Girgaon Assembly constituency

Girgaon
Former constituency for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Established	1962
Abolished	1978

Girgaon Vidhan Sabha seat was one of the seats in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in India from 1962 to 1978. It was made defunct after the constituency map of India was redrawn around 1975.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Girgaum Khetwadi
1952	Banker Lilavati Dhirajlal		Indian National Congress
Girgaum
1957	Atre Prahlad Keshav		Independent politician
Girgaon
1962	Anant Namjoshi		Indian National Congress
1967
1972	Pramod Navalkar		Shiv Sena
1978 onwards: Constituency defunct

Election results

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Girgaon ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Pramod Navalkar	25,636	50.76%	New
	INC	Khadikar Y. Vinayak	24,867	49.24%	6.11
Margin of victory			769	1.52%	4.65
Turnout			51,390	67.22%	6.07
Total valid votes			50,503
Registered electors			76,447		0.99
	SS gain from INC		Swing	7.63

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Girgaon ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Anant Namjoshi	23,572	43.13%	5.42
	PWPI	A. Pendse	20,198	36.95%	New
	ABJS	G. Khare	5,972	10.93%	0.71
	SWA	J. C. Gandhi	3,679	6.73%	4.60
	Independent	B. R. Shankarsheth	841	1.54%	New
	Independent	P. Bakhale	394	0.72%	New
Margin of victory			3,374	6.17%	15.84
Turnout			56,588	73.29%	9.42
Total valid votes			54,656
Registered electors			77,209		0.70
	INC hold		Swing	5.42

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Girgaon ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Anant Namjoshi	24,107	48.55%	9.55
	Independent	Govind Moreshwar Pendse	13,178	26.54%	New
	ABJS	Dattaprasannasadashiv Katdare	5,777	11.63%	New
	PSP	Damodar Motiram Vagal	3,504	7.06%	New
	Independent	Chandravati Krishnarao Bengeri	1,882	3.79%	New
	SWA	Yoganand	1,059	2.13%	New
Margin of victory			10,929	22.01%	1.23
Turnout			51,917	66.77%	11.60
Total valid votes			49,657
Registered electors			77,750		12.87
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	11.23

Assembly Election 1957

1957 Bombay State Legislative Assembly election  : Girgaum ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Atre Prahlad Keshav	31,077	59.78%	New
	INC	Modi Sulochana Mohanlal	20,273	38.99%	9.40
	Independent	Bengeri Chandrawati Krishnarao	639	1.23%	New
Margin of victory			10,804	20.78%	0.10
Turnout			51,989	75.47%	17.90
Total valid votes			51,989
Registered electors			68,886		33.18
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	11.39

Assembly Election 1952

1952 Bombay State Legislative Assembly election  : Girgaum Khetwadi ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Banker Lilavati Dhirajlal	14,410	48.39%	New
	SP	Kavlekar Sushil Shreeniwas	8,191	27.51%	New
	Independent	Bakhale Raghunath Ramchandra	4,852	16.29%	New
	ABHM	Wagh Bhaskar Dattarav	1,517	5.09%	New
	KMPP	Varad Chhanappa Veersangappa	809	2.72%	New
Margin of victory			6,219	20.88%
Turnout			29,779	57.57%
Total valid votes			29,779
Registered electors			51,725
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 19 May 2017.
2. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 26 September 2018.
3. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
4. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of Bombay" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.
5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Bombay" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.

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