# Kothrud Assembly constituency

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.
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.
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

| Year | Member | Party |
| Before 2008: See Bhavani Peth ||||
| 2009 | Chandrakant Mokate | Shiv Sena |
| 2014 | Medha Kulkarni | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2019 | Chandrakant Patil | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2024 | Chandrakant Patil | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Kothrud :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Chandrakant Patil | 159,234 | 68.40 | +14.47 |
| | SS(UBT) | Chandrakant Mokate | 47,009 | 20.27 | +20.27 |
| | MNS | Kishor Nana Shinde | 18,067 | 7.78 | −33.09 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 3,152 | 1.35 | −0.71 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 112,041 | 48.13 | +34.79 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 232,792 | 52.68 | +4.48 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | +14.47 | |

### 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Kothrud :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Chandrakant Patil | 105,246 | 53.93 |
| | MNS | Kishor Nana Shinde | 79,751 | 40.87 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 4,028 | 2.06 |
| | VBA | Adv. Deepak Narayanrao Shamdire | 2,428 | 1.28 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 25,495 | 13.34 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,95,158 | 48.20 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | |

### 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Kothrud :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Medha Kulkarni | 100,941 | 51.15 | N/A |
| | SS | Chandrakant Mokate | 36,279 | 18.38 | −15.26 |
| | NCP | Baburao Chandere | 28,179 | 14.28 | +1.94 |
| | MNS | Adv. Kishor Shinde | 21,392 | 10.84 | −18.14 |
| | INC | Umesh Kandhare | 6,713 | 3.40 | N/A |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,583 | 0.80 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 64,662 | 32.77 | +28.11 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,97,338 | 56.57 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,48,846 | | |
| | BJP gain from SS | BJP gain from SS | Swing | | |

### 2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Kothrud :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SS | Chandrakant Mokate | 52,055 | 33.64 |
| | MNS | Adv. Kishor Shinde | 44,841 | 28.98 |
| | Independent | Deepak Mankar | 22,853 | 14.77 |
| | NCP | Anna Joshi | 19,095 | 12.34 |
| | Independent | Ujwal Keskar | 10,000 | 6.46 |
| | BSP | Raju Sanke | 1,572 | 1.02 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,414 | 4.66 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,54,753 | 51.16 |
| | SS gain from MNS | SS gain from MNS | Swing | |