Mahalaxmi Assembly constituency

Mahalaxmi
Former constituency for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Established	1957
Abolished	1972
Total electors	74,080

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1957	Taleyarkhan Homi Jrhangir		Indian National Congress
1962	Jehangir Taleyarkhan Homi

Election results

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Mahalaxmi ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jehangir Taleyarkhan Homi	26,768	58.49%	5.30
	CPI	Shantaram Sawalram Mirajkar	8,009	17.50%	New
	Independent	Dara Dinshah Vania	7,577	16.56%	New
	ABJS	Ramakant Anant Paradkar	1,455	3.18%	New
	Independent	Kalkaprasad Maikoo Dhobi	601	1.31%	New
	Independent	Dattatraya Mukund Nagarkatty	280	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			18,759	40.99%	34.61
Turnout			45,762	60.33%	2.15
Registered electors			74,080		25.09
	INC hold		Swing	5.30

Assembly Election 1957

1957 Bombay State Legislative Assembly election  : Mahalaxmi ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Taleyarkhan Homi Jrhangir	20,136	53.19%	New
	PSP	Tembe Vishwanath Krishna	17,720	46.81%	New
Margin of victory			2,416	6.38%
Turnout			37,856	63.92%
Registered electors			59,223
	INC win (new seat)

References

1. "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.
2. "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.