The Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWP) is a Marxist political party in Maharashtra, India. The party was founded in 1948, having its roots from the pre-Independence period and has around 10,000 members. The influence of the party is largely limited to three districts. The party was founded in Maharashtra by Keshavrao Jedhe of Pune, Shankarrao More, Bhausaheb Raut of Mumbai, Nana Patil of Satara, Tulshidas Jadhav of Solapur, Dajiba Desai of Belgaum, Madhavrao Bagal of Kolhapur, P K Bhapkar and Datta Deshmukh of Ahmednagar, Vithalrao Hande and others.
A former member of the Legislative Council of Maharashtra, Jayant Prabhakar Patil is the general secretary of the party. The party has 1 MLA and no MLC.
Electoral performance
Lok Sabha
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! style="background-color:; color:white" |Year
! style="background-color:; color:white" |Seats won
! style="background-color:; color:white" |±
|-
|1952
|
|new
|-
|1957
|
|2
|-
|1962
|
|4
|-
|1967
|
|2
|-
|1971
|
|2
|-
|1977
|
|5
|-
|1980
|
|5
|-
|1984
|
|1
|-
|1989
|
|
|-
|1991
|
|1
|-
|1996
|
|
|-
|1998
|
|1
|-
|1999
|
|
|-
|2004
|
|1
|-
|2009
|
|
|-
|2014
|
|
|-
|2019
|
|
|-
|2024
|
|
|}
Vidhan Sabha
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! style="background-color:; color:white" |Year
! style="background-color:; color:white" |Seats won
! style="background-color:; color:white" |Seats contested
! style="background-color:; color:white" |±
! style="background-color:; color:white" |Voteshare (%)
! style="background-color:; color:white" |± (%)
|-
|1952
|
|87
|new
|6.45%
|new
|-
|1957
|
|55
|17
|6.66%
|0.21%
|-
|1962
|
|79
|16
|7.47%
|0.81%
|-
|1967
|
|58
|4
|7.8%
|0.33%
|-
|1972
|
|58
|12
|5.66%
|2.14%
|-
|1978
|
|88
|6
|5.54%
|0.12%
|-
|1980
|
|41
|4
|4.14%
|1.4%
|-
|1985
|
|29
|4
|3.77%
|0.37%
|-
|1990
|
|40
|5
|2.42%
|1.35%
|-
|1995
|
|42
|2
|2.05%
|0.37%
|-
|1999
|
|22
|1
|1.49%
|0.56%
|-
|2004
|
|43
|3
|1.31%
|0.18%
|-
|2009
|
|17
|2
|1.11%
|0.2%
|-
|2014
|
|51
|1
|1.01%
|0.1%
|-
|2019
|
|24
|2
|0.97%
|0.04%
|-
|2024
|
|5
|
|0.76%
|0.21%
|}
Leadership
- Dajiba Desai
- Prof. N.D. Patil
- Loknete D. B. Patil
- Adv. Datta Patil
- Bhai Ganpatrao Deshmukh
- Udhavrao Patil
- Dr. Keshvrao Dhondge
- Babasaheb Deshmukh
- Bhai Kishanrao Deshmukh
- Sheshrao Deshmukh
- Vivek Patil
- Krishnarao Dhulap
- B. N. Deshmukh
Strength in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
For the 15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 2024, the party fielded 5 candidates out of which won the Sangola Assembly constituency seat by a margin of 25,386 votes. This makes Babasaheb Deshmukh the only Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (MLA) from PWP.