Bhiwandi (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bhiwandi Lok Sabha constituency (Marathi: भिवंडी लोकसभा मतदारसंघ) is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency came into existence on 19 February 2008 as a part of the implementation of the Presidential notification based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted on 12 July 2002.^[1]

Assembly segments

Presently, Bhiwandi Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These segments are:^[2]

AC No.	AC Name	Incumbent MLA	Party
134	Bhiwandi Rural	Shantaram More	Shiv Sena
135	Shahapur	Pandurang Mahadu Barora	NCP
136	Bhiwandi West	Mahesh Prabhakar Choughule	BJP
137	Bhiwandi East	Rupesh Laxman Mhatre	Shiv Sena
138	Kalyan West	Narendra Baburao Pawar	BJP
139	Murbad	Kisan Kathore	BJP

Members of Parliament

Key

  INC     BJP  

Election		Member	Party
	2009	Suresh Taware	Indian National Congress
	2014	Kapil Patil	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2009

Indian general elections, 2009: Bhiwandi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Suresh Taware	1,82,789	31.29
	BJP	Jagannath Patil	1,41,425	24.21
	MNS	Devraj Mhatre	1,07,090	18.33
	Independent	Vishwanath Patil	77,769	13.32
	SP	R. R. Patil	32,767	5.61
Majority			41,364	7.08
Turnout			5,84,263	39.29
	INC win (new seat)

2014

Indian general elections, 2014: Bhiwandi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kapil Patil	4,11,070	46.95	+22.74
	INC	Vishwanath Patil	3,01,620	34.45	+3.16
	MNS	Suresh Mhatre	93,647	10.70	-7.63
	NOTA	None of the Above	9,311	1.06	N/A
Majority			1,09,450	12.50	+5.42
Turnout			8,75,605	51.61	+12.21
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	+22.74

See also

• Thane district
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha

Notes

1. "Delimitation notification comes into effect". The Hindu. 20 February 2008.
2. "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website.