Mahesh Kisanrao Landge, colloquially as, Mahesh Dada (brother) (born 27 November 1975) is an Indian politician who is currently a Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Bhosari Vidhan sabha constituency in the Pune district. He is Member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and current city president of Bharatiya Janata Party of Pimpri-Chinchwad.[1]

Mahesh (Dada) Landge
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
16 October 2014
Preceded byVilas Lande
Pimpri-Chinchwad City President of the Bharatiya Janata Party
Assumed office
16 January 2020
Personal details
Born (1975-11-27) 27 November 1975 (age 48)
Bhosari, Poona district, (now Pune district) Maharashtra, India
CitizenshipIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (2016-present)
Other political
affiliations
Nationalist Congress Party (till 2016)
ResidenceBhosari
Alma materVinayak Mission University, Tamil Nadu
OccupationPolitician

Political career

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Before entering into politics Landge was a well-known wrestler. He started his political journey with NSUI, student wing of Congress Party. He contested his first election for Corporator in 2002 but was defeated. Later he contested in a bypoll and become Corporator for first time in 2004. He was elected as corporator for three consecutive times in Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation with Nationalist Congress Party.


After NCP denied him ticket for Bhosari Assembly Constituency in 2014, he rebelled and fought elections independently. He won the election and later joined Bhartiya Janata Party. He won from the Bhosari Assembly constituency for second time in 2019 as a BJP candidate. [2][3][4][5][6]

Positions held

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2019 : Elected as Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the Bhosari Vidhan Sabha Constituency.

2020 : The city president of Bhartiya Janata Party in Pimpri Chinchwad


Electoral History

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Election candidature history in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election
Year Party Constituency Opponent Result Margin
2014 Independent Bhosari SHS Ubale Rambhau Won 15,314
2019 BJP Independent Vilas Lande Won 77,567
2024 BJP

References

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  1. ^ "Bhosari MLA Mahesh Landge found COVID positive, tracing of high-risk contacts begin". Punekar News. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  2. ^ Azam Pansare stuns NCP, joins BJP
  3. ^ MLA Mahesh Landge set to join BJP
  4. ^ "Results of Maharashtra Assembly polls 2014". India Today. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  5. ^ "It's Family Inc in Pimpri-Chinchwad". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  6. ^ "महेश लांडगे : क्रीडाप्रेमी आमदार | mahesh landge sports enthusiast person | Loksatta". 27 January 2023. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.