Ghatkopar Assembly constituency

Ghatkopar
Former constituency for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Established	1967
Abolished	2008 [1]
Total electors	219,325

Ghatkopar Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in the India state of Maharashtra.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1967	D. Samant		Republican Party of India
1972	R. Vishnunarayan Tripathi		Indian National Congress
1978	Parekh Jayantilal Ghambhirdas		Janata Party
1980	Liladhar Shamji Vyas		Indian National Congress
1985	Virendra Bakshi		Indian National Congress
1990	Prakash Mehta		Bharatiya Janata Party
1995
1999
2004

Election results

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Ghatkopar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Prakash Mehta	73,548	65.51%	3.70
	INC	Maheshbhai Bhanushali	33,859	30.16%	7.68
	BSP	Adagale Popat Pandurang	2,143	1.91%	1.28
	Independent	Sandeepbhai Krishna Pagare	1,119	1.00%	New
Margin of victory			39,689	35.35%	3.98
Turnout			112,268	51.19%	0.20
Registered electors			219,325		1.39
	BJP hold		Swing	3.70

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Ghatkopar ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Prakash Mehta	70,641	61.81%	4.38
	INC	Chandrika Premji Keniya	25,689	22.48%	13.41
	NCP	Jyantibhai Gambhirdas Parekh	15,995	13.99%	New
	BSP	Pratap Jitendra Makwana	724	0.63%	New
Margin of victory			44,952	39.33%	17.79
Turnout			114,292	51.38%	14.48
Registered electors			222,426		2.98
	BJP hold		Swing	4.38

Assembly Election 1995

1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Ghatkopar ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Prakash Mehta	81,700	57.43%	8.80
	INC	Bakshi Verandra	51,051	35.88%	1.20
	JD	Nautam Mehta	2,769	1.95%	9.89
	Independent	Ashok Nair	1,128	0.79%	New
	Independent	Sainath Maruti Dhasal	956	0.67%	New
Margin of victory			30,649	21.54%	10.01
Turnout			142,263	64.84%	8.45
Registered electors			215,993		12.22
	BJP hold		Swing	8.80

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Ghatkopar ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Prakash Mehta	53,733	48.62%	22.66
	INC	Bakshi Verandra	40,982	37.09%	6.95
	JD	Kishor R. Shah	13,076	11.83%	New
Margin of victory			12,751	11.54%	6.54
Turnout			110,505	56.90%	9.61
Registered electors			192,467		16.82
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	4.58

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Ghatkopar ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Virendra Bakshi	34,692	44.04%	New
	BJP	Prakash Mehta	20,454	25.97%	3.65
	Independent	Ahire Kashinath Shivram	11,582	14.70%	New
	Independent	Anant Ganpat Mane	7,852	9.97%	New
	Independent	Adhav Murlidhar Satwaji	2,239	2.84%	New
	Independent	Kantaram Sonawane	598	0.76%	New
Margin of victory			14,238	18.07%	14.77
Turnout			78,772	47.32%	3.93
Registered electors			164,762		17.06
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	11.12

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Ghatkopar ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Liladhar Shamji Vyas	20,331	32.92%	18.21
	BJP	Ashwin Somnath Vyas	18,292	29.62%	New
	JP	Parekh Jayantilal Ghambhirdas	16,789	27.18%	22.33
	RPI	Ahire Kashinath Shivram	2,398	3.88%	1.92
	INC(U)	Gunvanti Shah	2,210	3.58%	New
	Independent	Gopal Kushapara Dudhibal	394	0.64%	New
Margin of victory			2,039	3.30%	31.25
Turnout			61,760	43.42%	21.93
Registered electors			140,747		13.50
	INC(I) gain from JP		Swing	16.59

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Ghatkopar ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Parekh Jayantilal Ghambhirdas	40,408	49.51%	New
	Independent	Dadia Uttamchand Dosabhai	12,209	14.96%	New
	INC(I)	Vyas Lalidhar Shamji	12,003	14.71%	New
	SS	Bagwe Shashikant Sadashiv	10,759	13.18%	2.08
	RPI	Phale Rambhaji Bhivaji	4,737	5.80%	New
Margin of victory			28,199	34.55%	12.41
Turnout			81,610	64.75%	4.56
Registered electors			124,010		28.67
	JP gain from INC		Swing	10.56

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Ghatkopar ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Vishnunarayan Tripathi	63,959	60.07%	31.30
	ABJS	Rajanikant C. Thakar	13,953	13.10%	5.17
	SS	Mohan Murari Sawant	11,817	11.10%	New
	RPI(K)	Charandas Haridas Khare	5,691	5.35%	New
	SSP	Liyakat H. I. Husain	5,382	5.05%	New
	INC(O)	Laxman Dharkar Prabhakar	2,799	2.63%	New
Margin of victory			50,006	46.97%	34.85
Turnout			106,471	59.86%	7.71
Registered electors			173,846		41.54
	INC gain from RPI		Swing	19.18

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Ghatkopar ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RPI	D. Samant	34,631	40.89%	New
	INC	A. N. Magar	24,366	28.77%	New
	ABJS	N. P. Shah	15,477	18.27%	New
	Independent	C. C. John	3,917	4.62%	New
	Independent	S. Balakrishnan	839	0.99%	New
Margin of victory			10,265	12.12%
Turnout			84,694	64.93%
Registered electors			122,823
	RPI win (new seat)

References

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