Kalyan East (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Kalyan East Vidhan Sabha constituency (Marathi: कल्याण पूर्व 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 Kalyan taluka that is ward No. 13 to 30 of Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation, parts of Ambernath taluka viz. revenue circle Kumbharli, parts of Ulhasnagar taluka viz. Ward No. 23 to 26, 43, and 52 to 55 of Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation.^[1]

Representatives

• 2014: Ganpat Kalu Gaikwad, Independent.^[2]

Key

  Independent  

Election		Member	Party
	2009	Ganpat Kalu Gaikwad	Independent
	2014	Ganpat Kalu Gaikwad	Independent

Election Results

Assembly Elections 2009

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2009: Kalyan East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ganpat Kalu Gaikwad	60,592	49.10	N/A
	Shiv Sena	Pundlik Balu Mhatre	36,106	29.26	N/A
	INC	Dr. R. B. Singh	15,140	12.27	N/A
	RJP	Milind Chandrakant Belamkar	5,172	4.19	N/A
	BSP	Rambhau Bhau Owhal	2,867	2.20	N/A
Majority			24,486	19.84	N/A
Turnout			1,23,408	45.92	N/A
	Independent win (new seat)

Assembly Elections 2014

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2014: Kalyan East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ganpat Kalu Gaikwad	36,357	25.71	-23.39
	Shiv Sena	Gopal Ramchandra Landge	35,612	25.19	-4.07
	BJP	Vishal Vishnu Pawshe	28,004	19.81	N/A
	NCP	Nilesh Shivaji Shinde	19,346	13.68	N/A
	MNS	Nitin Maharu Nikam	7,485	5.29	N/A
Majority			745	0.52	-19.32
Turnout			1,41,397	45.22	-0.70
	Independent hold		Swing	-23.39

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 2008-11-26. p. 262. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
2. "Results of Maharashtra Assembly polls 2014". India Today. Retrieved 2015-08-09.