Kasba Peth Assembly constituency

Kasba Peth
Kasba Peth
Constituency No. 215 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Pune
Lok Sabha constituency	Pune
Established	1957
Total electors	283,672
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Hemant Rasane
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Kasba Peth Assembly constituency is one of the constituencies of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, in India.^[1] 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

Year	Member^[2]
1957	Vishnu Chitale	Communist Party of India
1962	Baburao Sanas	Indian National Congress
1967	R. V. Telang
1972	Lilaba Merchant
1978	Arvind Lele	Janata Party
1980	Arvind Lele	Bharatiya Janata Party
1985	Ulhas Kalokhe	Indian National Congress
1990	Anna Joshi	Bharatiya Janata Party
1991^	Vasant Thorat	Indian National Congress
1995	Girish Bapat	Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004
2009
2014
2019	Mukta Tilak
2023^	Ravindra Dhangekar	Indian National Congress
2024	Hemant Rasane	Bharatiya Janata Party

By-elections denoted by ^

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kasba Peth^[3]
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^[4]
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^[5]
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^[6]
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^[7]
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^[8]
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^[9]
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^[10]
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^[11]
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^[12]
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^[13]
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^[14]
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^[15]
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^[16]
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^[17]
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^[18]
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)

References

^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
^ "Kasba Peth Vidhan Sabha Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
^ Election Commission of India (23 November 2024). "Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Kasba Peth". Archived from the original on 23 November 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
^ "Bye Elections 2023 (Jan to June,2023)". old.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
^ "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
^ "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
^ "General Elections to State Legislative Assembly 2009" (PDF). Chief Eletoral Officer, Maharashtra. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 July 2024.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1999 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1995 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
^ "Details of Bye Elections from 1952 to 1995". old.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 29 June 2017.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 19 May 2017.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 26 September 2018.
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[delimitation2008-1] "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.

[2] "Kasba Peth Vidhan Sabha Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.

[Maharastra_Assembly_Election_Results_2024_-_Kasba_Peth-3] Election Commission of India (23 November 2024). "Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Kasba Peth". Archived from the original on 23 November 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.

[4] "Bye Elections 2023 (Jan to June,2023)". old.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 December 2025.

[election2019-5] "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

[election2014-6] "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

[7] "General Elections to State Legislative Assembly 2009" (PDF). Chief Eletoral Officer, Maharashtra. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 July 2024.

[8] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1999 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.

[9] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1995 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.

[10] "Details of Bye Elections from 1952 to 1995". old.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 December 2025.

[11] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.

[12] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.

[13] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.

[14] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 29 June 2017.

[15] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 19 May 2017.

[16] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 26 September 2018.

[17] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.

[18] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of Bombay" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.

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