Dahisar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Dahisar Vidhan Sabha constituency (Marathi: दहिसर विधानसभा मतदारसंघ) is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies in Maharashtra state in western India.

Overview

Dahisar constituency is one of the 26 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Mumbai Suburban district.^[1]

Dahisar is part of the Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Borivali, Magathane, Kandivali East, Charkop and Malad West in the Mumbai Suburban district.^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Key

  Shiv Sena     BJP  

Election		Member	Party
	2009	Vinod Ghosalkar	Shiv Sena
	2014	Manisha Choudhary	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Assembly elections 2009

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2009: Dahisar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Shiv Sena	Vinod Ghosalkar	60,069	45.66
	INC	Yogesh Dubey	43,913	33.38
	MNS	Deepa Patil	22,241	16.91
Majority			16,156	12.28
Turnout			1,31,520
	Shiv Sena win (new seat)

Assembly elections 2014

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2014: Dahisar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manisha Chaudhary	77,238	48.31	N/A
	Shiv Sena	Vinod Ghosalkar	38,660	24.18	-21.48
	INC	Sheetal Mhatre	21,889	13.69	-19.69
	MNS	Shubha Raul	17,439	10.91	-6.00
	NCP	Harish Shetty	995	0.62	N/A
Majority			38,578	24.13	+11.85
Turnout			1,59,872
	BJP gain from Shiv Sena		Swing	+37.57

See also

• Dahisar
• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha

References

1. "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Retrieved 5 September 2010.