Mahesh Landge

Before entering politics, Landge was a wrestler. ^{[citation needed]} His political career began with National Students' Union of India (NSUI), student wing of Indian National Congress.^{[citation needed]} In 2002, he contested his first election for the position of corporator but was defeated. However, he won a by-election in 2004 and became a corporator in Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC).

Landge served as a corporator for three consecutive terms as a member of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). In 2014, after being denied a ticket by the NCP for Bhosari Assembly Constituency, he contested the election as an independent candidate. He won the election and subsequently joined Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP).

Mahesh became a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a far-right Hindu nationalist paramilitary volunteer organisation.

In the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections, Landge was re-elected as a BJP candidate from Bhosari.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

• 2004-2014: Corporator, Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (three consecutive terms)
• 2014-2019: Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, Bhosari (Independent candidate, later joined BJP)
• 2019-2024: Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, Bhosari (BJP)
• 2024–present: Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, Bhosari (BJP)
• 2020-2023: City president, BJP Pimpri-Chinchwad