Nehrunagar Assembly constituency

Nehrunagar
Nehrunagar
Former constituency for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Established	1978
Abolished	2008

Nehrunagar Vidhan Sabha seat was one of the seats in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in India. It was made defunct after constituency map of India was redrawn in 2008. Nehrunagar is a suburb of Mumbai, next to Kurla.

A trivia item about this constituency is that Babasaheb Bhosale, who represented it from 1980 to 1985, was the Chief Minister of the state for a year during his five-year stint as MLA.

Members of Vidhan Sabha[edit | edit source]

Year	Member
1978	Liyaqat Hussain Ibarat Hussain	Janata Party
1980	Babasaheb Bhosale	Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Kaka Thorat	Indian National Congress
1990	Suryakant Mahadik	Shiv Sena
1995	Suryakant Mahadik	Shiv Sena
1999	Nawab Malik	Samajwadi Party
2004	Nawab Malik	Nationalist Congress Party

Election results[edit | edit source]

Assembly Election 2004[edit | edit source]

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Nehrunagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Nawab Malik	67,115	57.21%	*New*
	SHS	Suryakant Mahadik	36,854	31.42%	3.09
	SP	Adv. Raees Khan	8,987	7.66%	38.27
	BBM	Lokhande Shashikant Baburao	1,339	1.14%	New
	BSP	More Vijay Dnyandeo	1,085	0.92%	0.89
	Independent	Shaikh Mohammed Rafique Hussain	708	0.60%	New
Margin of victory			30,261	25.80%	8.19
Turnout			1,17,313	51.35%	3.73
Total valid votes			1,17,313
Registered electors			2,28,462		3.74
	NCP gain from SP		Swing	11.28

Assembly Election 1999[edit | edit source]

1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Nehrunagar^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SP	Nawab Malik	48,155	45.93%	0.85
	SHS	Manohar Salvi	29,697	28.32%	10.04
	INC	Singh Rajhans Dhananjay	21,601	20.60%	7.45
	BSP	Aijaz Shaikh	1,900	1.81%	0.68
	ABS	Chatursen Tipana Daware	881	0.84%	New
	Independent	Pathare Sahebrao Maruti	758	0.72%	New
	Independent	Sampat Laxman Yadav	727	0.69%	New
Margin of victory			18,458	17.60%	9.19
Turnout			1,04,877	47.62%	7.65
Total valid votes			1,04,854
Registered electors			2,20,225		2.06
	SP hold		Swing	0.85

Assembly By-election 1996[edit | edit source]

1996 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly by-election : Nehrunagar^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SP	Nawab Malik	40,348	46.78%	16.17
	SHS	Acharya Sharad Narayan	33,091	38.36%	3.71
	INC	Shelar Kisan Bhikaji	11,343	13.15%	6.56
	BSP	Bhole Anil Bhaskar	977	1.13%	0.55
Margin of victory			7,257	8.41%	3.06
Turnout			87,098	40.36%	16.90
Total valid votes			86,255
Registered electors			2,15,778		0.13
	SP gain from SHS		Swing	4.70

Assembly Election 1995[edit | edit source]

1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Nehrunagar^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SHS	Suryakant Mahadik	51,569	42.08%	2.12
	SP	Nawab Malik	37,511	30.61%	New
	INC	Harish Marutirao Sanas	24,161	19.71%	3.80
	Independent	Firoze Mantri	1,917	1.56%	New
	Independent	Asgar Ali Qureshi	1,662	1.36%	New
	JD	T. M. Dharpawar	1,121	0.91%	31.91
Margin of victory			14,058	11.47%	4.34
Turnout			1,23,960	57.52%	0.81
Total valid votes			1,22,555
Registered electors			2,15,492		22.92
	SHS hold		Swing	2.12

Assembly Election 1990[edit | edit source]

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Nehrunagar^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SHS	Suryakant Mahadik	40,409	39.96%	*New*
	JD	Sajid Rashid	33,197	32.83%	New
	INC	Saroj Sandesh Naik (Bhosale)	23,783	23.52%	13.84
	INS(SCS)	Gopal Shelar	1,609	1.59%	New
	AIML	Abdul Bari Farooquei	776	0.77%	New
	DMM	Sayed Mahammad Khalid	653	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			7,212	7.13%	9.51
Turnout			1,02,185	58.29%	7.19
Total valid votes			1,01,129
Registered electors			1,75,315		24.96
	SHS gain from INC		Swing	2.60

Assembly Election 1985[edit | edit source]

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Nehrunagar^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kaka Thorat	26,460	37.36%	*New*
	JP	Eknath Ramchandra Koparde	14,675	20.72%	17.68
	Independent	Khan Faizmohamad Fazal Gafur	10,613	14.98%	New
	Independent	Leeladhar B. Dake	7,697	10.87%	New
	Independent	A. D. Golandaz	7,067	9.98%	New
	Independent	Abdul Manaf Abdul Jabbar Hakim	2,490	3.52%	New
	Independent	Malik Liyakat Husain Ibrat Husain	876	1.24%	New
Margin of victory			11,785	16.64%	10.06
Turnout			71,576	51.02%	12.03
Total valid votes			70,833
Registered electors			1,40,293		14.07
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	7.62

Assembly Election 1980[edit | edit source]

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Nehrunagar^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Babasaheb Anantrao Bhosale	21,276	44.98%	29.37
	JP	Eknath Ramchandra Koparde	18,165	38.40%	0.11
	[[Janata Party (Secular) Raj Narain\|Janata Party (Secular) Raj Narain]]	Malik Liyakat Husain Ibrat Husain	2,374	5.02%	New
	RPI	Phale Rambhaji Bhiwaji	2,119	4.48%	New
	Independent	Gunde Janardan Hiroji	1,638	3.46%	New
	Independent	Mohmed Hayat Shaikh	1,187	2.51%	New
Margin of victory			3,111	6.58%	14.49
Turnout			47,844	38.90%	20.34
Total valid votes			47,303
Registered electors			1,22,989		4.15
	INC(I) gain from JP		Swing	6.69

Assembly Election 1978[edit | edit source]

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Nehrunagar^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Liyaqat Husain Ibarat Husain	26,590	38.29%	*New*
	AIML	Syed Suhail Asharaf	11,960	17.22%	New
	SHS	Sawant Mohan Murari	11,187	16.11%	New
	INC(I)	Babasaheb Anantrao Bhosale	10,835	15.60%	New
	Independent	Kunte Prabhakar Kashinath	5,302	7.64%	New
	Independent	Pagare Krishna Shankar	2,898	4.17%	New
	Independent	Ramji Shivnarayan	669	0.96%	New
Margin of victory			14,630	21.07%
Turnout			70,537	59.73%
Total valid votes			69,441
Registered electors			1,18,087
	JP win (new seat)

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "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.
↑ "Key Statistics - Bye Elections - 1996". old.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
↑ "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.

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[1] "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.

[2] "Key Statistics - Bye Elections - 1996". old.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 December 2025.

[3] "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.

[4] "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.

[5] "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.

[6] "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.

[7] "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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