Malabar Hill Assembly constituency

Malabar Hill
Constituency No. 185 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Mumbai City
Lok Sabha constituency	Mumbai South
Established	1978
Total electors	261,172
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Mangal Prabhat Lodha
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Malabar Hill Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (Assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in Western India. ^[1]

Demographics

Malabar Hill (constituency number 185) is one of the 10 constituencies of Vidhan Sabha located in the Mumbai City district. The number of electors in 2009 was 270,977 (male 153,952, female 117,025) there are 39,137 voters from minority community. ^[2]

It is a part of the Mumbai City South (Lok Sabha constituency) along with five other assembly constituencies, viz Worli, Byculla, Shivadi, Mumbadevi and Colaba.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1951-78: Constituency did not exist
1978	Balwant Desai		Janata Party
1980			Indian National Congress (I)
1985			Indian National Congress
1990
1995	Mangal Prabhat Lodha		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004
2009
2014
2019
2024

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Malabar Hill ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mangal Prabhat Lodha	101,197	74.47%	4.87
	SS(UBT)	Bherulal Dayalal Choudhary	33,178	24.41%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,015	1.48%	3.09
Margin of victory			68,019	50.05%	10.91
Turnout			137,911	52.80%	7.10
Total valid votes			135,896
Registered electors			261,172		0.47
	BJP hold		Swing	4.87

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Malabar Hill ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mangal Prabhat Lodha	93,538	79.34%	11.69
	INC	Heera Navaji Devasi	21,666	18.38%	10.82
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,392	4.57%	3.69
Margin of victory			71,872	60.96%	13.46
Turnout			123,289	46.99%	7.16
Total valid votes			117,897
Registered electors			262,400		5.47
	BJP hold		Swing	11.69

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Malabar Hill ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mangal Prabhat Lodha	97,818	67.64%	19.92
	SS	Arvind (Arun) Devji Dudhwadkar	29,132	20.15%	New
	INC	Susieben Shah	10,928	7.56%	20.14
	MNS	Adv.Rajendra Adhik Shirodkar	3,925	2.71%	18.45
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,279	0.88%	New
	NCP	Narendra Rane	1,111	0.77%	New
Margin of victory			68,686	47.50%	27.47
Turnout			145,912	52.56%	6.84
Total valid votes			144,607
Registered electors			277,586		2.43
	BJP hold		Swing	19.92

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Malabar Hill ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mangal Prabhat Lodha	58,530	47.73%	2.54
	INC	Bafna Rajkumar Sumermal	33,971	27.70%	18.54
	MNS	Adv. Archit Mohan Jaykar	25,949	21.16%	New
Margin of victory			24,559	20.03%	16.00
Turnout			122,642	45.26%	5.30
Total valid votes			122,636
Registered electors			270,998		66.48
	BJP hold		Swing	2.54

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Malabar Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mangal Prabhat Lodha	41,365	50.27%	2.37
	INC	Raj Shroff	38,052	46.24%	9.27
	BSP	Pralhad Ramchandra Jadhav	1,379	1.68%	New
Margin of victory			3,313	4.03%	11.64
Turnout			82,293	50.56%	2.30
Total valid votes			82,293
Registered electors			162,778		0.61
	BJP hold		Swing	2.37

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Malabar Hill ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mangal Prabhat Lodha	41,596	52.63%	4.35
	INC	Balvantray Ambelal Desai	29,214	36.96%	9.20
	NCP	Mayekar Subhash Vithal	6,502	8.23%	New
	Independent	Sanjay Ramchandra Shirke	642	0.81%	New
Margin of victory			12,382	15.67%	13.55
Turnout			79,055	48.27%	8.46
Total valid votes			79,032
Registered electors			163,779		2.54
	BJP hold		Swing	4.35

Assembly Election 1995

1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Malabar Hill ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mangal Prabhat Lodha	43,735	48.28%	22.71
	INC	Balvantray Ambelal Desai	41,817	46.16%	8.06
	JD	Daftary J. G.	1,860	2.05%	21.35
	Independent	Mane V. S.	774	0.85%	New
	Independent	Khan Mohammed Yakub	577	0.64%	New
Margin of victory			1,918	2.12%	10.42
Turnout			91,979	57.59%	8.57
Total valid votes			90,590
Registered electors			159,727		0.59
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	10.17

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Malabar Hill ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Balvantray Ambelal Desai	29,474	38.10%	28.06
	BJP	Amar Jariwala	19,778	25.57%	New
	JD	Khan Faruk Ardeshar	18,106	23.41%	New
	Independent	Gunvant Sheth	8,914	11.52%	New
	INS(SCS)	Parinar Vinod	588	0.76%	New
Margin of victory			9,696	12.53%	22.35
Turnout			78,094	48.61%	12.73
Total valid votes			77,353
Registered electors			160,667		12.12
	INC hold		Swing	28.06

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Malabar Hill ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Balvantray Ambelal Desai	33,574	66.16%	New
	IC(S)	Bane Manohar V.	15,872	31.28%	New
	LKD	Radheyshyam Hublal Yadav	482	0.95%	New
	Independent	Dawale Motiram Guruji	377	0.74%	New
Margin of victory			17,702	34.88%	32.90
Turnout			51,300	35.80%	3.29
Total valid votes			50,748
Registered electors			143,299		2.33
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	22.89

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Malabar Hill ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Balvantray Ambelal Desai	19,464	43.27%	31.94
	BJP	Parikha Narendra Natwarlal	18,574	41.29%	New
	JP	Rajda Hansaben Ratansinh	5,847	13.00%	35.86
	Independent	Vishwanath (Babi) Mahadeo Sawant	851	1.89%	New
Margin of victory			890	1.98%	22.41
Turnout			45,400	32.42%	22.46
Total valid votes			44,985
Registered electors			140,035		0.89
	INC(I) gain from JP		Swing	5.59

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Malabar Hill ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Balvantray Ambelal Desai	37,016	48.85%	New
	INC	Murli Deora	18,540	24.47%	New
	INC(I)	R. D. Sawant	8,580	11.32%	New
	Independent	Tawde Narayan Sakharam	4,723	6.23%	New
	CPI	Madhu Shetye	3,556	4.69%	New
	Independent	Nana Chudasama	3,353	4.43%	New
Margin of victory			18,476	24.38%
Turnout			76,906	55.41%
Total valid votes			75,768
Registered electors			138,797
	JP win (new seat)

References

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