Latur City 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 district headquarter 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.[1]

Latur city
Constituency for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionWestern India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictLatur
LS constituencyLatur
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2019

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 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
As Latur Vidhan Sabha Seat, from 1957-2004
1. 1957 Keshavrao Sonawane Indian National Congress
2. 1962 Keshavrao Sonawane Indian National Congress[2]
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[3][4]

Election results

Assembly elections 2019
2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Latur City
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 2,11,948 56.90
INC hold Swing

Assembly elections 2014
2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Latur City
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 2,03,453 61.98
INC hold Swing

Assembly elections 2009
2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Latur City
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Amit Deshmukh 1,13,006 64.91
BSP Kayyumkhan Mohmmadkhan Pathan 23,526 13.51
SHS Shripad Madhukarrao Kulkarni 19,905 11.43
Majority 89,480 51.40
Turnout 1,74,194 59.65
INC gain from BSP Swing

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

Assembly elections 1962
1962 Maharashtra State Assembly election: Latur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Keshavrao Sonawane 23,049 57.15%
Ramchandra Govind 14,036 34.80%
PWPI Digamberrao Yadavrao 2,974 7.37%
Yesgwanta yatya 270 0.67%
Majority 9,013 22.35%
Turnout 42,649 62.29%
INC hold Swing

References
  1. "About District | लातूर जिल्हा | India". Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  2. "Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 1962 for Latur constituency". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  3. "Maharashtra assembly election 2019: Rahul Gandhi to start his campaign in Latur, Mumbai". Hindustan Times. 13 October 2019.
  4. "Latur City (Maharashtra) Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Winner, Runner-up". The Indian Express. 24 October 2019.

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