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Latur City (Maharashtra Assembly Constituency)

Latur City Assembly 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. It is the 16th largest city in Maharashtra with the district headquarters located in the city. The district comes under Marathwada region of Maharashtra, geographically located between 17°52′ North to 18°50′ North and 76°18′ East to 79°12′ East in the Deccan plateau. It has an average elevation of 631 metres (2,070 ft) above mean sea level. The entire district is on the Balaghat plateau, 540 to 638 metres from the mean sea level.

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 Assembly constituency was divided into Latur City and Latur Rural constituencies.

In Latur City Assembly constituency the Indian National Congress 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 until 2008.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Party
As Latur Vidhan Sabha Seat, from 1957 to 2004
1957 Keshavrao Sonawane Indian National Congress
1962
1967 V. R. Kaldate Samyukta Socialist Party
1973 Shivraj Patil Indian National Congress
1978
1980 Vilasrao Deshmukh
1985
1991
1995 Shivajirao Patil Kavhekar Janata Dal
1999 Vilasrao Deshmukh Indian National Congress
2004
Seat bifurcated into Latur City and Latur Rural, in the year 2008.
2009 Amit Deshmukh Indian National Congress
2014
2019

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Latur City
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Amit Deshmukh
BJP Dr. Archana Patil Chakurkar
VBA Vinod Somprakash Khatke
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
INC hold Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Latur City
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Amit Deshmukh 111,156 52.48
BJP Shailesh Govindkumar Lahoti 70,741 33.40
VBA Rajasab Bashumiya Maniyar 24,604 11.62
NOTA None of the above 727 0.34
Majority 40,415 19.08
Turnout 2,11,948 56.90
INC hold Swing

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Latur City
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Amit Deshmukh 119,656 58.82
BJP Shailesh Govindkumar Lahoti 70,191 34.50
NCP Murtujkhan Basidkhan Pathan 4,047 1.99
SS 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 2,03,453 61.98
INC hold Swing

2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Latur City
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Amit Deshmukh 113,006 64.91
BSP Kayyumkhan Mohmmadkhan Pathan 23,526 13.51
SS Shripad Madhukarrao Kulkarni 19,905 11.43
Majority 89,480 51.40
Turnout 1,74,194 59.65
INC gain from BSP Swing

1962

1962 Maharashtra State Assembly election: Latur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Keshavrao Sonawane 23,049 57.15
Independent Ramchandra Govind 14,036 34.80
PWPI Digamberrao Yadavrao 2,974 7.37
Majority 9,013 22.35
Turnout 42,649 62.29
INC hold Swing

1957

1957 Bombay Legislative Assembly election: Latur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Keshavrao Sonawane 14,785 54.83
Independent Vithalrao Kelgaokar 12,178 45.17
Majority 2,607 9.67
Turnout 26,963 48.84
INC hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "About District | लातूर जिल्हा | India". Retrieved 21 April 2022.

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