| Opera House | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Western India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Mumbai South |
| Established | 1951 |
| Abolished | 2008 |
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
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Election results[edit | edit source]
Assembly Election 2004[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHS | Arvinda Nerkar | 24,968 | 56.54% | ||
| INC | Kisan Jadhav | 17,948 | 40.65% | ||
| SP | Ketan Arun Kadm | 854 | 1.93% | New | |
| BSP | Joseph Bavatis Rodriques | 386 | 0.87% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 7,020 | 15.90% | |||
| Turnout | 44,156 | 48.32% | |||
| Registered electors | 91,377 | ||||
| SHS hold | Swing | ||||
Assembly Election 1999[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHS | Chandrakant Shankar Padwal | 22,363 | 50.74% | ||
| INC | Kisan Baburao Jadhav | 17,826 | 40.44% | ||
| 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% | |||
| Turnout | 44,082 | 46.15% | |||
| Registered electors | 95,522 | ||||
| SHS hold | Swing | ||||
Assembly Election 1995[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHS | Chandrakant Shankar Padwal | 36,321 | 64.07% | ||
| INC | Sujata Dhawale | 17,602 | 31.05% | ||
| 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% | |||
| Turnout | 57,483 | 60.82% | |||
| Registered electors | 94,518 | ||||
| SHS hold | Swing | ||||
Assembly Election 1990[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHS | Chandrakant Shankar Padwal | 29,757 | 52.69% | New | |
| INC | Prabhu Chandrashekhar | 20,222 | 35.81% | ||
| JD | Solanki Avinash Mithalal | 5,812 | 10.29% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 9,535 | 16.88% | |||
| Turnout | 56,920 | 55.08% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,03,343 | ||||
| SHS gain from INC | Swing | ||||
Assembly Election 1985[edit | edit source]
| 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% | ||
| Independent | Shantaram S. Brid | 869 | 1.74% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 9,084 | 18.21% | |||
| Turnout | 50,315 | 48.68% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,03,368 | ||||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
Assembly Election 1980[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Jayawantiben Navinchandra Mehta | 24,113 | 61.33% | New | |
| INC(I) | Brid Shantaram Sakharam | 14,861 | 37.80% | ||
| Independent | Nagare Bhaskar Bhikaji | 341 | 0.87% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 9,252 | 23.53% | |||
| Turnout | 39,646 | 37.23% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,06,491 | ||||
| BJP gain from JP | Swing | ||||
Assembly Election 1978[edit | edit source]
| 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]
- ↑ "Sitting and previous MLAs from Opera House Assembly Constituency". Traceall. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ↑ "List of elected members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly". kar.nic. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ↑ "DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (PDF). Election commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Opera House Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com.
- ↑ "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.
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