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Opera House
Former constituency for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionWestern India
StateMaharashtra
Lok Sabha constituencyMumbai South
Established1951
Abolished2008

Opera House Vidhan Sabha constituency was one of the 288 constituencies in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Mumbai area, in India. The constituency existed until the 2004 elections and was part of Mumbai South Lok Sabha constituency. It became defunct after the constituency map was redrawn.[1][2][3][4]

Members of Vidhan Sabha[edit | edit source]

Year Member[5] Party
1978 Jayawantiben Mehta Janata Party
1980 Bharatiya Janata Party
1985 Chandrashekhar Prabhu Indian National Congress
1990 Chandrakant Padwal Shiv Sena
1995
1999
2004 Arvind Nerkar
2008 onwards : Constituency defunct

Election results[edit | edit source]

Assembly Election 2004[edit | edit source]

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Opera House
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SHS Arvinda Nerkar 24,968 56.54% Increase5.81
INC Kisan Jadhav 17,948 40.65% Increase0.20
SP Ketan Arun Kadm 854 1.93% New
BSP Joseph Bavatis Rodriques 386 0.87% New
Margin of victory 7,020 15.90% Increase5.60
Turnout 44,156 48.32% Increase2.17
Registered electors 91,377 Decrease4.34
SHS hold Swing Increase5.81

Assembly Election 1999[edit | edit source]

1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Opera House[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SHS Chandrakant Shankar Padwal 22,363 50.74% Decrease13.33
INC Kisan Baburao Jadhav 17,826 40.44% Increase9.39
NCP Rajendra Raju Maganlal Merchant 3,424 7.77% New
Independent Thakur Vasant Krishna Advocate 463 1.05% New
Margin of victory 4,537 10.29% Decrease22.73
Turnout 44,082 46.15% Decrease13.83
Registered electors 95,522 Increase1.06
SHS hold Swing Decrease13.33

Assembly Election 1995[edit | edit source]

1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Opera House[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SHS Chandrakant Shankar Padwal 36,321 64.07% Increase11.38
INC Sujata Dhawale 17,602 31.05% Decrease4.76
Independent Dinesh Panchal 1,089 1.92% New
Independent Sudhakar Keshav Sawant 687 1.21% New
Independent Sukri Habib Abdulkader 477 0.84% New
Independent Devji Jethalal Charla 409 0.72% New
Margin of victory 18,719 33.02% Increase16.14
Turnout 57,483 60.82% Increase5.33
Registered electors 94,518 Decrease8.54
SHS hold Swing Increase11.38

Assembly Election 1990[edit | edit source]

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Opera House[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SHS Chandrakant Shankar Padwal 29,757 52.69% New
INC Prabhu Chandrashekhar 20,222 35.81% Decrease10.18
JD Solanki Avinash Mithalal 5,812 10.29% New
Margin of victory 9,535 16.88% Decrease1.33
Turnout 56,920 55.08% Increase6.40
Registered electors 1,03,343 Decrease0.02
SHS gain from INC Swing Increase6.70

Assembly Election 1985[edit | edit source]

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Opera House[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Chandrashekhar Prabhu 22,934 45.98% New
Independent Gajanan Damodar Vartak 13,850 27.77% New
BJP Kirit Somaiya 11,910 23.88% Decrease37.45
Independent Shantaram S. Brid 869 1.74% New
Margin of victory 9,084 18.21% Decrease5.32
Turnout 50,315 48.68% Increase11.33
Registered electors 1,03,368 Decrease2.93
INC gain from BJP Swing Decrease15.35

Assembly Election 1980[edit | edit source]

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Opera House[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jayawantiben Navinchandra Mehta 24,113 61.33% New
INC(I) Brid Shantaram Sakharam 14,861 37.80% Increase32.81
Independent Nagare Bhaskar Bhikaji 341 0.87% New
Margin of victory 9,252 23.53% Decrease14.26
Turnout 39,646 37.23% Decrease28.46
Registered electors 1,06,491 Decrease2.03
BJP gain from JP Swing Decrease0.05

Assembly Election 1978[edit | edit source]

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Opera House[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP Jayawantiben Navinchandra Mehta 43,625 61.38% New
SHS Pramod Navalkar 16,768 23.59% New
INC Ankleshwaria Ramanlal Chhotalal 7,128 10.03% New
INC(I) P. N. Shah 3,547 4.99% New
Margin of victory 26,857 37.79%
Turnout 71,994 66.23%
Registered electors 1,08,701
JP win (new seat)

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Sitting and previous MLAs from Opera House Assembly Constituency". Traceall. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  2. "List of elected members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly". kar.nic. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  3. "DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (PDF). Election commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  4. "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  5. "Opera House Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com.
  6. "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.
  7. "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.
  8. "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.
  9. "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.
  10. "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.
  11. "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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