Bhiwandi East Assembly constituency

Bhiwandi East
Constituency No. 137 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Rais Shaikh, present MLA of Bhiwandi east
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Lok Sabha constituency	Bhiwandi
Established	2008
Total electors	373,659
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rais Shaikh
Party	Samajwadi Party

Bhiwandi East Assembly constituency 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 ward nos. 6 to 17, 36 to 50 and 62 to 65, of Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation and Bhinar saja (villages of yewai,bhinar,savande,gorsai,walshind, nimbavali) Bhiwandi revenue circle all a part of Bhiwandi taluka. ^[1]

List of Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist
2009	Abu Azmi		Samajwadi Party
2010^	Rupesh Mhatre		Shiv Sena
2014
2019	Rais Shaikh		Samajwadi Party
2024

^by-election

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Bhiwandi East ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SP	Rais Shaikh	119,687	62.68%	27.08
	SS	Santosh Manjayya Shetty	67,672	35.44%	0.87
	NOTA	None of the Above	738	0.39%	0.68
Margin of victory			52,015	27.24%	26.21
Turnout			1,91,691	51.30%	3.72
Total valid votes			1,90,953
Registered electors			3,73,659		38.43
	SP hold		Swing	27.08

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Bhiwandi East ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SP	Rais Shaikh	45,537	35.60%	21.11
	SS	Rupesh Laxman Mhatre	44,223	34.57%	6.87
	INC	Santosh Manjayya Shetty	32,198	25.17%	15.88
	VBA	Budhesh Laxman Jadhav	2,065	1.61%	New
	MNS	Manoj Waman Gulvi	1,492	1.17%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,358	1.06%	0.56
Margin of victory			1,314	1.03%	1.77
Turnout			1,29,289	47.90%	3.25
Total valid votes			1,27,913
Registered electors			2,69,935		1.62
	SP gain from SS		Swing	7.90

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Bhiwandi East ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Rupesh Laxman Mhatre	33,541	27.70%	9.50
	BJP	Santosh Manjayya Shetty	30,148	24.90%	New
	SP	Abu Azmi	17,541	14.49%	20.96
	AIMIM	Khan Md. Akram Abdul Hannam	14,577	12.04%	New
	INC	Ansari Mo. Fajil	11,257	9.30%	16.38
	NCP	Mohammad Khalid Guddu	9,057	7.48%	New
	CPI	Vijay Kamble	1,563	1.29%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	612	0.51%	New
Margin of victory			3,393	2.80%	1.04
Turnout			1,21,712	44.36%	1.52
Total valid votes			1,21,088
Registered electors			2,74,371		22.95
	SS hold		Swing	9.50

Assembly By-election 2010

2010 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly by-election  : Bhiwandi East ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Rupesh Laxman Mhatre	35,376	37.20%	9.67
	SP	Farhan Abu Asim Azmi	33,700	35.44%	6.63
	INC	Saiyad Muzaffar Hussain N.H.	24,418	25.68%	11.26
Margin of victory			1,676	1.76%	12.77
Turnout			95,087	42.61%	2.54
Total valid votes			95,087
Registered electors			2,23,153		0.09
	SS gain from SP		Swing	4.87

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Bhiwandi East ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SP	Abu Azmi	37,584	42.07%	New
	SS	Patil Yogesh Ramesh	24,599	27.54%	New
	INC	Gurunath Janardan Tawre	12,881	14.42%	New
	Independent	Sonya Kashinath Patil	4,707	5.27%	New
	Independent	D.Raaja	2,039	2.28%	New
	Independent	Ansari Abbas Ali Jalil Ahmed	1,940	2.17%	New
	BSP	Giri Satish Babu	1,284	1.44%	New
Margin of victory			12,985	14.54%
Turnout			89,340	40.07%
Total valid votes			89,335
Registered electors			2,22,958
	SP win (new seat)

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. p. 262. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
2. "Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Bhiwandi East". Election Commission of India. 23 November 2024. Archived from the original on 25 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
3. "Sena Defeats Abu Azmi's Son In Bhiwandi East Assembly Bypoll". India TV. 23 January 2010. Archived from the original on 25 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
4. "Sena wins Bhiwandi,closes in on BJP". The Indian Express. 24 January 2010. Archived from the original on 25 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
5. "General Election to Vidhan Sabha Trends & Results Oct-2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 21 November 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
6. "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2014" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 2 February 2022.
7. "Bye-Election Results - Election Commission of India". old.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 21 December 2025.
8. "General Elections to State Legislative Assembly 2009" (PDF). Chief Eletoral Officer, Maharashtra. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 July 2024.

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