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| Office | Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly |
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| Office | President of Bharatiya Janata Party Pimpri-Chinchwad City
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| Predecessor | Vilas Vithoba lande
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| Constituency | Bhosari Assembly constituency |
| Born | 1975-11-27 (age 51) |
| Born | Bhosari, Poona district, (Template:Small) Maharashtra, India
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| Nationality | Indian
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| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (2014-present) |
| Spouse | Pooja Maheshdada Landge |
| Children | Malhar Maheshdada Landge and Sakshi Ninad Bhondve |
| Alma mater | Savitribai Phule Pune University |
| Occupation | Politician
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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. Template:Citation needed His political career began with National Students' Union of India (NSUI), student wing of Indian National Congress.Template:Citation needed 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 served 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).
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.[1][2][3][4][5]
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
| Year | Party BJP | Constituency | Opponent | Result | Margin | |||
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| 2014 | Template:Party name with color | Bhosari | Template:Party name with color | Ubale Rambhau | Template:Yes2 | Template:Yes2 | ||
| 2019 | Template:Party name with color | Template:Party name with color | Vilas Lande | Template:Yes2 | Template:Yes2 | |||
| 2024[6] | Template:Party name with color | Template:Party name with color | Ajit Damodar Gavhane | Template:Yes2 | Template:Yes2 | |||
References
- ↑ Azam Pansare stuns NCP, joins BJP
- ↑ MLA Mahesh Landge set to join BJP
- ↑ Results of Maharashtra Assembly polls 2014. India Today. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ↑ It's Family Inc in Pimpri-Chinchwad. The Times of India. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ↑ महेश लांडगे : क्रीडाप्रेमी आमदार | mahesh landge sports enthusiast person | Loksatta(2023-01-27). Retrieved 2023-09-28.
- ↑ Maharashtra Assembly election results 2024 | Who won in Pune?(23 November 2024).