Kasba Peth
Kasba Peth
Constituency No. 215 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Lok Sabha constituency Pune Established 1957
Total electors 283,672
Reservation None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Hemant Rasane
Kasba Peth Assembly constituencyMaharashtra Legislative Assembly , in India . It is constituency is located in the Pune district and is a segment of Pune (Lok Sabha constituency) .
It is considered a stronghold of the Bharatiya Janata Party , as it had elected BJP MLAs from 1995 to 2024 , with the exception the constituency elected the Indian National Congress politician Ravindra Dhangekar in a by-election in 2023 , upturning this trend, though the BJP regained the seat in 2024.
In 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election BJP candidate Hemant Rasane made a spectacular comeback by defeating INC candidate Ravindra Dhangekar, resulting in BJP retaining its Bastion of Kasba Peth in just 1.5 years
Members of the Legislative Assembly By-elections denoted by ^
Election results Assembly Election 2024 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kasba Peth Party Candidate Votes % ±% BJP Hemant Rasane 90,046 53.79% 8.24 INC Ravindra Dhangekar 70,623 42.19% 11.33 MNS Bhokre Ganesh Somnath 4,894 2.92% New NOTA None of the Above 1,213 0.72% 0.30 Margin of victory 19,423 11.60% 3.63 Turnout 168,607 59.44% 9.33 Total valid votes 167,394 Registered electors 283,672 2.89 BJP gain from INC Swing 0.27
Assembly By-election 2023 2023 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly by-election : Kasba Peth Party Candidate Votes % ±% INC Ravindra Dhangekar 73,309 53.52% 21.46 BJP Hemant Rasane 62,394 45.55% 5.62 NOTA None of the Above 1,401 1.02% 0.69 Margin of victory 10,915 7.97% 11.14 Turnout 138,103 50.09% 1.07 Total valid votes 136,980 Registered electors 275,717 5.16 INC gain from BJP Swing 2.35
Assembly Election 2019 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kasba Peth Party Candidate Votes % ±% BJP Mukta Tilak 75,492 51.17% 7.37 INC Arvind Shinde 47,296 32.06% 13.42 Independent Dhanwade Vishal Gorakh 13,989 9.48% New MNS Ajay Shinde 8,284 5.61% 9.86 NOTA None of the Above 2,532 1.72% 0.90 Independent Yuvraj Bhujbal 1,072 0.73% New Margin of victory 28,196 19.11% 6.05 Turnout 150,093 51.63% 10.32 Total valid votes 147,537 Registered electors 290,724 5.66 BJP hold Swing 7.37
Assembly Election 2014 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kasba Peth Party Candidate Votes % ±% BJP Girish Bapat 73,594 43.80% 8.46 INC Dr. Rohit Deepak Tilak 31,322 18.64% 11.39 MNS Ravindra Dhangekar 25,998 15.47% 14.62 NCP Deepak Mankar 15,865 9.44% New Independent Suryakant Alias Banduanna Aandekar 10,001 5.95% New SS Badhe Prashant Laxman 9,203 5.48% New NOTA None of the Above 1,371 0.82% New Margin of victory 42,272 25.16% 19.91 Turnout 169,400 61.57% 12.00 Total valid votes 168,028 Registered electors 275,138 13.23 BJP hold Swing 8.46
Assembly Election 2009 2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kasba Peth Party Candidate Votes % ±% BJP Girish Bapat 54,982 35.34% 20.47 MNS Ravindra Dhangekar 46,820 30.09% New INC Dr. Rohit Deepak Tilak 46,728 30.03% New BSP Mohol Satish Baban 1,396 0.90% New SP Anis Ahmmad 1,110 0.71% New ABHM Milind Ramakant Ekbote 1,027 0.66% 1.03 Margin of victory 8,162 5.25% 8.82 Turnout 155,625 49.08% 5.76 Total valid votes 155,587 Registered electors 317,093 154.26 BJP hold Swing 20.47
Assembly Election 2004 2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kasba Peth Party Candidate Votes % ±% BJP Girish Bapat 38,160 55.81% 1.16 NCP Anna Thorat 28,542 41.74% 15.05 ABHM Savarkar Himani Ashok 1,158 1.69% New Independent Tikone Vijay Hiralal 516 0.75% New Margin of victory 9,618 14.07% 13.89 Turnout 68,398 54.84% 1.88 Total valid votes 68,376 Registered electors 124,712 1.95 BJP hold Swing 1.16
Assembly Election 1999 1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kasba Peth Party Candidate Votes % ±% BJP Girish Bapat 39,419 54.65% 3.66 NCP Anna Thorat 19,251 26.69% New INC Balgude Sanjay Digambar 13,065 18.11% 17.37 Margin of victory 20,168 27.96% 5.14 Turnout 73,698 57.94% 17.06 Total valid votes 72,130 Registered electors 127,189 3.14 BJP hold Swing 3.66
Assembly Election 1995 1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kasba Peth Party Candidate Votes % ±% BJP Girish Bapat 53,043 58.31% New INC Dr. Satish Desai 32,283 35.49% New Independent Sayed Badshah Noor Mohammed 2,213 2.43% New JD Shah Devichand Deepchand 642 0.71% New Margin of victory 20,760 22.82% Turnout 91,959 74.57% Total valid votes 90,969 Registered electors 123,312 BJP gain from INC Swing
Assembly By-election 1991 1991 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly by-election : Kasba Peth Party Candidate Votes % ±% INC T. V. Vithoba 37,100 BJP Girish Bapat 31,775 Margin of victory 5,325 Turnout Total valid votes 0 INC gain from BJP Swing
Assembly Election 1990 1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kasba Peth Party Candidate Votes % ±% BJP Anna Joshi 49,152 53.25% 10.98 INC Shantilal Suratwala 42,075 45.58% 2.45 Margin of victory 7,077 7.67% 1.91 Turnout 93,040 68.41% 5.06 Total valid votes 92,311 Registered electors 135,998 15.29 BJP gain from INC Swing 5.22
Assembly Election 1985 1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kasba Peth Party Candidate Votes % ±% INC Ulhas Nathoba Kalokhe 35,588 48.03% New BJP Arvind Lele 31,321 42.27% 0.81 Independent Appa Thorat 5,980 8.07% New Margin of victory 4,267 5.76% 0.38 Turnout 74,651 63.29% 7.75 Total valid votes 74,101 Registered electors 117,957 3.01 INC gain from BJP Swing 4.95
Assembly Election 1980 1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kasba Peth Party Candidate Votes % ±% BJP Arvind Lele 28,851 43.07% New INC(I) Dhere Prakash Keshavrao 25,249 37.70% New INC(U) Shantilal Suratwala 11,991 17.90% New Margin of victory 3,602 5.38% 22.40 Turnout 67,692 55.66% 19.01 Total valid votes 66,980 Registered electors 121,622 5.25 BJP gain from JP Swing 17.89
Assembly Election 1978 1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kasba Peth Party Candidate Votes % ±% JP Arvind Lele 52,190 60.96% New INC Ulhas Shedge 28,410 33.18% 16.84 SS Ghate Bhagwant Alias Nandkumar Laxman 4,099 4.79% 0.65 Margin of victory 23,780 27.78% 3.19 Turnout 86,624 74.96% 4.42 Total valid votes 85,612 Registered electors 115,556 70.74 JP gain from INC Swing 10.94
Assembly Election 1972 1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kasba Peth Party Candidate Votes % ±% INC Lilaba Merchant 23,586 50.03% 1.75 SSP Rambhau Wadke 8,987 19.06% New ABJS Narayan Vaidya 8,103 17.19% 5.2 Independent Patel Husen Mohamad 4,050 8.59% New SS Kaka Wadke 1,949 4.13% New Margin of victory 14,599 30.96% 22.05 Turnout 48,014 70.94% 1.50 Total valid votes 47,148 Registered electors 67,679 3.01 INC hold Swing 1.75
Assembly Election 1967 1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kasba Peth Party Candidate Votes % ±% INC R. V. Telang 22,567 48.27% 6.77 SSP R. P. Vadake 18,398 39.35% New ABJS P. H. Kapoor 5,603 11.98% 0.53 Margin of victory 4,169 8.92% 24.40 Turnout 49,289 75.02% 1.58 Total valid votes 46,751 Registered electors 65,699 7.28 INC hold Swing 6.77
Assembly Election 1962 1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kasba Peth Party Candidate Votes % ±% INC Baburao Narayanrao Sans 27,135 55.04% 6.56 Independent Kaluram Udansing Pardeshi 10,710 21.72% New ABJS Vasant Digamber Malegaonkar 6,172 12.52% New CPI Narsing Mahadev Tilekar 5,032 10.21% 41.31 Margin of victory 16,425 33.32% 30.29 Turnout 51,698 72.96% 5.00 Total valid votes 49,300 Registered electors 70,855 6.18 INC gain from CPI Swing 3.53
Assembly Election 1957 1957 Bombay State Legislative Assembly election : Kasba Peth Party Candidate Votes % ±% CPI Chitale Vishnu Dattatraya 25,637 51.52% New INC Sathe Vinayak Krishna 24,129 48.48% New Turnout 49,766 74.58% Total valid votes 49,766 Registered electors 66,732 INC win (new seat)
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