Mira Bhayandar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Mira Bhayandar Vidhan Sabha constituency (Marathi: मीरा भाईंदर विधानसभा मतदारसंघ) is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.

Overview

Mira Bhayandar constituency is one of the 18 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Thane district.^[1] It comprises part of the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation and part of Thane tehsil of the district.

Mira Bhayandar is part of Thane Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Kopri-Pachpakhadi, Ovala-Majiwada, Thane, Airoli and Belapur in Thane district.^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Key

  NCP     BJP  

Election		Member	Party
	2009	Gilbert Mendonca	Nationalist Congress Party
	2014	Narendra Mehta	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2009

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2009: Mira Bhayandar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Gilbert Mendonca	62,013	42.01
	BJP	Narendra Mehta	51,409	34.83
	MNS	Chandrakant Vaity	27,220	18.44
Majority			10,604	7.18
Turnout			1,47,586
	NCP win (new seat)

2014

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2014: Mira Bhayandar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Narendra Mehta	91,468	47.58	+12.75
	NCP	Gilbert Mendonca	59,176	30.78	-11.23
	INC	Yakub Qureshi	19,489	10.14	N/A
	Shiv Sena	Prabhakar Mhatre	18,171	9.45	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	2,378	1.24	N/A
Majority			32,292	16.79	+9.61
Turnout			1,92,249
	BJP gain from NCP		Swing	+7.14

See also

• Mira-Bhayandar
• 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.