Vandre West Assembly constituency

Vandre West
Constituency No. 177 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Mumbai Suburban
LS constituency	Mumbai North Central
Established	2008
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ashish Shelar
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2019

Vandre West Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India, since 2008. ^[1] Vandre, also known as Bandra, is a suburb of Mumbai. Before the 2008 delimitation of assembly seats, this seat's area was covered under Vandre Assembly constituency, represented by Ramdas Nayak among others.

Overview

Vandre West (constituency number 177) is one of the 26 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Mumbai Suburban district. ^[1]

Vandre West is part of Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments in Mumbai Suburban district, namely Vile Parle, Chandivali, Kurla, Kalina and Vandre East. ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Until 2008: See Vandre
2009	Baba Siddique		Indian National Congress
2014	Ashish Shelar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019

Election results

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Vandre West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ashish Shelar	74,816	57.11
	INC	Asif Ahmed Zakaria	48,309	36.88
	NOTA	None of the above	3,531	2.70
	VBA	Istiyak Bashir Jagirdar	3,312	2.53
Majority			26,507	20.79
Turnout			1,31,014	44.01
	BJP hold		Swing

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Vandre West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ashish Shelar	74,779	50.93	+5.73
	INC	Baba Siddique	47,868	32.60	−13.91
	SHS	Vilas Chawri	14,156	9.64	N/A
	MNS	Tushar Aphale	3,116	2.12	N/A
	NCP	Asif Bhamla	2,387	1.63	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1,535	1.05	N/A
Majority			26,911	18.33	+17.02
Turnout			1,46,834	51.23	+8.18
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	+9.82

2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Vandre West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Baba Siddique	59,659	46.52
	BJP	Ashish Shelar	57,968	45.20
	Independent	Rahebar Siraj Khan	5,132	4.00
	SP	Rizwan Merchant	1,862	1.45
	BSP	Tejpal Singh Chadha	1,248	0.97
Majority			1,691	1.32
Turnout			1,28,246	43.05
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Bandra
• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha

References

1. "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2010.

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