# Kasba Peth Assembly constituency

Kasba Peth Assembly constituency is one of the constituencies of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, in India. It is constituency is located in the Pune district and is a segment of Pune (Lok Sabha constituency).
It was considered a stronghold of the Bharatiya Janata Party, as it had elected BJP MLAs from 1995 to 2019, however the constituency elected the Indian National Congress politician Ravindra Dhangekar in a by-election in 2023, upturning this trend.
In 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election BJP candidate Hemant Rasane made a spectacular comeback by defeating INC candidate Ravindra Dhangekar, resulting in BJP retaining its Bastion of Kasba Peth in just 1.5 years

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1957 | Vishnu Chitale | Communist Party of India |
| 1962 | Baburao Sanas | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | R. V. Telang | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Lilaba Merchant | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Arvind Lele | Janata Party |
| 1980 | Arvind Lele | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1985 | Ulhas Kalokhe | Indian National Congress |
| 1990 | Anna Joshi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1991^ | Vasant Thorat | Indian National Congress |
| 1995 | Girish Bapat† | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1999 | Girish Bapat† | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2004 | Girish Bapat† | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2009 | Girish Bapat† | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2014 | Girish Bapat† | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2019 | Mukta Tilak† | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2023^ | Ravindra Dhangekar | Indian National Congress |
| 2024 | Hemant Rasane | Bharatiya Janata Party |
By-elections denoted by ^

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Kasba Peth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Hemant Rasane | 90,046 | 53.41 | +8.32 |
| | INC | Ravindra Dhangekar | 70,623 | 41.89 | −11.09 |
| | MNS | Ganesh Bhokare | 4,894 | 2.90 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19,423 | 11.52 | 3.63 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,68,607 | 59.44 | +9.24 |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2023 by-election

2023 elections in India: Kasba Peth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Ravindra Dhangekar | 73,309 | 52.98 | 21.46 |
| | BJP | Hemant Rasane | 62,394 | 45.09 | 5.21 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,401 | 1.01 | 0.68 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,915 | 7.89 | 9.22 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,38,403 | 50.20 | 1.43 |
| | INC gain from BJP | INC gain from BJP | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Kasba Peth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Mukta Shailesh Tilak | 75,492 | 50.30 | |
| | INC | Arvind Shinde | 47,296 | 31.52 | |
| | Independent | Vishal Dhanwade | 13,989 | 9.32 | N/A |
| | MNS | Ajay Shinde | 8,284 | 5.52 | |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 2,532 | 1.69 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 28,196 | 19.11 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,50,093 | 51.63 | |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | | |

### 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Kasba Peth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Girish Bapat | 73,594 | 43.44 | +8.10 |
| | INC | Rohit Tilak | 31,322 | 18.49 | −11.54 |
| | MNS | Ravindra Dhangekar | 25,998 | 15.35 | −14.74 |
| | NCP | Deepak Mankar | 15,865 | 9.37 | N/A |
| | Independent | Suryakant Aandekar | 10,001 | 5.90 | N/A |
| | SS | Prashant Badhe | 9,203 | 5.43 | N/A |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,371 | 0.81 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 42,272 | 24.95 | +19.70 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,69,399 | 62.11 | +10.33 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | | |

### 2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Kasba Peth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Girish Bapat | 54,982 | 35.34 | −20.47 |
| | MNS | Ravindra Dhangekar | 46,820 | 30.09 | |
| | INC | Rohit Tilak | 46,728 | 30.03 | |
| | BSP | Satish Mohol | 1,396 | 0.90 | |
| | SP | Anis Ahmmad | 1,110 | 0.71 | |
| | ABHM | Milind Ekbote | 1,027 | 0.66 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,162 | 5.25 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,55,587 | 51.78 | |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | | |

### 2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Kasba Peth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Girish Bapat | 38,160 | 55.81 |
| | NCP | Anna Thorat | 28,542 | 41.74 |
| | ABHM | Himani Savarkar | 1,158 | 1.69 |
| | Independent | Vijay Tikone | 516 | 0.75 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,618 | 14.07 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 68,376 | 54.83 |
| | BJP gain from NCP | BJP gain from NCP | Swing | |