
Existence	1957 - present
Reservation	none
Current MLA	Amit Deshmukh
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected Year	2019
State	Maharashtra
Most Successful Party	Indian National Congress (12 times)
Lok Sabha constituency	Latur

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 Vidhan Sabha constituency was divided into Latur City and Latur Rural constituencies.

In Latur City Assembly constituency the Indian National Congress party 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 till 2008.

Members of Legislative Assembly

SL No.	Year	Name	Party
As Latur Vidhan Sabha Seat, from 1957-2004
1.	1957	Keshavrao Sonawane	Indian National Congress
2.	1962	Keshavrao Sonawane	Indian National Congress[1]
3.	1967	V R Kaldate	Samyukta Socialist Party
4.	1973	Shivraj Patil	Indian National Congress
5.	1978	Shivraj Patil	Indian National Congress
6.	1980	Vilasrao Deshmukh	Indian National Congress
7.	1985	Vilasrao Deshmukh	Indian National Congress
8.	1991	Vilasrao Deshmukh	Indian National Congress
9.	1995	Shivajirao Patil Kavhekar	Janata Dal
10.	1999	Vilasrao Deshmukh	Indian National Congress
11.	2004	Vilasrao Deshmukh	Indian National Congress
Seat bifurcated into Latur City and Latur Rural, in the year 2008.
12.	2009	Amit Deshmukh	Indian National Congress
13.	2014	Amit Deshmukh	Indian National Congress
14.	2019	Amit Deshmukh	Indian National Congress

Election results

Assembly elections 1957

1957 Bombay Legislative Assembly election: Latur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Keshavrao Sonawane	14785	54.83%
		Vithalrao Kelgaokar	12178	45.17%
Majority			2607	9.67%
Turnout			26963	48.84%
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly elections 1962

1962 Maharashtra State Assembly election: Latur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Keshavrao Sonawane	23049	57.15%
		Ramchandra Govind	14036	34.80%
	PWP	Digamberrao Yadavrao	2974	7.37%
		Yesgwanta yatya	270	0.67%
Majority			9013	22.35%
Turnout			42649	62.29%
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly elections 2009

2009 Maharashtra State Assembly election: Latur City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Amit Deshmukh	113006
	BSP	Kayyumkhan Mohmmadkhan Pathan	23526
	SHS	Shripad Madhukarrao Kulkarni	19905
Majority			89,480
Turnout
	INC gain from BSP		Swing

Assembly elections 2014

2014 Maharashtra State Assembly election: Latur City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Amit Deshmukh	1,19,656	58.82
	BJP	Shailesh Govindkumar Lahoti	70,191	34.50
	NCP	Murtujkhan Basidkhan Pathan	4,047	1.99
	SHS	Shripad Kulkarni	2,323	1.14
	BSP	Raghunath Waghoji Bansode	2,202	1.08
	NOTA	None of the Above	539	0.26
Majority			49,465	24.32
Turnout			2,03,443	61.98
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly elections 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Latur City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Amit Deshmukh	1,11,156	52.48
	BJP	Shailesh Govindkumar Lahoti	70,741	33.4
	VBA	Rajasab Bashumiya Maniyar	24,604	11.62
	NOTA	None of the Above	727	0.34
Majority			40,415	19.08
Turnout			2,11,787	61.98
	INC hold		Swing

References

1. "Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 1962 for Latur constituency". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 December 2016.