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Bhiwandi East
Constituency No. 137 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Rais Shaikh, present MLA of Bhiwandi east
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionWestern India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictThane
Lok Sabha constituencyBhiwandi
Established2008
Total electors373,659
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party SP  
Alliance [[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance|Template:Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance/meta/shortname]]  
Elected year2024

Bhiwandi East Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state, western India. This constituency is located in Thane district.[1]

Geographical scope[edit | edit source]

The constituency comprises ward nos. 6 to 17, 36 to 50 and 62 to 65, of Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation and Bhinar saja (villages of yewai,bhinar,savande,gorsai,walshind, nimbavali) Bhiwandi revenue circle all a part of Bhiwandi taluka.[1]

List of Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Year Member Party
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist
2009 Abu Azmi Samajwadi Party
2010^ Rupesh Mhatre Shiv Sena
2014
2019 Rais Shaikh Samajwadi Party
2024

^by-election

Election results[edit | edit source]

Assembly Election 2024[edit | edit source]

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Bhiwandi East[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP Rais Shaikh 119,687 62.68% Increase27.08
SHS Santosh Manjayya Shetty 67,672 35.44% Increase0.87
NOTA None of the Above 738 0.39% Decrease0.68
Margin of victory 52,015 27.24% Increase26.21
Turnout 1,91,691 51.30% Increase3.72
Registered electors 3,73,659 Increase38.43
SP hold Swing Increase27.08

Assembly Election 2019[edit | edit source]

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Bhiwandi East[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP Rais Shaikh 45,537 35.60% Increase21.11
SHS Rupesh Laxman Mhatre 44,223 34.57% Increase6.87
INC Santosh Manjayya Shetty 32,198 25.17% Increase15.88
VBA Budhesh Laxman Jadhav 2,065 1.61% New
MNS Manoj Waman Gulvi 1,492 1.17% New
NOTA None of the Above 1,358 1.06% Increase0.56
Margin of victory 1,314 1.03% Decrease1.77
Turnout 1,29,289 47.90% Increase3.25
Registered electors 2,69,935 Decrease1.62
SP gain from SHS Swing Increase7.90

Assembly Election 2014[edit | edit source]

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Bhiwandi East[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SHS Rupesh Laxman Mhatre 33,541 27.70% Decrease9.50
BJP Santosh Manjayya Shetty 30,148 24.90% New
SP Abu farhan Azmi 17,541 14.49% Decrease20.96
AIMIM Khan Md. Akram Abdul Hannam 14,577 12.04% New
INC Ansari Mo. Fajil 11,257 9.30% Decrease16.38
NCP Mohammad Khalid Guddu 9,057 7.48% New
CPI Vijay Kamble 1,563 1.29% New
NOTA None of the Above 612 0.51% New
Margin of victory 3,393 2.80% Increase1.04
Turnout 1,21,712 44.36% Increase1.52
Registered electors 2,74,371 Increase22.95
SHS hold Swing Decrease9.50

Assembly By-election 2010[edit | edit source]

2010 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly by-election : Bhiwandi East[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SHS Rupesh Laxman Mhatre 35,376 37.20% Increase9.67
SP Farhan Abu Asim Azmi 33,700 35.44% Decrease6.63
INC Saiyad Muzaffar Hussain N.H. 24,418 25.68% Increase11.26
Margin of victory 1,676 1.76% Decrease12.77
Turnout 95,087 42.61% Increase2.54
Registered electors 2,23,153 Increase0.09
SHS gain from SP Swing Decrease4.87

Assembly Election 2009[edit | edit source]

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Bhiwandi East[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP Abu Azmi 37,584 42.07% New
SHS Patil Yogesh Ramesh 24,599 27.54% New
INC Gurunath Janardan Tawre 12,881 14.42% New
Independent Sonya Kashinath Patil 4,707 5.27% New
Independent D.Raaja 2,039 2.28% New
Independent Ansari Abbas Ali Jalil Ahmed 1,940 2.17% New
BSP Giri Satish Babu 1,284 1.44% New
Margin of victory 12,985 14.54%
Turnout 89,340 40.07%
Registered electors 2,22,958
SP win (new seat)

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. p. 262. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  2. "Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Bhiwandi East". Election Commission of India. 23 November 2024. Archived from the original on 25 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  3. "Sena Defeats Abu Azmi's Son In Bhiwandi East Assembly Bypoll". India TV. 23 January 2010. Archived from the original on 25 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  4. "Sena wins Bhiwandi,closes in on BJP". The Indian Express. 24 January 2010. Archived from the original on 25 December 2024. Retrieved 25 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. "Bye-Election Results - Election Commission of India". old.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  8. "General Elections to State Legislative Assembly 2009" (pdf). Chief Eletoral Officer, Maharashtra. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 July 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2025.

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