Bhiwandi Rural Assembly constituency

Bhiwandi Rural
Constituency No. 134 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Lok Sabha constituency	Bhiwandi
Established	2008
Total electors	337,778
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Shantaram Tukaram More
Party	Shiv Sena (2022–present)
Elected year	2024

Bhiwandi Rural is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of the Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency is located in Thane district and Palghar district, ^[1] and was created in 2008 delimitation exercise. Most of the area under it was earlier covered by the erstwhile Wada Assembly constituency. ^[2] It is a segment of Bhiwandi (Lok Sabha constituency) .

Geographical scope

The constituency comprises parts of Bhiwandi taluka viz. revenue circles Dighashi, Angaon, Padgha, Additional Bhiwandi, Kharbav, Padgha (CT), Kon (CT) parts of Wada taluka viz. revenue circles Wada. ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Until 2008: See Wada
2009	Vishnu Savara		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	Shantaram More		Shiv Sena
2019
2024			Shiv Sena

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Bhiwandi Rural ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Shantaram More	127,205	53.25%	3.94
	SS(UBT)	Ghatal Mahadev Ambo	69,243	28.99%	New
	Independent	Manisha Rohidas Thakare	24,304	10.17%	New
	MNS	Vanita Shashikant Kathore	13,816	5.78%	17.26
	VBA	Pradip Dayanand Harane	2,715	1.14%	1.48
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,571	1.08%	0.89
Margin of victory			57,962	24.26%	2.00
Turnout			2,41,460	71.48%	12.16
Total valid votes			2,38,889
Registered electors			3,37,778		16.73
	SS hold		Swing	3.94

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Bhiwandi Rural ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Shantaram More	83,567	49.31%	16.03
	MNS	Shubhangi Ramesh Govari	39,058	23.05%	8.13
	NCP	Madhuri Shashikant Mhatre	33,571	19.81%	6.16
	CPI	Mhase Nitesh Jagan	4,958	2.93%	New
	VBA	Swapnil Mahadeo Koli	4,426	2.61%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,340	1.97%	0.65
	RMPI	Co. Laxaman Sukary Wadu	2,509	1.48%	New
	Independent	Sitaram Arjun Dive	1,385	0.82%	New
Margin of victory			44,509	26.26%	20.92
Turnout			1,72,858	59.74%	6.79
Total valid votes			1,69,474
Registered electors			2,89,361		10.26
	SS hold		Swing	16.03

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Bhiwandi Rural ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Shantaram More	57,082	33.28%	New
	BJP	Patil Shantaram Dundaram	47,922	27.94%	6.74
	MNS	Dashrath Dundaram Patil	25,580	14.91%	12.15
	NCP	Ghatal Mahadev Ambo	23,413	13.65%	19.41
	INC	Sachin Damodar Shingda	10,923	6.37%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,267	1.32%	New
	BSP	More Tukaram Suresh	2,090	1.22%	0.57
	BVA	Dumada Rajesh Budhaji	1,318	0.77%	New
Margin of victory			9,160	5.34%	3.72
Turnout			1,73,814	66.23%	8.71
Total valid votes			1,71,531
Registered electors			2,62,433		9.70
	SS gain from BJP		Swing	1.40

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Bhiwandi Rural ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vishnu Savara	46,996	34.67%	New
	NCP	Patil Shantaram Dundaram	44,804	33.06%	New
	MNS	Dashrath Dundaram Patil	36,687	27.07%	New
	Independent	Govind Valkya Rawate	4,624	3.41%	New
	BSP	Prabhakar Shankar Waghe	2,427	1.79%	New
Margin of victory			2,192	1.62%
Turnout			1,35,549	56.66%
Total valid votes			1,35,538
Registered electors			2,39,237
	BJP win (new seat)

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. p. 262. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
2. "State Elections 2004 - Partywise Comparison for 59-Wada Constituency of Maharashtra". Eci.nic.in. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
3. "Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Bhiwandi Rural". Election Commission of India. 23 November 2024. Archived from the original on 24 December 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
4. "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.
5. "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2014" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 2 February 2022.
6. "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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