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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Ganpatrao Deshmukh<br />
| office1 = [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Member of Legislative Assembly]] of [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| term_start1 = 1962<br />
| term_end1 = 1972<br />
| term_start2 = 1974<br />
| term_end2 = 1995<br />
| term_start3 = 1999<br />
| term_end3 = 2019<br />
| constituency4 = [[Sangola (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sangola]]<br />
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| birth_date = 10 August 1927<br />
| birth_place = [[Penur]], [[Tahasil-Mohol]], [[Solapur]], [[British Raj]]<br />
| residence = [[Sangole]]<br />
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| death_date = 30 July 2021 (aged94)<br />
| death_place = Solapur<br />
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| party = [[Peasants and Workers Party of India]]<br />
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| profession = Politician<br />
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'''Ganpatrao Deshmukh''' (10 August 1927 – 30 July 2021<ref><br />
[https://www.tv9marathi.com/maharashtra/ganpatrao-deshmukh-former-mla-ganapatrao-deshmukh-passes-away-review-of-ganapatrao-deshmukhs-political-and-social-career-505053.html/ Ganpatrao Deshmukh : राज्याच्या राजकारणातील एक पर्वाचा अस्त, गणपतराव देशमुखांच्या राजकीय आणि सामाजिक कारकिर्दीचा आढावा] {{in lang|mr}}</ref>) was an Indian politician. He was in office for 54 years. He was called "'''Abasaheb'''" by the people with love and affection. He was ideal person with his principles of equality. He was also called "Bhai" by peasants and workers. He fought many battles for poor, women, backward, peasants and workers.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
He was the leader of [[Peasants and Workers Party of India]] (PWP). He is the longest serving member of the [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]] have been elected 11 times, during the last 54 years, from [[Sangola]] in [[Solapur district]]. Deshmukh also briefly served as a minister in the [[First Sharad Pawar ministry]] in 1978, and later in 1999, when PWP supported the Congress-NCP alliance.<ref name="et" /><br />
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Deshmukh was first elected to the State Assembly in the [[1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1962 elections]], and since then won every election, except for the 1972 and 1995 elections . In 2012, the government and the Assembly congratulated him upon his completing 50 years as a member .<ref name=et/><ref>{{cite web | title = PWP MLA Ganpatrao Deshmukh felicitated for 50 yrs in Assembly|work=Moneycontrol.com | url = http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/wire-news/pwp-mla-ganpatrao-deshmukh-felicitated-for-50-yrsassembly_688481.html |date=4 April 2012|accessdate = 20 October 2014 }}</ref><br />
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In the [[2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election]] at the age of eighty-eight, he won the Sangole constituency for a record 11th time with 94,374 votes.<ref name=et>{{cite web | title = Ganpatrao Deshmukh: Longest-serving MLA in Maharashtra scores a record 11th win |work=The Economic Times | url = http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ganpatrao-deshmukh-longest-serving-mla-in-maharashtra-scores-a-record-11th-win/articleshow/44877543.cms |date=19 October 2014| accessdate = 20 October 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Ganpatrao Deshmukh creates record |work= The Indian Express| url = http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/longest-serving-mla-in-maharashtra-ganpatrao-deshmukh-creates-record-wins-11th-time/ |date=19 October 2014| accessdate = 20 October 2014 }}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1927 births]]<br />
[[Category:2021 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Peasants and Workers Party of India politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Leaders of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]<br />
[[Category:People from Solapur district]]<br />
[[Category:Maharashtra MLAs 1962–1967]]<br />
[[Category:Maharashtra MLAs 1967–1972]]<br />
[[Category:Maharashtra MLAs 1978–1980]]<br />
[[Category:Maharashtra MLAs 1985–1990]]<br />
[[Category:Maharashtra MLAs 1990–1995]]<br />
[[Category:Maharashtra MLAs 1999–2004]]<br />
[[Category:Maharashtra MLAs 2004–2009]]<br />
[[Category:Maharashtra MLAs 2009–2014]]<br />
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Maharashtra]]<br />
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