Ganpatrao Deshmukh

{{Short description|Indian politician (1927–2021)}}

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| name = Ganpatrao Deshmukh

| office1 = Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

| term_start1 = 1999

| term_end1 = 2019

| predecessor1 = Shahajibapu Patil

| successor1 = Shahajibapu Patil

| constituency1 = Sangola

| term_start2 = 1974

| term_end2 = 1995

| predecessor2 = S. Bapusaheb Patil

| successor2 = Shahajibapu Patil

| constituency2 = Sangola

| term_start3 = 1962

| term_end3 = 1972

| predecessor3 = Maruti Kamble

| successor3 = S. Bapusaheb Patil

| constituency3 = Sangola

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| birth_date = 10 August 1927

| birth_place = Penur, Mohol, Solapur, British Raj

| residence = Sangole

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| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|7|30|1927|8|10|df=y}}

| death_place = Solapur

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| party = Peasants and Workers Party of India

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| spouse = Ratanbai Deshmukh

| children = 3

| profession = Politician

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Ganpatrao Deshmukh (10 August 1927 – 30 July 2021

[https://www.tv9marathi.com/maharashtra/ganpatrao-deshmukh-former-mla-ganapatrao-deshmukh-passes-away-review-of-ganapatrao-deshmukhs-political-and-social-career-505053.html/ Ganpatrao Deshmukh : राज्याच्या राजकारणातील एक पर्वाचा अस्त, गणपतराव देशमुखांच्या राजकीय आणि सामाजिक कारकिर्दीचा आढावा] {{in lang|mr}}) was an Indian politician. He was in office for 54 years. He was called "Abasaheb" by the people with love and affection. He was also called "Bhai" by peasants and workers.

Biography

He was the leader of Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWP). He belongs to Dhangar (shepherd) caste. He is the longest serving member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly having been elected 11 times, during the last 54 years, from Sangola in Solapur district. Deshmukh also briefly served as a minister in the First Sharad Pawar ministry in 1978, and later in 1999, when PWP supported the Congress-NCP alliance.

Deshmukh was first elected to the State Assembly in the 1962 elections, and since then won every election, except for the 1972 and 1995 elections. In 2012, the government and the Assembly congratulated him upon his completing 50 years as a member.{{cite web | title = PWP MLA Ganpatrao Deshmukh felicitated for 50 yrs in Assembly|work=Moneycontrol.com | url = http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/wire-news/pwp-mla-ganpatrao-deshmukh-felicitated-for-50-yrsassembly_688481.html |date=4 April 2012|accessdate = 20 October 2014 }}

In the 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election at the age of eighty-eight, he won the Sangola constituency for a record 11th time with 94,374 votes.{{cite web | title = Ganpatrao Deshmukh: Longest-serving MLA in Maharashtra scores a record 11th win |work=The Economic Times | url = http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ganpatrao-deshmukh-longest-serving-mla-in-maharashtra-scores-a-record-11th-win/articleshow/44877543.cms |date=19 October 2014| accessdate = 20 October 2014 }}{{cite web | title = Ganpatrao Deshmukh creates record |work= The Indian Express| url = http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/longest-serving-mla-in-maharashtra-ganpatrao-deshmukh-creates-record-wins-11th-time/ |date=19 October 2014| accessdate = 20 October 2014 }}

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