Babasaheb Deshmukh

Deshmukh is from Sangola, Solapur district, Maharashtra. He is the grandson of Ganpathrao Deshmukh, a former 11 time MLA from Sangola^[3] and son of Annasaheb. He completed his M.B.B.S. in 2011 at M.U.H.S., Nashik Government Medical College, Aurangabad and later did his M.D. in general medicine in 2017 at Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Kolhapur. He is a practicing cardiologist.^[1] After winning the seat, he promised to plant 25,000 trees in the constituency.^[4]

Deshmukh won from Sangola Assembly constituency representing Peasants and Workers Party in the 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election. He polled 116,256 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Shahajibapu Rajaram Patil of the Shiva Sena, by a margin of 25,386 votes.^[5][6]