Matunga Assembly constituency

Matunga
Former constituency for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Established	1962
Abolished	2008

Matunga is a former constituency of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. It was abolished when the constituency boundaries were re-arranged through 2008 delimitation bill.

Members of Vidhan Sabha

Year	Member	Party
1962	Liladhar Shah		Indian National Congress
1967
1972	Kamla Raman
1978	Sohansingh Kohli		Janata Party
1980	V. Subramanyam		Indian National Congress (I)
1985			Indian National Congress
1990	Chandrakanta Goyal		Bharatiya Janata Party
1995
1999
2004	Jagannath Shetty		Indian National Congress
2008 onwards: Constituency does not exist

Election results

1962 election

• Liladhar Passu Shah (INC): 21,258 votes
• M. Madhavan (PSP): 18,707 votes

1972 election

• Kamla Raman (INC): 26,037 votes ^[1]
• Narayan Dandekar (Swatantra Party): 11,856 votes

1978 election

• Kohli Sohansingh Jodhsingh (Janata Party): 41, 568 votes
• Bhat Padma Subha (INC(I)): 9,956 votes

1990 election

• Chandrakanta Goyal (BJP): 32,355 votes ^[2]
• V. Subramnian (INC): 29,150 votes

1995 election

• Goyal, Chandrakanta Vedprakash (BJP): 46,443 votes ^[3]
• Upendra P. Doshi (INC): 37,613 votes

2004 election

• Jagannath Achanna Shetty (INC): 48,266 votes ^[4]
• Babubhai Bhawanji (BJP): 43,610 votes

References

1. "Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 1972". www.elections.in.
2. "Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 1990". www.elections.in.
3. "Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 1995". www.elections.in.
4. "Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 2004". www.elections.in.

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