Dharavi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Dharavi Vidhan Sabha constituency (Marathi: धारावी विधानसभा मतदारसंघ) is one of the ten constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha located in the Mumbai City district.

It is a part of the Mumbai South Central (Lok Sabha constituency) along with five other assembly constituencies, viz Sion Koliwada, Wadala, Mahim, from Mumbai City district and Chembur and Anushakti Nagar from Mumbai Suburban district.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Key

  CPI(M)     INC(I)     INC     Shiv Sena  

Election		Member	Party
	1978	Satyendra More	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
	1980	Premanand Awale	Indian National Congress (Indira)
	1985	Eknath Gaikwad	Indian National Congress
	1990	Eknath Gaikwad	Indian National Congress
	1995	Baburao Mane	Shiv Sena
	1999	Eknath Gaikwad	Indian National Congress
	2004	Varsha Gaikwad	Indian National Congress
	2009	Varsha Gaikwad	Indian National Congress
	2014	Varsha Gaikwad	Indian National Congress

Election results

Assembly Elections 2004

Maharashtra state assembly elections, 2004: Dharavi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Varsha Gaikwad	64,981
	Shiv Sena	Snehal Jadhav	49,151
Majority			15,830
Turnout
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Elections 2009

Maharashtra state assembly elections, 2009: Dharavi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Varsha Gaikwad	52,492	49.75
	Shiv Sena	Manohar Raibage	42,782	40.54
	BSP	Vishnu Gaikwad	7,269	6.89
Majority			9,710	9.21
Turnout			1,05,515
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Elections 2014

Maharashtra state assembly elections, 2014: Dharavi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Varsha Gaikwad	47,718	40.38	-9.37
	Shiv Sena	Baburao Mane	32,390	27.41	-13.13
	BJP	Divya Dholay	20,763	17.57	N/A
Majority			15,328	12.97	+3.76
Turnout			1,18,160
	INC hold		Swing	-9.37