Mahesh Landge
Mahesh (Dada) Landge | |
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| Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office (2014-2019), (2019-2024), (2024-Present) | |
| Preceded by | Vilas Vithoba lande |
| Constituency | Bhosari Assembly constituency |
| President of Bharatiya Janata Party Pimpri-Chinchwad City | |
| 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 served 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).
Mahesh Dada became a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a far-right Hindu nationalist paramilitary volunteer organisation.
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)
- 2019-2024: Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, Bhosari (BJP)
- 2024-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 | |||
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| 2014 | Independent | Bhosari | SS | Ubale Rambhau | Won | 15,314 | ||
| 2019 | BJP | Independent | Vilas Lande | Won | 77,567 | |||
| 2024[6] | BJP | NCP-SP | Ajit Damodar Gavhane | Won | 63,765 | |||
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.