Santacruz Assembly constituency

Santacruz
Santacruz
Former constituency for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Lok Sabha constituency	Mumbai North Central
Established	1972
Abolished	2008

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Santacruz was one of the 288 assembly constituencies of Maharashtra, a western state of India. Santacruz was also part of Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] Santacruz existed till 2004 elections until Kalina Assembly constituency was formed in 2008.^[2]

Member of Legislative Assembly

Election	Name
1967	S. R. Patkar	Indian National Congress
1972	Jagesh Desai
1978	Sinha Shobhanath Ramgajdhar	Janata Party
1980	C. D. Ommachen	Indian National Congress
1985	C. D. Ommachen	Indian National Congress
1990	Abhiram Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
1995	Abhiram Singh
1999	Kripashankar Singh	Indian National Congress
2004	Kripashankar Singh

Election results

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Santacruz
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kripashankar Singh	78,263	55.05%	4.73
	BJP	Alavani Parag Madhusudan	56,074	39.44%	3.42
	Independent	Nicholas Benjamin Almeida	2,384	1.68%	New
	BSP	Bastiwala Tahira	1,666	1.17%	0.24
	Independent	Krishna Bhikaji Thorat	1,432	1.01%	New
	Independent	Shekhar Vaishnav	1,034	0.73%	New
Margin of victory			22,189	15.61%	8.15
Turnout			1,42,168	53.60%	4.74
Total valid votes			1,42,167
Registered electors			2,65,246		3.34
	INC hold		Swing	4.73

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Santacruz^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kripashankar Singh	61,627	50.32%	24.93
	BJP	Abhiram Singh	52,497	42.86%	3.28
	Independent	Subhash Mahadeo Sawant	3,481	2.84%	New
	Independent	Khan Javed Nasrullah Khan	2,311	1.89%	New
	BSP	Rajbirsingh Piwal	1,136	0.93%	New
Margin of victory			9,130	7.45%	13.30
Turnout			1,25,402	48.85%	10.61
Total valid votes			1,22,480
Registered electors			2,56,685		4.37
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	4.18

Assembly Election 1995

1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Santacruz^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Abhiram Singh	67,478	46.14%	9.01
	INC	Adv. Nancy Oommachain	37,127	25.39%	6.10
	BBM	Sawant Subhash Mahadeo	17,260	11.80%	New
	Independent	Nicholas Benjamin Almeda	7,066	4.83%	New
	SP	Jinoveva Peter Fernandes	6,456	4.41%	New
	JD	Harish S. Lot	3,330	2.28%	18.62
	Independent	Mohan Sudam Ghadge	1,293	0.88%	New
Margin of victory			30,351	20.75%	15.11
Turnout			1,49,150	60.64%	7.28
Total valid votes			1,46,248
Registered electors			2,45,944		16.65
	BJP hold		Swing	9.01

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Santacruz^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Abhiram Singh	40,854	37.13%	13.75
	INC	Oommachen C. D.	34,647	31.49%	14.85
	JD	S. B. Sawant	22,987	20.89%	New
	INS(SCS)	K. B. Thorat	6,530	5.93%	New
	Independent	A. A. Qureshi	3,349	3.04%	New
	Independent	Felcy R. Pinto	799	0.73%	New
Margin of victory			6,207	5.64%	17.31
Turnout			1,11,273	52.78%	5.72
Total valid votes			1,10,026
Registered electors			2,10,841		30.95
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	9.21

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Santacruz^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	C. D. Ommachen	34,668	46.34%	*New*
	BJP	Abhiram Singh	17,497	23.39%	2.15
	Independent	Nandkishor Dhaku Palav	9,133	12.21%	New
	Independent	Basir Ahmad Rafik	8,297	11.09%	New
	Independent	Sandesh Mandiyal	4,244	5.67%	New
Margin of victory			17,171	22.95%	1.80
Turnout			75,945	47.17%	11.87
Total valid votes			74,818
Registered electors			1,61,009		12.36
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	3.94

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Santacruz^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	C. D. Ommachen	24,928	50.28%	36.99
	BJP	Pandey Suryaprasad Jagdev	12,659	25.53%	New
	JP	Natwarlal Maneklal Ghody	8,905	17.96%	35.28
	[[Janata Party (Secular) Charan Singh\|Janata Party (Secular) Charan Singh]]	Shobhnath Singh	2,000	4.03%	New
	Independent	Khan Yassen Rahimkhan Patel	571	1.15%	New
Margin of victory			12,269	24.75%	15.20
Turnout			50,261	35.07%	25.73
Total valid votes			49,580
Registered electors			1,43,301		8.19
	INC(I) gain from JP		Swing	2.96

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Santacruz^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Sinha Shobhanath Ramgajdhar	42,544	53.24%	*New*
	INC(I)	Pagraoot Vasantrao Dattatray	10,622	13.29%	New
	SHS	Ramesh Yeshwant Prabhoo	10,422	13.04%	4.69
	INC	Jagesh Desai	9,050	11.33%	50.58
	Independent	Bhungra Hansraj Ramlal	4,737	5.93%	New
	Independent	Singh Amarnath Ramnaresh	2,197	2.75%	New
Margin of victory			31,922	39.95%	4.22
Turnout			81,276	61.36%	1.78
Total valid votes			79,909
Registered electors			1,32,449		0.19
	JP gain from INC		Swing	8.66

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Santacruz^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jagesh Desai	48,101	61.90%	21.34
	SHS	Dandekar Shankar Laxman	13,782	17.74%	New
	INC(O)	S. R. Patkar	7,754	9.98%	New
	CPI	Sitaram Ramchandra Jagtap	6,971	8.97%	19.46
	RPI	Namdeo Shivram Bhosale	1,096	1.41%	New
Margin of victory			34,319	44.17%	32.04
Turnout			79,052	59.57%	3.21
Total valid votes			77,704
Registered electors			1,32,703		40.48
	INC hold		Swing	21.34

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Santacruz^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. R. Patkar	23,665	40.56%	*New*
	CPI	S. R. Jagtap	16,587	28.43%	New
	ABJS	R. Sheth	8,196	14.05%	New
	SWA	A. Narayan	5,380	9.22%	New
	PSP	M. Babu	2,751	4.71%	New
	Independent	P. A. Badheka	1,492	2.56%	New
Margin of victory			7,078	12.13%
Turnout			60,941	64.51%
Total valid votes			58,348
Registered electors			94,464
	INC win (new seat)

References

↑ "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976". Election Commission of India. 1 December 1976. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
↑ "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1999 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1995 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 29 June 2017.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 19 May 2017.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 26 September 2018.

[delimitation1976-1] "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976". Election Commission of India. 1 December 1976. Retrieved 10 February 2025.

[2] "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2010.

[3] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1999 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.

[4] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1995 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.

[5] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.

[6] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.

[7] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.

[8] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 29 June 2017.

[9] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 19 May 2017.

[10] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 26 September 2018.

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