Constituency of the Maharashtra legislative assembly in India
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]
2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kothrud[7]
| Party
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Candidate
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Votes
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%
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BJP
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Medha Kulkarni
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100,941
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51.57%
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New
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SHS
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Chandrakant Mokate
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36,279
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18.53%
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15.12
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NCP
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Baburao Dattobo Chandere
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28,179
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14.40%
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2.05
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MNS
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Adv. Kishor Nana Shinde
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21,392
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10.93%
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18.06
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INC
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Umesh Namdev Kandhare
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6,713
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3.43%
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New
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NOTA
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None of the Above
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1,583
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0.81%
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New
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| Margin of victory
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64,662
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33.03%
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28.37
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| Turnout
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197,338
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56.57%
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9.75
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| Total valid votes
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195,754
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| Registered electors
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348,846
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|
4.54
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BJP gain from SHS
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Swing
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17.92
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2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kothrud[8]
| Party
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Candidate
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Votes
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%
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|
|
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SHS
|
Chandrakant Mokate
|
52,055
|
33.65%
|
New
|
|
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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
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|
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BSP
|
Raju Shitaram Sanke
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1,518
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0.98%
|
New
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| Margin of victory
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7,212
|
4.66%
|
|
| Turnout
|
154,725
|
46.37%
|
|
| Total valid votes
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154,701
|
|
|
| Registered electors
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333,693
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SHS win (new seat)
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