Latur City Assembly constituency

Latur city
Constituency No. 235 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Latur
LS constituency	Latur
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Amit Deshmukh
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Latur City Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency is located in the Latur district. It is the 16th largest city in Maharashtra with the district headquarters located in the city. The district comes under Marathwada region of Maharashtra, geographically located between 17°52′ North to 18°50′ North and 76°18′ East to 79°12′ East in the Deccan plateau. It has an average elevation of 631 metres (2,070 ft) above mean sea level. The entire district is on the Balaghat plateau, 540 to 638 metres from the mean sea level.^[1]

Cabinet Minister for Medical education & Cultural affairs, Amit Vilasrao Deshmukh is the current MLA of the constituency, representing the Indian National Congress.

After the delimitation of the legislative assembly constituencies in 2008, the erstwhile Latur Assembly constituency was divided into Latur City and Latur Rural constituencies.

In Latur City Assembly constituency the Indian National Congress is the strongest party.

Vilasrao Deshmukh, Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, represented the seat five times in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He was elected for three consecutive terms from the seat till 1995. From 1999, he was elected for two consecutive terms until 2008.

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Latur City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Amit Vilasrao Deshmukh	114,110	45.08	7.4
	BJP	Archana Patil Chakurkar	106712	42.16	8.76
	VBA	Vinod Somprakash Khatke	26616	10.51	1.11
	NOTA	None of the above	642	0.25	0.09
Majority			7398	2.92
Turnout			253135	62.74
	INC hold		Swing

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Latur City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Amit Vilasrao Deshmukh	111,156	52.48	6.34
	BJP	Shailesh Govindkumar Lahoti	70,741	33.40	1.1
	VBA	Rajasab Bashumiya Maniyar	24,604	11.62	New
	NOTA	None of the above	727	0.34
Majority			40,415	19.08
Turnout			2,11,948	56.90
	INC hold		Swing

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Latur City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Amit Deshmukh	119,656	58.82	6.34
	BJP	Shailesh Govindkumar Lahoti	70,191	34.50	New
	NCP	Murtujkhan Basidkhan Pathan	4,047	1.99	New
	SS	Shripad Kulkarni	2,323	1.14	10.29
	BSP	Raghunath Waghoji Bansode	2,202	1.08	12.43
	NOTA	None of the Above	539	0.26
Majority			49,465	24.32
Turnout			2,03,453	61.98
	INC hold		Swing

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