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.
Amit Deshmukh | |
Existence | 1957 - present |
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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 | ||
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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
- "Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 1962 for Latur constituency". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 December 2016.