Bhiwandi West (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Geographical scope

The constituency comprises parts of Bhiwandi taluka that is parts of Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation namely Ward No 1 to 5, 18 to 35, 51 to 61, Khoni (CT), Shelar (CT), Katai (CT), Karivali (CT).^[1]

Representatives

Key

  BJP     SP  

Election		Member	Party
	2009	Abdul Rashid Tahir Momin	Samajwadi Party
	2014	Mahesh Prabhakar Chaughule	Bharatiya Janata Party

ELection Result

Assembly Elections 2009

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2009: Bhiwandi West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SP	Abdul Rashid Tahir Momin	30,825	29.83	N/A
	Independent	Sainath(Bhau) Rangarao Pawar	29,134	28.19	N/A
	INC	Javed Gulam Mohd. Dalavi	24,998	24.19	N/A
	Shiv Sena	Suresh Gopinath Mhatre	16,074	15.55	N/A
Majority			1,691	1.64	N/A
Turnout			103,343	44.09	N/A
	SP win (new seat)

Assembly Elections 2014

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2014: Bhiwandi West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mahesh Prabhakar Chaughule	42,483	33.99	N/A
	INC	Shoeb Ashfaq Khan	39,157	31.33	+7.14
	Shiv Sena	Manoj Motiram Katekar	20,106	16.09	+0.54
	NCP	Abdul Rashid Tahir Momin	16,131	12.91	N/A
	AIMIM	Sheikh Jaki Abdul Rashid Sheikh	4,686	3.75	N/A
Majority			3,326	2.66	+1.02
Turnout			124,975	49.57	+5.48
	BJP gain from SP		Swing	N/A

References

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