Kothrud (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Kothrud Vidhan Sabha constituency (Marathi: कोथरुड विधानसभा मतदारसंघ) 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.[1]
Kothrud Assembly Constituency came into exitence by dividing Shivaji Nagar assembly constituency. It was not swing from NCP to Shivsena. It is the strong hold of Shivsena. After division Kothrud won by Shiv Sena and Shivajinagar by Vinayak Nimhan, ex sena man and now congress MLA.
Members of Assembly
Election results
General elections 2009
| General Election, 2009: Kothrud | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Shiv Sena | Chandrakant Mokate | 52,055 | 33.67 | ||
| MNS | Adv. Kishor Shinde | 44,843 | 29.00 | ||
| Independent | Deepak Mankar | 22,853 | 14.78 | ||
| NCP | Anna Joshi | 19,095 | 12.35 | ||
| Majority | 7,212 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,54,590 | ||||
| Shiv Sena win (new seat) | |||||
Notes
- ↑ "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
