Bhiwandi Rural (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Bhiwanadi Rural Vidhan Sabha constituency (Marathi: भिवंडी ग्रामीण विधानसभा मतदारसंघ) is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state, western India. This constituency is located in Thane district and Palghar district.^[1]

Geographical scope

The constituency comprises parts of Bhiwandi taluka viz. revenue circles Dighashi, Angaon, Padgha, Additional Bhiwandi, Kharbav, Padgha (CT), Kon (CT) parts of Wada taluka viz. revenue circles Wada.^[1]

Representatives

Key

  BJP     Shiv Sena  

Election		Member	Party
	2009	Vishnu Savara	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2014	Shantaram More	Shiv Sena

Election Results

Assembly Elections 2009

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2009: Bhiwandi Rural (ST)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vishnu Rama Savara	46,996	34.67
	NCP	Shantaram Dundaram Patil	44,804	33.06
	MNS	Dasharath Dundaram Patil	36,687	27.07
	Independent	Govind Valkya Rawate	4,624	3.41
	BSP	Prabhakar Shankar Waghe	2,427	1.79
Majority			2,192	1.61
Turnout			1,35,538	56.65
	BJP win (new seat)

Assembly Elections 2014

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2014: Bhiwandi Rural (ST)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Shiv Sena	Shantaram More	57,082	32.84	N/A
	BJP	Shantaram Dundaram Patil	47,922	27.57	-7.10
	MNS	Dasharath Dundaram Patil	25,580	14.72	-12.35
	NCP	Mahadeo Ambo Ghatal	23,413	13.47	-19.59
	INC	Sachin Damodar Shingda	10,923	6.28	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	2,267	1.30	N/A
	BSP	Tukaram Suresh More	2,090	1.20	-0.59
	Bahujan Vikas Aghadi	Rajesh Budhaji Dumada	1,318	0.76	N/A
	CPI	Balkrishna Janu Wagh	1,268	0.73	N/A
	Independent	Ananta Zipru Dalvi	1,145	0.66	N/A
	Independent	Ananta Krushna Chaudhari	790	0.45	N/A
Majority			9,160	5.27	+4.06
Turnout			1,73,758	66.23	+9.58
	Shiv Sena gain from BJP		Swing	N/A

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 2008-11-26. p. 262. Retrieved 2015-08-07.