Dharavi Assembly constituency

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Dharavi
Constituency No. 178 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionWestern India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictMumbai City
Lok Sabha constituencyMumbai South Central
Established1978
Total electors261,892
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  INC  
Alliance  [[Maha Vikas Aghadi|Template:Maha Vikas Aghadi/meta/shortname]]  
Elected year2024

Dharavi Assembly constituency is one of the 288 constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha located in the Mumbai City district.[1]

Overview[edit | edit source]

Dharavi (constituency number 178) is one of the 10 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Mumbai City district.[2] Number of electorates in 2009 was 268,779 (male 152,013, female 116,766) 113,732 are voters from minority community.[3]

It is a part of the Mumbai South Central (Lok Sabha constituency) along with five other assembly constituencies, viz Sion Koliwada, Wadala, Mahim, from Mumbai City district and Chembur and Anushakti Nagar from Mumbai Suburban district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Year Member Party
1978 Satyendra More Communist Party of India
1980 Premanand Awale Indian National Congress
1985 Eknath Gaikwad Indian National Congress
1990
1995 Baburao Mane Shiv Sena
1999 Eknath Gaikwad Indian National Congress
2004 Varsha Gaikwad
2009
2014
2019
2024 Jyoti Gaikwad

Election results[edit | edit source]

Assembly Election 2024[edit | edit source]

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Dharavi[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Dr. Jyoti Gaikwad 70,727 54.60% Increase8.56
SHS Rajesh Shivdas Khandare 47,268 36.49% Increase0.54
BSP Manohar Kedari Raibage 6,196 4.78% Increase3.19
Independent Ghazi Saaduddin 3,331 2.57% New
NOTA None of the Above 1,756 1.36% Decrease0.24
Margin of victory 23,459 18.11% Increase8.02
Turnout 131,304 50.14% Increase2.63
Total valid votes 129,548
Registered electors 261,892 Increase4.65
INC hold Swing Increase8.56

Assembly Election 2019[edit | edit source]

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Dharavi[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Varsha Eknath Gaikwad 53,954 46.03% Increase5.15
SHS Ashish Vasant More 42,130 35.94% Increase8.20
AIMIM Manoj Sansare 13,099 11.18% New
MNS Kawade Sandeep Vinayak 4,062 3.47% Increase0.79
BSP Anita Deepak Gautam 1,870 1.60% Decrease1.10
NOTA None of the Above 1,869 1.59% Increase0.36
Margin of victory 11,824 10.09% Decrease3.04
Turnout 119,092 47.59% Decrease1.99
Total valid votes 117,208
Registered electors 250,251 Increase4.68
INC hold Swing Increase5.15

Assembly Election 2014[edit | edit source]

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Dharavi[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Varsha Eknath Gaikwad 47,718 40.88% Decrease8.87
SHS Baburao Mane 32,390 27.75% Decrease12.80
BJP Divya Dholay 20,763 17.79% New
Independent Hanumantha S Nandepalli 5,333 4.57% New
BSP Adv. Sandeep Dattu Katke 3,143 2.69% Decrease4.20
MNS Ganesh Chandrakant Khade 3,120 2.67% New
Independent Dilip Nagesh Katke 2,199 1.88% New
NOTA None of the Above 1,436 1.23% New
Margin of victory 15,328 13.13% Increase3.93
Turnout 118,160 49.42% Increase9.56
Total valid votes 116,724
Registered electors 239,073 Decrease11.05
INC hold Swing Decrease8.87

Assembly Election 2009[edit | edit source]

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Dharavi[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Varsha Eknath Gaikwad 52,492 49.75% Decrease3.03
SHS Raibage Manohar Kedari 42,783 40.55% Increase0.63
BSP Vishnu Ramchandra Gaikwad 7,269 6.89% Increase2.52
Independent Daulatram Bhujingrao Kawle 1,720 1.63% New
Independent Lokhande Shanu Janardan 645 0.61% New
Margin of victory 9,709 9.20% Decrease3.66
Turnout 105,523 39.26% Decrease0.82
Total valid votes 105,516
Registered electors 268,770 Decrease12.50
INC hold Swing Decrease3.03

Assembly Election 2004[edit | edit source]

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Dharavi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Varsha Eknath Gaikwad 64,981 52.78% Increase5.85
SHS Jadhav Snehal Sudhir 49,151 39.92% Increase1.47
INC Baba Jiyauddin Siddiki 44,517 36.16% Decrease10.77
BJP Shaina Nana Chudasama Alias Shaina N.C 25,877 21.02% New
Independent Edwin Brito 5,482 4.45% New
BSP Doulatram Bhujingrao Kawle 5,378 4.37% Increase1.85
BSP Singh Chandrashekhar ( Mannubhai) 1,945 1.58% Decrease0.94
Margin of victory 15,830 12.86% Increase4.38
Turnout 123,124 40.08% Decrease1.02
Total valid votes 123,122
Registered electors 307,177 Increase13.76
INC hold Swing Increase5.85

Assembly Election 1999[edit | edit source]

1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Dharavi[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Dr. Jyoti Gaikwad 52,087 46.93% Increase16.41
SHS Baburao Mane 42,673 38.45% Decrease11.11
Independent M. Y. Shinde 10,372 9.35% New
BSP Chandrakant Atamaram Yadav 2,800 2.52% Decrease6.27
Independent Shashikant Lumaji Bhalerao 2,034 1.83% New
National Minorities Party Jagannath Bhimrao Vhatkar 1,022 0.92% New
Margin of victory 9,414 8.48% Decrease10.56
Turnout 110,990 41.10% Decrease11.38
Total valid votes 110,988
Registered electors 270,033 Increase8.71
INC gain from SHS Swing Decrease2.63

Assembly Election 1995[edit | edit source]

1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Dharavi[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SHS Mane Baburao Jotiram 64,607 49.56% New
INC Dr. Boudhankar Rajeev Narendra 39,787 30.52% Decrease10.81
BSP Dhakoliya Vijender Surtaram 11,460 8.79% Increase7.80
JD Kawle Doulatram Bhujangrao 7,100 5.45% New
Independent Vhatkar Jagannath Bhimrao 3,868 2.97% New
JP Trimbake Machindranath Mahadeo 1,531 1.17% New
Margin of victory 24,820 19.04% Increase12.65
Turnout 133,009 53.55% Increase4.52
Total valid votes 130,358
Registered electors 248,403 Increase5.56
SHS gain from INC Swing Increase8.23

Assembly Election 1990[edit | edit source]

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Dharavi[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Dr. Jyoti Gaikwad 46,643 41.33% Decrease7.99
BJP Ramesh Medhekar 39,430 34.94% New
CPI(M) Satyendra More 13,614 12.06% Increase5.81
Independent Vasant More 10,597 9.39% New
BSP Balvant Kakade 1,115 0.99% New
Margin of victory 7,213 6.39% Decrease10.10
Turnout 114,411 48.62% Increase5.85
Total valid votes 112,859
Registered electors 235,310 Increase34.27
INC hold Swing Decrease7.99

Assembly Election 1985[edit | edit source]

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Dharavi[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Dr. Jyoti Gaikwad 36,396 49.32% New
IC(S) Vasant More 24,223 32.82% New
CPI(M) Satyendra More 4,612 6.25% Decrease15.55
Independent Narayan Genu Kadam 4,541 6.15% New
Independent Nanasaheb Waghmare 3,828 5.19% New
Margin of victory 12,173 16.49% Decrease14.72
Turnout 75,056 42.83% Increase9.24
Total valid votes 73,802
Registered electors 175,252 Increase9.17
INC gain from INC(I) Swing Decrease3.69

Assembly Election 1980[edit | edit source]

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Dharavi[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC(I) Premanand Awale 27,971 53.01% New
CPI(M) Satyendra More 11,501 21.80% Decrease27.70
BJP Dattaji Shinde 11,194 21.21% New
Independent Yeshwant Gopal Thorat 532 1.01% New
Independent Shakuntala Chintaman Salve 460 0.87% New
Independent Prakash Ambaji Kamble 330 0.63% New
Margin of victory 16,470 31.21% Increase3.28
Turnout 53,535 33.35% Decrease20.28
Total valid votes 52,767
Registered electors 160,532 Increase16.81
INC(I) gain from CPI (M) Swing Increase3.51

Assembly Election 1978[edit | edit source]

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Dharavi[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Satyendra More 36,156 49.50% New
INC Gaikwad Vishnu Babaji 15,754 21.57% New
Independent Bharat Namdeo More 11,093 15.19% New
SHS Sadaphule Sudam Krishna 5,543 7.59% New
Independent Ashayya Buchayya Badhya 4,499 6.16% New
Margin of victory 20,402 27.93%
Turnout 74,769 54.40%
Total valid votes 73,045
Registered electors 137,434
CPI (M) win (new seat)

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 267.
  3. ↑ "General Elections to State Legislative Assembly 2009" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  4. ↑ "Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Dharavi". Election Commission of India. 23 November 2024. Archived from the original on 29 December 2024. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "General Election to Vidhan Sabha Trends & Results Oct-2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 21 November 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  6. ↑ "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "General Elections to State Legislative Assembly 2009" (PDF). Chief Eletoral Officer, Maharashtra. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ "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.
  13. ↑ "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.

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