Bhiwandi East Assembly constituency

Bhiwandi East
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
LS constituency	Bhiwandi
Established	2008
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Rais Shaikh
Party	Samajwadi Party

Last updated October 20, 2024

Bhiwandi East 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 in Bhiwandi revenue circle all a part of Bhiwandi taluka.^[1]

List of Members of Legislative Assembly

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

^by-election

Election results

2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Bhiwandi East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SP	Abu Asim Azmi	37,584	42.07
	SHS	Yogesh Ramesh Patil	24,599	27.54
	INC	Gurunath Janardhan Taware	12,881	14.42
	Independent	Sonya Kashinath Patil	4,707	5.27
Majority			12,985	14.53
Turnout			89,335	40.07
	SP win (new seat)

2010 by-election

By-election, 2010: Bhiwandi East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SHS	Rupesh Laxman Mhatre	35,376	37.20	+9.70
	SP	Farhan Abu Asim Azmi	33,700	35.44	−6.60
	INC	Saiyad Muzaffar Hussain N.H.	24,418	25.68	+11.20
Majority			1,676	1.76	−12.40
Turnout			95,087	42.61	+1.50
	SHS gain from SP		Swing	+6.40

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Bhiwandi East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SHS	Rupesh Laxman Mhatre	33,541	27.60	+0.04
	BJP	Santosh Shetty	30,148	24.80	+24.80
	SP	Farhan Azmi	17,541	14.00	−28.07
	AIMIM	Khan Md. Akram Abdul Hannam	14,577	12.00	+12.00
	INC	Ansari Mo. Fajil	11,257	9.30	−15.00
Majority			3,393	2.80	+1.20
Turnout			1,21,700	44.10	+1.8
	SHS gain from SP		Swing	-10.1

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References

1 2 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. p. 262. Retrieved 9 August 2015.

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[ECI-20081126-1] 1 2 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. p. 262. Retrieved 9 August 2015.

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