Dharavi Assembly constituency

Dharavi
Constituency No. 178 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Mumbai City
Lok Sabha constituency	Mumbai South Central
Established	1978
Total electors	261,892
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Jyoti Gaikwad
Party	INC
Elected year	2024

Dharavi Assembly constituency is one of the 288 constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha located in the Mumbai City district. ^[1]

Overview

Dharavi (constituency number 178) is one of the 10 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Mumbai City district. ^[2] Number of electorates in 2009 was 268,779 (male 152,013, female 116,766) 113,732 are voters from minority community. ^[3]

It is a part of the Mumbai South Central (Lok Sabha constituency) along with five other assembly constituencies, viz Sion Koliwada, Wadala, Mahim, from Mumbai City district and Chembur and Anushakti Nagar from Mumbai Suburban district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1978	Satyendra More		Communist Party of India
1980	Premanand Awale		Indian National Congress
1985	Eknath Gaikwad		Indian National Congress
1990
1995	Baburao Mane		Shiv Sena
1999	Eknath Gaikwad		Indian National Congress
2004	Varsha Gaikwad
2009
2014
2019
2024	Jyoti Gaikwad

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Dharavi ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr. Jyoti Gaikwad	70,727	54.60%	8.56
	SS	Rajesh Shivdas Khandare	47,268	36.49%	0.54
	BSP	Manohar Kedari Raibage	6,196	4.78%	3.19
	Independent	Ghazi Saaduddin	3,331	2.57%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,756	1.36%	0.24
Margin of victory			23,459	18.11%	8.02
Turnout			131,304	50.14%	2.63
Total valid votes			129,548
Registered electors			261,892		4.65
	INC hold		Swing	8.56

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Dharavi ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Varsha Eknath Gaikwad	53,954	46.03%	5.15
	SS	Ashish Vasant More	42,130	35.94%	8.20
	AIMIM	Manoj Sansare	13,099	11.18%	New
	MNS	Kawade Sandeep Vinayak	4,062	3.47%	0.79
	BSP	Anita Deepak Gautam	1,870	1.60%	1.10
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,869	1.59%	0.36
Margin of victory			11,824	10.09%	3.04
Turnout			119,092	47.59%	1.99
Total valid votes			117,208
Registered electors			250,251		4.68
	INC hold		Swing	5.15

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Dharavi ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Varsha Eknath Gaikwad	47,718	40.88%	8.87
	SS	Baburao Mane	32,390	27.75%	12.80
	BJP	Divya Dholay	20,763	17.79%	New
	Independent	Hanumantha S Nandepalli	5,333	4.57%	New
	BSP	Adv. Sandeep Dattu Katke	3,143	2.69%	4.20
	MNS	Ganesh Chandrakant Khade	3,120	2.67%	New
	Independent	Dilip Nagesh Katke	2,199	1.88%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,436	1.23%	New
Margin of victory			15,328	13.13%	3.93
Turnout			118,160	49.42%	9.56
Total valid votes			116,724
Registered electors			239,073		11.05
	INC hold		Swing	8.87

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Dharavi ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Varsha Eknath Gaikwad	52,492	49.75%	3.03
	SS	Raibage Manohar Kedari	42,783	40.55%	0.63
	BSP	Vishnu Ramchandra Gaikwad	7,269	6.89%	2.52
	Independent	Daulatram Bhujingrao Kawle	1,720	1.63%	New
	Independent	Lokhande Shanu Janardan	645	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			9,709	9.20%	3.66
Turnout			105,523	39.26%	0.82
Total valid votes			105,516
Registered electors			268,770		12.50
	INC hold		Swing	3.03

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Dharavi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Varsha Eknath Gaikwad	64,981	52.78%	5.85
	SS	Jadhav Snehal Sudhir	49,151	39.92%	1.47
	INC	Baba Jiyauddin Siddiki	44,517	36.16%	10.77
	BJP	Shaina Nana Chudasama Alias Shaina N.C	25,877	21.02%	New
	Independent	Edwin Brito	5,482	4.45%	New
	BSP	Doulatram Bhujingrao Kawle	5,378	4.37%	1.85
	BSP	Singh Chandrashekhar ( Mannubhai)	1,945	1.58%	0.94
Margin of victory			15,830	12.86%	4.38
Turnout			123,124	40.08%	1.02
Total valid votes			123,122
Registered electors			307,177		13.76
	INC hold		Swing	5.85

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Dharavi ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr. Jyoti Gaikwad	52,087	46.93%	16.41
	SS	Baburao Mane	42,673	38.45%	11.11
	Independent	M. Y. Shinde	10,372	9.35%	New
	BSP	Chandrakant Atamaram Yadav	2,800	2.52%	6.27
	Independent	Shashikant Lumaji Bhalerao	2,034	1.83%	New
	National Minorities Party	Jagannath Bhimrao Vhatkar	1,022	0.92%	New
Margin of victory			9,414	8.48%	10.56
Turnout			110,990	41.10%	11.38
Total valid votes			110,988
Registered electors			270,033		8.71
	INC gain from SS		Swing	2.63

Assembly Election 1995

1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Dharavi ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Mane Baburao Jotiram	64,607	49.56%	New
	INC	Dr. Boudhankar Rajeev Narendra	39,787	30.52%	10.81
	BSP	Dhakoliya Vijender Surtaram	11,460	8.79%	7.80
	JD	Kawle Doulatram Bhujangrao	7,100	5.45%	New
	Independent	Vhatkar Jagannath Bhimrao	3,868	2.97%	New
	JP	Trimbake Machindranath Mahadeo	1,531	1.17%	New
Margin of victory			24,820	19.04%	12.65
Turnout			133,009	53.55%	4.52
Total valid votes			130,358
Registered electors			248,403		5.56
	SS gain from INC		Swing	8.23

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Dharavi ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr. Jyoti Gaikwad	46,643	41.33%	7.99
	BJP	Ramesh Medhekar	39,430	34.94%	New
	CPI(M)	Satyendra More	13,614	12.06%	5.81
	Independent	Vasant More	10,597	9.39%	New
	BSP	Balvant Kakade	1,115	0.99%	New
Margin of victory			7,213	6.39%	10.10
Turnout			114,411	48.62%	5.85
Total valid votes			112,859
Registered electors			235,310		34.27
	INC hold		Swing	7.99

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Dharavi ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr. Jyoti Gaikwad	36,396	49.32%	New
	IC(S)	Vasant More	24,223	32.82%	New
	CPI(M)	Satyendra More	4,612	6.25%	15.55
	Independent	Narayan Genu Kadam	4,541	6.15%	New
	Independent	Nanasaheb Waghmare	3,828	5.19%	New
Margin of victory			12,173	16.49%	14.72
Turnout			75,056	42.83%	9.24
Total valid votes			73,802
Registered electors			175,252		9.17
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	3.69

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Dharavi ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Premanand Awale	27,971	53.01%	New
	CPI(M)	Satyendra More	11,501	21.80%	27.70
	BJP	Dattaji Shinde	11,194	21.21%	New
	Independent	Yeshwant Gopal Thorat	532	1.01%	New
	Independent	Shakuntala Chintaman Salve	460	0.87%	New
	Independent	Prakash Ambaji Kamble	330	0.63%	New
Margin of victory			16,470	31.21%	3.28
Turnout			53,535	33.35%	20.28
Total valid votes			52,767
Registered electors			160,532		16.81
	INC(I) gain from CPI(M)		Swing	3.51

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Dharavi ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Satyendra More	36,156	49.50%	New
	INC	Gaikwad Vishnu Babaji	15,754	21.57%	New
	Independent	Bharat Namdeo More	11,093	15.19%	New
	SS	Sadaphule Sudam Krishna	5,543	7.59%	New
	Independent	Ashayya Buchayya Badhya	4,499	6.16%	New
Margin of victory			20,402	27.93%
Turnout			74,769	54.40%
Total valid votes			73,045
Registered electors			137,434
	CPI(M) win (new seat)

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