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|colorcode        = {{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}
|colorcode        = {{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}
|general_secretary          = [[Jayant Prabhakar Patil|Jayant Patil]]
|general_secretary          = [[Jayant Prabhakar Patil|Jayant Patil]]
|foundation        = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|1948|06|13}}<ref>Bhole B.L., ’Bharatiya Shetakari Kamgar Paksha’ (Marathi) doctoral dissertation, Nagpur University, 1982, p.37.</ref>
|foundation        = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|1947|08|03}}<ref>Bhole B.L., ’Bharatiya Shetakari Kamgar Paksha’ (Marathi) doctoral dissertation, Nagpur University, 1982, p.37.</ref>
|headquarters      = Govt. Kutir, Opp. Mantralaya, VV Road,  Nariman Point,  Mumbai (Maharashtra)
|headquarters      = Govt. Kutir, Opp. Mantralaya, VV Road,  Nariman Point,  Mumbai (Maharashtra)
| eci = Registered Party<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/ElecSym19012013_eng.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=9 May 2013|location=India|year=2013}}</ref>
| eci = Registered Party<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/ElecSym19012013_eng.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=9 May 2013|location=India|year=2013}}</ref>
|ideology          = [[Communism]]<br>[[Marxism]]  
|ideology          = [[Communism]]<br />[[Marxism-Leninism]]  
|party_name        = Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWP)
|party_name        = Peasants and Workers Party of India
|logo              =  
|logo              = [[File:Pwpisymbol.jpg|150px]]
|symbol              = [[File:Indian Election Symbol Whistle.png|150px]]
|state_seats_name  = [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]
|state_seats_name  = [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]
|state_seats        = {{Composition bar|1|288|hex=#BC0000}}
|state_seats        = {{Composition bar|1|288|hex=#BC0000}}
|state2_seats_name  = [[Maharashtra Legislative Council]]
|state2_seats_name  = [[Maharashtra Legislative Council]]<ref name="listofMLCs">{{Cite web| title=List of Members of Maharashtra Legislative Council | language=mh | url=http://mls.org.in/PDF2024/monsoon/list-of-member-council.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718054344/http://mls.org.in/PDF2024/monsoon/list-of-member-council.pdf | archive-date=2024-07-18}}</ref>
|state2_seats        = {{Composition bar|2|78|hex=#BC0000}}
|state2_seats        = {{Composition bar|0|78|hex=#BC0000}}
|youth              = [[Purogami Yuvak Sanghatna]]
|youth              = Purogami Yuvak Sanghatna
| labour = [[All India Workers Trade Union]]
| labour = All India Workers Trade Union
|alliance=[[United Progressive Alliance]](UPA)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-12-24|title=NCP, Congress to contest 2019 Lok Sabha polls with Peasants and Workers Party of India: Sharad Pawar|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ncp-congress-to-contest-2019-lok-sabha-polls-with-peasants-and-workers-party-of-india-sharad-pawar/story-7zcU0ljw5Dm29Yig2L3ixM.html|access-date=2021-09-21|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> }}
|alliance=*[[Maha Vikas Aghadi]] (2019-Present)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theprint.in/india/maha-parties-gear-up-for-legislative-council-polls-many-incumbents-fielded-again/1310011/|title=Patil is supported by the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), the NCP and Congress.|website=[[ThePrint]] |date=11 January 2023 }}</ref> {{small|([[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Maharashtra]])}}<br />
*[[Democratic Front (India)|Maha Agadhi]] (2018-2019) {{small|([[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Maharashtra]])}}
*[[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]] (2018-2023) {{small|([[India|National Level]])}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-12-24|title=NCP, Congress to contest 2019 Lok Sabha polls with Peasants and Workers Party of India: Sharad Pawar|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ncp-congress-to-contest-2019-lok-sabha-polls-with-peasants-and-workers-party-of-india-sharad-pawar/story-7zcU0ljw5Dm29Yig2L3ixM.html|access-date=2021-09-21|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance|I.N.D.I.A.]] (Aug 2023- present) {{small|([[India|National Level]])}} |position=[[Left-wing]]}}


The '''Peasants and Workers Party of India''' is a [[Marxist]] [[political party]] in [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. The party was founded on 13.06.1948,<ref>Bhole B.L., ’Bharatiya Shetakari Kamgar Paksha’ (Marathi) doctoral dissertation, Nagpur University, 1982, p.37.</ref> having its roots from the pre-Independence period and has around 1,00,000 members.<ref>Busky, Donald F.. ''Communism in history and theory. Asia, Africa, and the Americas''. [[Westport, Connecticut|Westport]]: Praeger, 2002. p. 61</ref> The influence of the party is largely limited to three districts. The party was founded in Maharashtra by [[Keshavrao Jedhe]] of [[Pune]], [[Shankarrao More]], Bhausaheb Raut of [[Mumbai]], [[Nana Patil]] of [[Satara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Satara]], [[Tulshidas Jadhav]] of [[Solapur]], [[Dajiba Desai]] of [[Belgaum]], [[Madhavrao Bagal]] of [[Kolhapur]],  P K Bhapkar and Datta Deshmukh of [[Ahmednagar]], [[Vithalrao Hande]] and others.<ref name="Ravindranath1992">{{cite book|author=P. K. Ravindranath|title=Sharad Pawar, the making of a modern Maratha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nuNHAAAAMAAJ|access-date=5 March 2015|date=1 February 1992|publisher=UBS Publishers' Distributors|isbn=978-81-85674-46-9|page=22}}</ref><ref name="Vohra1992">{{cite book|author=Gautam Vohra|title=The New Political Elite|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N3yn7-VMxV0C&pg=PA164|access-date=5 March 2015|year=1992|publisher=Daya Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7035-109-2|pages=164–}}</ref>
The '''Peasants and Workers Party of India''' ('''PWP''') is a [[Marxist]] [[political party]] in [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. The party was founded in 1948,<ref>Bhole B.L., ’Bharatiya Shetakari Kamgar Paksha’ (Marathi) doctoral dissertation, Nagpur University, 1982, p.37.</ref> having its roots from the pre-Independence period and has around 10,000 members.<ref>Busky, Donald F.. ''Communism in history and theory. Asia, Africa, and the Americas''. [[Westport, Connecticut|Westport]]: Praeger, 2002. p. 61</ref> The influence of the party is largely limited to three districts. The party was founded in Maharashtra by [[Keshavrao Jedhe]] of [[Pune]], [[Shankarrao More]], Bhausaheb Raut of [[Mumbai]], [[Nana Patil]] of [[Satara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Satara]], [[Tulshidas Jadhav]] of [[Solapur]], [[Dajiba Desai]] of [[Belgaum]], [[Madhavrao Bagal]] of [[Kolhapur]],  P K Bhapkar and Datta Deshmukh of [[Ahmednagar]], Vithalrao Hande and others.<ref name="Ravindranath1992">{{cite book|author=P. K. Ravindranath|title=Sharad Pawar, the making of a modern Maratha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nuNHAAAAMAAJ|access-date=5 March 2015|date=1 February 1992|publisher=UBS Publishers' Distributors|isbn=978-81-85674-46-9|page=22}}</ref><ref name="Vohra1992">{{cite book|author=Gautam Vohra|title=The New Political Elite|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N3yn7-VMxV0C&pg=PA164|access-date=5 March 2015|year=1992|publisher=Daya Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7035-109-2|pages=164–}}</ref>


Member of legislative council of Maharashtra, Mr. Jayant Prabhakar Patil, is general secretary of the party.
A former member of the [[Maharashtra Legislative Council|Legislative Council of Maharashtra]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-07-14 |title=Loss won't change my stand, still with MVA: Jayant Patil |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/loss-wont-change-my-stand-still-with-mva-jayant-patil/articleshow/111721481.cms |access-date=2024-07-18 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> Jayant Prabhakar Patil is the general secretary of the party. The party has 1 [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] and no [[State legislative councils of India#Member of the Legislative Council (India)|MLC]].<ref name="listofMLCs"/> The party has a strong hold on [[Raigad district|Raigad District]] as well as party has [[District Councils of India|Zilla Parishad]] members in 6 districts of Maharashtra, namely [[Raigad district|Raigad]], [[Solapur]], [[Nashik]], [[Nagpur]], [[Nanded]] and [[Parabhani]].
The party has 1 MLA and 2 MLCs. The party has a strong hold on [[Raigad district|Raigad District]] as well as party has [[District Councils of India|Zilla Parishad]] members in 6 districts of Maharashtra, namely [[Raigad district|Raigad]], [[Solapur]], [[Nashik]], [[Nagpur]], [[Nanded]] and [[Parabhani]].


The student organization of the party is called Purogami Yuvak Sanghatna.
The student organization of the party is called Purogami Yuvak Sanghatna.
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The trade union of the party is called All India Workers Trade Union, All India Insurance Workers Union and its Trade Union Federation is Progressive Workers and Peasants of India.  Comrade Janardan Singh is General Secretary of these trade unions and trade union federation. The party has played a very important role in Samyukta Maharashtra Movement under the leadership of Bhausaheb Raut, Uddhavrao Patil, Dajiba Desai. Most important meetings of this movement and coordination took place at the Mumbai -Koliwadi, Girgaum bungalow of Shri Bhausaheb Raut.
The trade union of the party is called All India Workers Trade Union, All India Insurance Workers Union and its Trade Union Federation is Progressive Workers and Peasants of India.  Comrade Janardan Singh is General Secretary of these trade unions and trade union federation. The party has played a very important role in Samyukta Maharashtra Movement under the leadership of Bhausaheb Raut, Uddhavrao Patil, Dajiba Desai. Most important meetings of this movement and coordination took place at the Mumbai -Koliwadi, Girgaum bungalow of Shri Bhausaheb Raut.


In the [[2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election]] at age 88, [[Ganpatrao Deshmukh]] of the party won the Sangole constituency for record 11th time with 94,374 votes, defeating Shahajibapu Patil of Shiv Sena by 25,224 votes, while the NCP did not field a candidate against him.<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| access-date = 2014-10-20  }}</ref><ref name=et>{{cite news | 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 Oct 2014| access-date = 2014-10-20 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=619&cid=108|title = Constituency|access-date = 6 October 2015|archive-date = 6 October 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151006230552/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=619&cid=108|url-status = dead}}</ref>
In the [[2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election]] at age 88, [[Ganpatrao Deshmukh]] of the party won the Sangole constituency for record 11th time with 94,374 votes, defeating [[Shahajibapu Patil]] of [[Shiv Sena (1966–2022)|Shiv Sena]] by 25,224 votes, while the NCP did not field a candidate against him.<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| access-date = 2014-10-20  }}</ref><ref name=et>{{cite news | 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 Oct 2014| access-date = 2014-10-20 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=619&cid=108|title = Constituency|access-date = 6 October 2015|archive-date = 6 October 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151006230552/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=619&cid=108|url-status = usurped}}</ref>


==Prominent leaders==
== Electoral performance ==
* Narayan Nagu Patil
===Lok Sabha===
* [[Ganpatrao Deshmukh]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
*Mohan Patil
! style="background-color:{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}; color:white" |Year
*Prabhakar Patil
! style="background-color:{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}; color:white" |Seats won
* Keshavrao Dhondage
! style="background-color:{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}; color:white" |±
* Annasaheb Gavhane
|-
*Meenakshi Patil
|[[1952 Indian general election|1952]]
|{{Composition bar|2|48|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|new
|-
|[[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
|{{Composition bar|4|48|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|{{increase}}2
|-
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
|{{Composition bar|0|48|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|{{decrease}}4
|-
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
|{{Composition bar|2|48|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|{{increase}}2
|-
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
|{{Composition bar|0|48|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|{{decrease}}2
|-
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
|{{Composition bar|5|48|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|{{increase}}5
|-
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|{{Composition bar|0|48|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|{{decrease}}5
|-
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|{{Composition bar|1|48|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|{{increase}}1
|-
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|{{Composition bar|1|48|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|{{steady}}
|-
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|{{Composition bar|0|48|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|{{decrease}}1
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|{{Composition bar|0|48|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|{{steady}}
|-
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|{{Composition bar|1|48|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|{{increase}}1
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|{{Composition bar|1|48|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|{{steady}}
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|{{Composition bar|0|48|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|{{decrease}}1
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|{{Composition bar|0|48|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|{{steady}}
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|{{Composition bar|0|48|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|{{steady}}
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|{{Composition bar|0|48|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|{{steady}}
|-
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
|{{Composition bar|0|48|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|{{steady}}
|}
 
=== Vidhan Sabha ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! style="background-color:{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}; color:white" |Year
! style="background-color:{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}; color:white" |Seats won
! style="background-color:{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}; color:white" |Seats contested
! style="background-color:{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}; color:white" |±
! style="background-color:{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}; color:white" |Voteshare (%)
! style="background-color:{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}; color:white" |± (%)
|-
|[[1952 Bombay State Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
|{{Composition bar|14|315|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|87
|new
|6.45%
|new
|-
|[[1957 Bombay State Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|{{Composition bar|31|396|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|55
|{{Increase}}17
|6.66%
|{{Increase}}0.21%
|-
|[[1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|{{Composition bar|15|264|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|79
|{{Decrease}}16
|7.47%
|{{Increase}}0.81%
|-
|[[1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|{{Composition bar|19|270|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|58
|{{Increase}}4
|7.8%
|{{Increase}}0.33%
|-
|[[1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|{{Composition bar|7|270|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|58
|{{Decrease}}12
|5.66%
|{{Decrease}}2.14%
|-
|[[1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1978]]
|{{Composition bar|13|288|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|88
|{{Increase}}6
|5.54%
|{{Decrease}}0.12%
|-
|[[1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|{{Composition bar|9|288|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|41
|{{Decrease}}4
|4.14%
|{{Decrease}}1.4%
|-
|[[1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|{{Composition bar|13|288|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|29
|{{Increase}}4
|3.77%
|{{Decrease}}0.37%
|-
|[[1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|{{Composition bar|8|288|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|40
|{{Decrease}}5
|2.42%
|{{Decrease}}1.35%
|-
|[[1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|{{Composition bar|6|288|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|42
|{{Decrease}}2
|2.05%
|{{Decrease}}0.37%
|-
|[[1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1999]]
|{{Composition bar|5|288|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|22
|{{Decrease}}1
|1.49%
|{{Decrease}}0.56%
|-
|[[2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2004]]
|{{Composition bar|2|288|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|43
|{{Decrease}}3
|1.31%
|{{Decrease}}0.18%
|-
|[[2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2009]]
|{{Composition bar|4|288|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|17
|{{Increase}}2
|1.11%
|{{Decrease}}0.2%
|-
|[[2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2014]]
|{{Composition bar|3|288|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|51
|{{Decrease}}1
|1.01%
|{{Decrease}}0.1%
|-
|[[2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2019]]
|{{Composition bar|1|288|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|24
|{{Decrease}}2
|0.97%
|{{Decrease}}0.04%
|-
|[[2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
|{{Composition bar|1|288|{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}}}
|5
|{{Steady}}
|0.76%
|{{decrease}}0.21%
|}
 
==Leadership==
 
* [[Dajiba Desai]]
* Prof. N.D. Patil
* Loknete [[D. B. Patil]]
* Adv. Datta Patil
* [[Ganpatrao Deshmukh|Bhai Ganpatrao Deshmukh]]
* [[Udhavrao Patil]]
* Dr. Keshvrao Dhondge
* [[Babasaheb Deshmukh]]
* Bhai Kishanrao Deshmukh
* [[Sheshrao Deshmukh]]
* [[Sheshrao Deshmukh]]
* [[Vivek Patil]]
* [[Vivek Patil]]
* [[Shyamsundar Dagdoji Shinde]]
* [[Krishnarao Dhulap]]
* [[Krishnarao Dhulap]]
* Vikas(Kaka) Shinde
* [[Dinkar Patil]]
* Bhausaheb Raut
* [[B. N. Deshmukh]]
* [[B. N. Deshmukh]]
* Chandrakant deshmukh
* Dr. Aniket Chandrakant Deshmukh
* Babasaheb deshmukh
* Kisan jayram nikam
*Dhairyashil Patil
*Nilima Patil
*Aswad Patil
*Chitra Patil
*J M Mhatre
*Pritam Mhatre


==Trade Union Leader==
==Strength in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly==
*
 
For the [[15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]] 2024, the party fielded 5 candidates out of which won the [[Sangola Assembly constituency]] seat by a margin of 25,386 votes. This makes [[Babasaheb Deshmukh]] the only [[Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (MLA)]] from PWP.


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Political parties established in 1947]]
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[[Category:Peasants and Workers Party of India]]
[[Category:Farmers' rights activists]]
[[Category:Indian farmers' rights activists]]
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[[Category:1947 establishments in India]][[Category:Member parties of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance]]

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Peasants and Workers Party of India
General SecretaryJayant Patil
Founded3 August 1947 (79 years ago) (1947-08-03)[1]
HeadquartersGovt. Kutir, Opp. Mantralaya, VV Road, Nariman Point, Mumbai (Maharashtra)
Youth wingPurogami Yuvak Sanghatna
Labour wingAll India Workers Trade Union
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism-Leninism
Political positionLeft-wing
ECI StatusRegistered Party[2]
Alliance
Seats in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
1 / 288
Seats in Maharashtra Legislative Council[5]
0 / 78
Election symbol

The Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWP) is a Marxist political party in Maharashtra, India. The party was founded in 1948,[6] having its roots from the pre-Independence period and has around 10,000 members.[7] The influence of the party is largely limited to three districts. The party was founded in Maharashtra by Keshavrao Jedhe of Pune, Shankarrao More, Bhausaheb Raut of Mumbai, Nana Patil of Satara, Tulshidas Jadhav of Solapur, Dajiba Desai of Belgaum, Madhavrao Bagal of Kolhapur, P K Bhapkar and Datta Deshmukh of Ahmednagar, Vithalrao Hande and others.[8][9]

A former member of the Legislative Council of Maharashtra,[10] Jayant Prabhakar Patil is the general secretary of the party. The party has 1 MLA and no MLC.[5] The party has a strong hold on Raigad District as well as party has Zilla Parishad members in 6 districts of Maharashtra, namely Raigad, Solapur, Nashik, Nagpur, Nanded and Parabhani.

The student organization of the party is called Purogami Yuvak Sanghatna.

The trade union of the party is called All India Workers Trade Union, All India Insurance Workers Union and its Trade Union Federation is Progressive Workers and Peasants of India. Comrade Janardan Singh is General Secretary of these trade unions and trade union federation. The party has played a very important role in Samyukta Maharashtra Movement under the leadership of Bhausaheb Raut, Uddhavrao Patil, Dajiba Desai. Most important meetings of this movement and coordination took place at the Mumbai -Koliwadi, Girgaum bungalow of Shri Bhausaheb Raut.

In the 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election at age 88, Ganpatrao Deshmukh of the party won the Sangole constituency for record 11th time with 94,374 votes, defeating Shahajibapu Patil of Shiv Sena by 25,224 votes, while the NCP did not field a candidate against him.[11][12][13]

Electoral performance[edit | edit source]

Lok Sabha[edit | edit source]

Year Seats won ±
1952
2 / 48
 new
1957
4 / 48
 Increase2
1962
0 / 48
 Decrease4
1967
2 / 48
 Increase2
1971
0 / 48
 Decrease2
1977
5 / 48
 Increase5
1980
0 / 48
 Decrease5
1984
1 / 48
 Increase1
1989
1 / 48
 Steady
1991
0 / 48
 Decrease1
1996
0 / 48
 Steady
1998
1 / 48
 Increase1
1999
1 / 48
 Steady
2004
0 / 48
 Decrease1
2009
0 / 48
 Steady
2014
0 / 48
 Steady
2019
0 / 48
 Steady
2024
0 / 48
 Steady

Vidhan Sabha[edit | edit source]

Year Seats won Seats contested ± Voteshare (%) ± (%)
1952
14 / 315
 87 new 6.45% new
1957
31 / 396
 55 Increase17 6.66% Increase0.21%
1962
15 / 264
 79 Decrease16 7.47% Increase0.81%
1967
19 / 270
 58 Increase4 7.8% Increase0.33%
1972
7 / 270
 58 Decrease12 5.66% Decrease2.14%
1978
13 / 288
 88 Increase6 5.54% Decrease0.12%
1980
9 / 288
 41 Decrease4 4.14% Decrease1.4%
1985
13 / 288
 29 Increase4 3.77% Decrease0.37%
1990
8 / 288
 40 Decrease5 2.42% Decrease1.35%
1995
6 / 288
 42 Decrease2 2.05% Decrease0.37%
1999
5 / 288
 22 Decrease1 1.49% Decrease0.56%
2004
2 / 288
 43 Decrease3 1.31% Decrease0.18%
2009
4 / 288
 17 Increase2 1.11% Decrease0.2%
2014
3 / 288
 51 Decrease1 1.01% Decrease0.1%
2019
1 / 288
 24 Decrease2 0.97% Decrease0.04%
2024
1 / 288
 5 Steady 0.76% Decrease0.21%

Leadership[edit | edit source]

Strength in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

For the 15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 2024, the party fielded 5 candidates out of which won the Sangola Assembly constituency seat by a margin of 25,386 votes. This makes Babasaheb Deshmukh the only Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (MLA) from PWP.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Bhole B.L., ’Bharatiya Shetakari Kamgar Paksha’ (Marathi) doctoral dissertation, Nagpur University, 1982, p.37.
  2. ↑ "List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013" (PDF). India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Patil is supported by the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), the NCP and Congress". ThePrint. 11 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "NCP, Congress to contest 2019 Lok Sabha polls with Peasants and Workers Party of India: Sharad Pawar". Hindustan Times. 24 December 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "List of Members of Maharashtra Legislative Council" (PDF) (in Ebon). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2024.
  6. ↑ Bhole B.L., ’Bharatiya Shetakari Kamgar Paksha’ (Marathi) doctoral dissertation, Nagpur University, 1982, p.37.
  7. ↑ Busky, Donald F.. Communism in history and theory. Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Westport: Praeger, 2002. p. 61
  8. ↑ P. K. Ravindranath (1 February 1992). Sharad Pawar, the making of a modern Maratha. UBS Publishers' Distributors. p. 22. ISBN 978-81-85674-46-9. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  9. ↑ Gautam Vohra (1992). The New Political Elite. Daya Publishing House. pp. 164–. ISBN 978-81-7035-109-2. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "Loss won't change my stand, still with MVA: Jayant Patil". The Times of India. 14 July 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "Ganpatrao Deshmukh creates record". The Indian Express. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  12. ↑ "Ganpatrao Deshmukh: Longest-serving MLA in Maharashtra scores a record 11th win". The Economic Times. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  13. ↑ "Constituency". Archived from the original on 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
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