https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Wada_Assembly_constituency Wada Assembly constituency - Revision history 2026-10-20T06:47:49Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wada_Assembly_constituency&diff=545409&oldid=prev Niishad Shetty: started a pg! 2026-04-18T14:07:10Z <p>started a pg!</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Former constituency of the Maharashtra legislative assembly in India}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}<br /> {{Infobox Indian constituency<br /> | name = Wada<br /> | type = SLA<br /> | map_image = <br /> | map_caption = <br /> | map_alt = <br /> | state = [[Maharashtra]]<br /> | district = <br /> | division = <br /> | loksabha_cons = <br /> | constituency_no = <br /> | established = 1951<br /> | reservation = <br /> | abolished = 2008<br /> | electors = <br /> }}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Wada&#039;&#039;&#039; Vidhan Sabha constituency was one of the seats in [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]] in India.&lt;ref name=delimitation1976&gt;{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3939-dpaco-1976/ |title=The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |date=1 December 1976 |access-date=13 October 2021}}&lt;/ref&gt; Wada is near Mumbai, Thane, and Palghar. The area under this seat is now mostly divided as a part of Bhiwandi Rural and [[Vikramgad Assembly constituency|Vikramgad]] Vidhan Sabha seats since 2008.<br /> <br /> Vishnu Savara, who represented this Wada seat (विष्णु सावरा, वाडा मतदारसंघ) for close to 20 years, was later elected to Vidhan Sabha from [[Bhiwandi Rural Assembly constituency]] in 2009 and from Vikramgad seat in 2014.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/bjp-leader-former-maharashtra-minister-vishnu-savara-dies/articleshow/79648701.cms|title=Vishnu Savara Death: BJP leader, former Maharashtra minister Vishnu Savara dies &amp;#124; Mumbai News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Members of Vidhan Sabha ==<br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;<br /> !Year<br /> !Member<br /> ! colspan=&quot;2&quot; |Party<br /> |-<br /> |[[1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1978]]<br /> |Somnath Wani<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br /> | rowspan=&quot;2&quot; |Gowari Shankar Aba<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1985]]<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1990]]<br /> | rowspan=&quot;4&quot; |[[Vishnu Savara]]<br /> |{{Full party name with color|rowspan=4|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1995]]<br /> |-<br /> |[[1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1999]]<br /> |-<br /> |[[2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2004]]<br /> |-<br /> | colspan=&quot;4&quot; |{{Center|&#039;&#039;2008 onwards : Constituency defunct&#039;&#039;}}<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Election results==<br /> ===Assembly Election 2004=== <br /> {{Election box begin|title = [[2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election]] : Wada}} <br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate=[[Vishnu Savara| Vishnu Rama Savar]] |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = 77,351 |percentage = 47.15% |change={{increase}}0.04 }} <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Suresh Haribhau Pawar |party=Nationalist Congress Party |votes = 43,261 |percentage = 26.37% |change={{increase}}7.55 }} <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Mohan Baban Pawar |party=Independent politician |votes = 31,356 |percentage = 19.11% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039; }} <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Shyam Dattu Mahakal |party=Bahujan Samaj Party |votes = 7,739 |percentage = 4.72% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039; }} <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Jadhav Pandharinath Tukaram |party=Peasants and Workers Party of India |votes = 4,357 |percentage = 2.66% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039; }} <br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 34,090 |percentage = 20.78% |change= {{decrease}}7.51 }} <br /> {{Election box turnout |votes = 164,072 |percentage = 51.41% |change= {{increase}}1.48 }}{{Election box total valid |votes= 164,064}} <br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 319,162|ref = |change= {{increase}}28.63 }} <br /> {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party |loser = Bharatiya Janata Party |swing= {{increase}}0.04 }} <br /> {{Election box end}} <br /> ===Assembly Election 1999=== <br /> {{Election box begin|title = [[1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election]] : Wada&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1999 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1999/StatisticalReport-MH99.pdf|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120117044316/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1999/StatisticalReport-MH99.pdf|archive-date=17 January 2012|format=pdf}}&lt;/ref&gt;}} <br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate=[[Vishnu Savara| Vishnu Rama Savar]] |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = 54,696 |percentage = 47.11% |change={{decrease}}0.69 }} <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Patil Shantaram Dundaram |party=Nationalist Congress Party |votes = 21,848 |percentage = 18.82% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039; }} <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Jadhav Baliram Sukar |party=Indian National Congress |votes = 18,163 |percentage = 15.64% |change={{decrease}}8.78 }} <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Varana Ramchandra Dharu |party=Independent politician |votes = 11,156 |percentage = 9.61% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039; }} <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Varatha Haribhau Soma |party=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |votes = 10,242 |percentage = 8.82% |change={{decrease}}2.05 }} <br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 32,848 |percentage = 28.29% |change= {{increase}}4.92 }} <br /> {{Election box turnout |votes = 123,885 |percentage = 49.93% |change= {{decrease}}15.19 }}{{Election box total valid |votes= 116,105}} <br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 248,123|ref = |change= {{increase}}5.92 }} <br /> {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party |loser = Bharatiya Janata Party |swing= {{decrease}}0.69 }} <br /> {{Election box end}} <br /> ===Assembly Election 1995=== <br /> {{Election box begin|title = [[1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election]] : Wada&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1995 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1995/StatisticalReport-MH95.pdf|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120117121534/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1995/StatisticalReport-MH95.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2012|format=pdf}}&lt;/ref&gt;}} <br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate=[[Vishnu Savara| Vishnu Rama Savar]] |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = 72,919 |percentage = 47.80% |change={{decrease}}2.18 }} <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Lahange Babu Kashinath |party=Indian National Congress |votes = 37,260 |percentage = 24.43% |change={{decrease}}12.56 }} <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Gahala Raja Rama |party=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |votes = 16,581 |percentage = 10.87% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039; }} <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Nankar Keshav Valya |party=Independent politician |votes = 10,755 |percentage = 7.05% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039; }} <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Kale Shankar Ladku |party=Janata Dal |votes = 6,352 |percentage = 4.16% |change={{decrease}}8.13 }} <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Vanage Raghunath Zipar |party=Independent politician |votes = 3,350 |percentage = 2.20% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039; }} <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Desale Kashinath Ramchandra |party=Bahujan Samaj Party |votes = 3,004 |percentage = 1.97% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039; }} <br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 35,659 |percentage = 23.38% |change= {{increase}}10.38 }} <br /> {{Election box turnout |votes = 159,037 |percentage = 67.89% |change= {{increase}}13.23 }}{{Election box total valid |votes= 152,543}} <br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 234,266|ref = |change= {{increase}}26.10 }} <br /> {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party |loser = Bharatiya Janata Party |swing= {{decrease}}2.18 }} <br /> {{Election box end}} <br /> ===Assembly Election 1990=== <br /> {{Election box begin|title = [[1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election]] : Wada&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1990/StatRep_MT_90.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120117080722/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1990/StatRep_MT_90.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2012|format=pdf}}&lt;/ref&gt;}} <br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate=[[Vishnu Savara| Vishnu Rama Savar]] |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = 48,184 |percentage = 49.99% |change={{increase}}12.40 }} <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Duinada Laxman Kadya |party=Indian National Congress |votes = 35,656 |percentage = 36.99% |change={{decrease}}6.59 }} <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Gaikar Ambo Narayan |party=Janata Dal |votes = 11,849 |percentage = 12.29% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039; }} <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Jadhav Jeevan Bhagwan |party=Independent politician |votes = 706 |percentage = 0.73% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039; }} <br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 12,528 |percentage = 13.00% |change= {{increase}}7.01 }} <br /> {{Election box turnout |votes = 98,689 |percentage = 53.12% |change= {{increase}}11.43 }}{{Election box total valid |votes= 96,395}} <br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 185,777|ref = |change= {{increase}}33.62 }} <br /> {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party |loser = Indian National Congress |swing= {{increase}}6.41 }} <br /> {{Election box end}} <br /> ===Assembly Election 1985=== <br /> {{Election box begin|title = [[1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election]] : Wada&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1985/Statistical%20Report%20Maharashtra%201985.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120117075119/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1985/Statistical%20Report%20Maharashtra%201985.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2012|format=pdf}}&lt;/ref&gt;}} <br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate=Gowari Shankar Aba |party=Indian National Congress |votes = 24,513 |percentage = 43.58% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039; }} <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=[[Vishnu Savara| Vishnu Rama Savar]] |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = 21,145 |percentage = 37.59% |change={{increase}}1.47 }} <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Gajanan Dagale |party=Independent politician |votes = 5,804 |percentage = 10.32% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039; }} <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Kamadi Raghunath Mau |party=Independent politician |votes = 4,791 |percentage = 8.52% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039; }} <br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 3,368 |percentage = 5.99% |change= {{increase}}1.40 }} <br /> {{Election box turnout |votes = 57,895 |percentage = 41.64% |change= {{increase}}7.84 }}{{Election box total valid |votes= 56,253}} <br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 139,033|ref = |change= {{increase}}9.40 }} <br /> {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = Indian National Congress (I) |swing= {{increase}}2.87 }} <br /> {{Election box end}} <br /> ===Assembly Election 1980=== <br /> {{Election box begin|title = [[1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election]] : Wada&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/Statistical%20Report%201980%20Maharashtra.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120117083555/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/Statistical%20Report%201980%20Maharashtra.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2012|format=pdf}}&lt;/ref&gt;}} <br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate=Gowari Shankar Aba |party=Indian National Congress (I) |votes = 16,874 |percentage = 40.71% |change={{increase}}32.06 }} <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=[[Vishnu Savara| Vishnu Rama Savar]] |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = 14,974 |percentage = 36.12% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039; }} <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Telam Krishnakant Ramchandra |party=Peasants and Workers Party of India |votes = 9,606 |percentage = 23.17% |change={{increase}}5.68 }} <br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 1,900 |percentage = 4.58% |change= {{decrease}}14.58 }} <br /> {{Election box turnout |votes = 42,652 |percentage = 33.56% |change= {{decrease}}21.36 }}{{Election box total valid |votes= 41,454}} <br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 127,091|ref = |change= {{increase}}10.08 }} <br /> {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Indian National Congress (I) |loser = Janata Party |swing= {{decrease}}5.81 }} <br /> {{Election box end}} <br /> ===Assembly Election 1978=== <br /> {{Election box begin|title = [[1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election]] : Wada&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1978/Statistical%20Report%201978%20Maharashtra.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629182050/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1978/Statistical%20Report%201978%20Maharashtra.pdf|archive-date=29 June 2017|format=pdf}}&lt;/ref&gt;}} <br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate=Wani Somnath Rama |party=Janata Party |votes = 28,989 |percentage = 46.51% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039; }} <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Kale Shankar Ladku |party=Indian National Congress |votes = 17,047 |percentage = 27.35% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039; }} <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Deu Kali Hamre |party=Peasants and Workers Party of India |votes = 10,899 |percentage = 17.49% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039; }} <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Gowari Shankar Aba |party=Indian National Congress (I) |votes = 5,388 |percentage = 8.65% |change= &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039; }} <br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 11,942 |percentage = 19.16% |change= }} <br /> {{Election box turnout |votes = 64,833 |percentage = 56.15% |change= }}{{Election box total valid |votes= 62,323}} <br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 115,455|ref = |change= }} <br /> {{Election box new seat win |winner = Janata Party |loser = |swing= }} <br /> {{Election box end}} <br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[List of constituencies of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra}}<br /> {{coords|19.66|73.15|display=title}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Former assembly constituencies of Maharashtra]]<br /> [[Category:Politics of Maharashtra]]<br /> [[Category:Palghar district]]<br /> [[Category:Constituencies disestablished in 2008]]<br /> [[Category:2008 disestablishments in India]]</div> Niishad Shetty