Mahesh Landge
Mahesh (Dada) Landge | |
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| Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 16 October 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Vilas Lande |
| Pimpri-Chinchwad City President of the Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 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.
Political career
[edit]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 severed 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).
In the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections, Landge was re-elected as a BJP candidate from Bhosari.[1][2][3][4][5]
Positions held
[edit]- 2004-2014: Corporator, Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (three consecutive terms)
- 2014-2019: Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, Bhosari (Independent candidate, later joined BJP)
- 2019-present: Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, Bhosari (BJP)
- 2020-present: City president, BJP Pimpri-Chinchwad
Electoral History
[edit]| Year | Party bjp | Constituency | Opponent | Result | Margin | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Independent | Bhosari | SS | Ubale Rambhau | Won | 15,314 | ||
| 2019 | BJP | Independent | Vilas Lande | Won | 77,567 | |||
| 2024[6] | BJP | AJIT GAVHANE | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Azam Pansare stuns NCP, joins BJP
- ^ MLA Mahesh Landge set to join BJP
- ^ "Results of Maharashtra Assembly polls 2014". India Today. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ "It's Family Inc in Pimpri-Chinchwad". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ^ "महेश लांडगे : क्रीडाप्रेमी आमदार | mahesh landge sports enthusiast person | Loksatta". 27 January 2023. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ^ The Hindu, Sruthi (23 November 2024). "Maharashtra Assembly election results 2024 | Who won in Pune?". Archived from the original on 24 November 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.