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{{short description|Indian politician from Maharashtra}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mahesh (Dada) Landge
| office1 = Member of the [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start1 = 2014
| predecessor1 = Vilas Vithoba lande
| constituency1 = [[Bhosari Assembly constituency]]
| image = Mahesh landge.jpg
| birth_name = Mahesh Kisanrao Landge
| signature_alt =
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (2014-present)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1975|11|27}}
| birth_place = [[Bhosari]], Poona district, ({{small|now Pune district}}) Maharashtra, India
| restingplacecoordinates =
| nationality = [[India]]n
| otherparty = [[Nationalist Congress Party]] (till 2014)
| spouse = Pooja Maheshdada Landge
| children = Malhar Maheshdada Landge and Sakshi Ninad Bhondve
| residence = [[Bhosari]]
| alma_mater = [[Savitribai Phule Pune University]]
| occupation = Politician
| profession =
| cabinet =
| committees =
| portfolio =
| term_start =
| citizenship = [[India]]n
| office2 = President of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] [[Pimpri-Chinchwad|Pimpri-Chinchwad City]]
| term_start2 = 16 January 2020
| term_end2 = 2023
}}
'''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)|Bhosari Vidhan sabha constituency]] in the Pune district.

== Political career ==
Before entering politics, Landge was a wrestler. {{citation needed|date=December 2024}} His political career began with [[National Students' Union of India|National Students' Union of India (NSUI)]], student wing of [[Indian National Congress]].{{citation needed|date=December 2024}} 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|Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC)]].

Landge served as a corporator for three consecutive terms as a member of [[Nationalist Congress Party|Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)]]. In 2014, after being denied a ticket by the NCP for [[Bhosari Assembly constituency|Bhosari Assembly Constituency]], he contested the election as an independent candidate. He won the election and subsequently joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party|Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)]].

Mahesh 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.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/azam-pansare-stuns-ncp-joins-bjp/articleshow/56429203.cms Azam Pansare stuns NCP, joins BJP]</ref><ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/MLA-Mahesh-Landge-set-to-join-BJP/articleshow/54259779.cms MLA Mahesh Landge set to join BJP]</ref><ref name="IT-20141103">{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/assembly-elections-2015/story/maharashtra-assembly-poll-results-bjp-shiv-sena-ncp-congress-223847-2014-10-19|title=Results of Maharashtra Assembly polls 2014 |work=India Today|access-date=11 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Its-Family-Inc-in-Pimpri-Chinchwad/articleshow/11933814.cms|title=It's Family Inc in Pimpri-Chinchwad |work=The Times of India|access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-27 |title=महेश लांडगे : क्रीडाप्रेमी आमदार {{!}} mahesh landge sports enthusiast person {{!}} Loksatta |url=https://www.loksatta.com/politics/mahesh-landge-sports-enthusiast-person-print-politics-news-asj-82-3297852/ |access-date=2023-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127122554/https://www.loksatta.com/politics/mahesh-landge-sports-enthusiast-person-print-politics-news-asj-82-3297852/ |archive-date=27 January 2023 }}</ref>

=== 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)
* 2019-2024: Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, Bhosari (BJP)
* 2024-present: Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, Bhosari (BJP)
* 2020-2023: City president, BJP Pimpri-Chinchwad

==Electoral history==
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|+Election candidature history in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election
|-
! |Year
! colspan = "2" |Party BJP
! |Constituency
! colspan = "3" |Opponent
! |Result
! |Margin
|-
|[[2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2014]]
|{{party name with color|Independent politician}}
|rowspan = "3"|[[Bhosari Assembly constituency|Bhosari]]
|{{party name with color|Shiv Sena}}
| Ubale Rambhau
|{{yes2|Won}}
|{{yes2|15,314}}
|-
|[[2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2019]]
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|{{party name with color|Independent politician}}
| Vilas Lande
|{{yes2|Won}}
|{{yes2|77,567}}
|-
|[[2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<ref name="Maharashtra Assembly election results 2024 {{!}} Who won in Pune?">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1=Sruthi |date=23 November 2024 |title=Maharashtra Assembly election results 2024 {{!}} Who won in Pune? |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/maharashtra-assembly/maharashtra-assembly-election-results-2024-who-won-in-pune/article68901246.ece |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241124060803/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/maharashtra-assembly/maharashtra-assembly-election-results-2024-who-won-in-pune/article68901246.ece |archivedate=24 November 2024 |accessdate=12 December 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref>
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|{{party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)}}
|Ajit Damodar Gavhane
|{{yes2|Won}}
|{{yes2|63,765}}
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:Politicians from Pune]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Maharashtra MLAs 2014–2019]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Marathi politicians]]
[[Category:1975 births]]
[[Category:Nationalist Congress Party politicians from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Maharashtra MLAs 2019–2024]]
[[Category:Maharashtra MLAs 2024–2029]]

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CandicePrenderga at 10:49, 11 February 2026