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Indian politician from Maharashtra

Mahesh (Dada) Landge
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 October 2014
Preceded byVilas Lande
Pimpri-Chinchwad City President of the Bharatiya Janata Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 January 2020
Personal details
BornMahesh Kisanrao Landge
(1975-11-27) 27 November 1975 (age 49)
Bhosari, Poona district, (now Pune district) Maharashtra, India
CitizenshipIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (2016-present)
Other political
affiliations		Nationalist Congress Party (till 2016)
ResidenceBhosari
Alma materVinayak Mission University, Tamil Nadu
OccupationPolitician

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

Before entering politics, Landge was a wrestler. His political career began with National Students' Union of India (NSUI), student wing of Indian National Congress. 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.

Positions held

  • 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

Election candidature history in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election
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 BJP AJIT GAVHANE

References

  1. Azam Pansare stuns NCP, joins BJP
  2. MLA Mahesh Landge set to join BJP
  3. "Results of Maharashtra Assembly polls 2014". India Today. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  4. "It's Family Inc in Pimpri-Chinchwad". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  5. "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.
  6. 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.

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