Vandre West Assembly constituency

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Vandre West
Constituency No. 177 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionWestern India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictMumbai Suburban
LS constituencyMumbai North Central
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019

Vandre West Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India, since 2008.[1] Vandre, also known as Bandra, is a suburb of Mumbai. Before the 2008 delimitation of assembly seats, this seat's area was covered under Vandre Assembly constituency, represented by Ramdas Nayak among others.

Overview

Vandre West (constituency number 177) is one of the 26 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Mumbai Suburban district.[1] The number of electors in 2009 was 297,919 (male 155,345, female 142,574).[2]

Vandre West is part of the Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Vile Parle, Chandivali, Kurla, Kalina and Vandre East in the Mumbai Suburban district.[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year Member Party
Until 2008 : See Vandre
2009 Baba Siddique Indian National Congress
2014 Ashish Shelar Bharatiya Janata Party
2019

Election results

Assembly Elections 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Vandre West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ashish Shelar 74,816 57.11
INC Asif Ahmed Zakaria 48,309 36.88
NOTA None of the above 3,531 2.70
VBA Istiyak Bashir Jagirdar 3,312 2.53
Majority 26,507 20.79
Turnout 1,31,014 44.01
BJP hold Swing

Assembly Elections 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Vandre West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ashish Shelar 74,779 50.93 +5.73
INC Baba Siddique 47,868 32.60 -13.91
SHS Vilas Chawri 14,156 9.64 N/A
MNS Tushar Aphale 3,116 2.12 N/A
NCP Asif Bhamla 2,387 1.63 N/A
NOTA None of the above 1,535 1.05 N/A
Majority 26,911 18.33 +17.02
Turnout 1,46,834 51.23 +8.18
BJP gain from INC Swing +9.82

Assembly Elections 2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Vandre West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Baba Siddique 59,659 46.52
BJP Ashish Shelar 57,968 45.20
Independent Rahebar Siraj Khan 5,132 4.00
SP Rizwan Merchant 1,862 1.45
BSP Tejpal Singh Chadha 1,248 0.97
Majority 1,691 1.32
Turnout 1,28,246 43.05
INC win (new seat)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  2. ^ "General Elections to State Legislative Assembly 2009" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2010.