Kothrud Assembly constituency

Kothrud
Kothrud
Constituency No. 210 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Pune
Lok Sabha constituency	Pune
Established	2008
Total electors	440,676
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Chandrakant Patil
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Kothrud Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha (Assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in Western India. It is one of the twenty one constituencies of located in the Pune district and one of eight in Pune City.^[1]^[2]^[3]

It is a part of the Pune Lok Sabha constituency along with five other assembly constituencies, viz Kasba Peth, Parvati, Pune Cantonment (SC), Shivajinagar, Vadgaon Sheri from Pune City.^[4]

Kothrud Assembly Constituency came into existence by dividing Shivaji Nagar assembly constituency as well as dissolving Bhavani Peth constituency. It was not swing from Nationalist Congress Party to Shiv Sena. It is the stronghold of Shiv Sena. After division Kothrud won by Shiv Sena and Shivajinagar by Vinayak Nimhan, Indian National Congress.

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kothrud
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Chandrakant Bachhu Patil	159,234	69.34%	14.28
	Shiv Sena (UBT)	Chandrakant Mokate	47,193	20.55%	New
	MNS	Adv. Kishor Nana Shinde	18,105	7.88%	33.84
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,152	1.37%	0.73
	VBA	Yogesh Rajapurkar	1,804	0.79%	0.48
Margin of victory			112,041	48.79%	35.45
Turnout			232,792	52.83%	4.90
Total valid votes			229,640
Registered electors			440,676		8.85
	BJP hold		Swing	14.28

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kothrud^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Chandrakant Bachhu Patil	105,246	55.07%	3.50
	MNS	Adv. Kishor Nana Shinde	79,751	41.73%	30.80
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,028	2.11%	1.30
	VBA	Adv. Deepak Narayanrao Shamdire	2,428	1.27%	New
	AAP	Dr. Abhijit Hindurao More	1,380	0.72%	New
Margin of victory			25,495	13.34%	19.69
Turnout			195,158	48.20%	8.91
Total valid votes			191,129
Registered electors			404,858		16.06
	BJP hold		Swing	3.50

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kothrud^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Medha Kulkarni	100,941	51.57%	*New*
	SHS	Chandrakant Mokate	36,279	18.53%	15.12
	NCP	Baburao Dattobo Chandere	28,179	14.40%	2.05
	MNS	Adv. Kishor Nana Shinde	21,392	10.93%	18.06
	INC	Umesh Namdev Kandhare	6,713	3.43%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,583	0.81%	New
Margin of victory			64,662	33.03%	28.37
Turnout			197,338	56.57%	9.75
Total valid votes			195,754
Registered electors			348,846		4.54
	BJP gain from SHS		Swing	17.92

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kothrud^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SHS	Chandrakant Mokate	52,055	33.65%	*New*
	MNS	Adv. Kishor Nana Shinde	44,843	28.99%	New
	Independent	Deepak Mankar	22,853	14.77%	New
	NCP	Anna Joshi	19,095	12.34%	New
	Independent	Ujawal Keskar	10,000	6.46%	New
	BSP	Raju Shitaram Sanke	1,518	0.98%	New
Margin of victory			7,212	4.66%
Turnout			154,725	46.37%
Total valid votes			154,701
Registered electors			333,693
	SHS win (new seat)