Wada Assembly constituency

Wada
Former constituency for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Established	1951
Abolished	2008

Wada Vidhan Sabha constituency was one of the seats in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in India. ^[1] Wada is near Mumbai, Thane, and Palghar. The area under this seat is now mostly divided as a part of Bhiwandi Rural and Vikramgad Vidhan Sabha seats since 2008.

Vishnu Savara, who represented this Wada seat (विष्णु सावरा, वाडा मतदारसंघ) for close to 20 years, was later elected to Vidhan Sabha from Bhiwandi Rural Assembly constituency in 2009 and from Vikramgad seat in 2014. ^[2]

Members of Vidhan Sabha

Year	Member	Party
1978	Somnath Wani		Janata Party
1980	Gowari Shankar Aba		Indian National Congress (I)
1985			Indian National Congress
1990	Vishnu Savara		Bharatiya Janata Party
1995
1999
2004
2008 onwards : Constituency defunct

Election results

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Wada

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vishnu Rama Savar	77,351	47.15%	0.04
	NCP	Suresh Haribhau Pawar	43,261	26.37%	7.55
	Independent	Mohan Baban Pawar	31,356	19.11%	New
	BSP	Shyam Dattu Mahakal	7,739	4.72%	New
	PWPI	Jadhav Pandharinath Tukaram	4,357	2.66%	New
Margin of victory			34,090	20.78%	7.51
Turnout			164,072	51.41%	1.48
Total valid votes			164,064
Registered electors			319,162		28.63
	BJP hold		Swing	0.04

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Wada ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vishnu Rama Savar	54,696	47.11%	0.69
	NCP	Patil Shantaram Dundaram	21,848	18.82%	New
	INC	Jadhav Baliram Sukar	18,163	15.64%	8.78
	Independent	Varana Ramchandra Dharu	11,156	9.61%	New
	CPI(M)	Varatha Haribhau Soma	10,242	8.82%	2.05
Margin of victory			32,848	28.29%	4.92
Turnout			123,885	49.93%	15.19
Total valid votes			116,105
Registered electors			248,123		5.92
	BJP hold		Swing	0.69

Assembly Election 1995

1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Wada ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vishnu Rama Savar	72,919	47.80%	2.18
	INC	Lahange Babu Kashinath	37,260	24.43%	12.56
	CPI(M)	Gahala Raja Rama	16,581	10.87%	New
	Independent	Nankar Keshav Valya	10,755	7.05%	New
	JD	Kale Shankar Ladku	6,352	4.16%	8.13
	Independent	Vanage Raghunath Zipar	3,350	2.20%	New
	BSP	Desale Kashinath Ramchandra	3,004	1.97%	New
Margin of victory			35,659	23.38%	10.38
Turnout			159,037	67.89%	13.23
Total valid votes			152,543
Registered electors			234,266		26.10
	BJP hold		Swing	2.18

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Wada ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vishnu Rama Savar	48,184	49.99%	12.40
	INC	Duinada Laxman Kadya	35,656	36.99%	6.59
	JD	Gaikar Ambo Narayan	11,849	12.29%	New
	Independent	Jadhav Jeevan Bhagwan	706	0.73%	New
Margin of victory			12,528	13.00%	7.01
Turnout			98,689	53.12%	11.43
Total valid votes			96,395
Registered electors			185,777		33.62
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	6.41

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Wada ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gowari Shankar Aba	24,513	43.58%	New
	BJP	Vishnu Rama Savar	21,145	37.59%	1.47
	Independent	Gajanan Dagale	5,804	10.32%	New
	Independent	Kamadi Raghunath Mau	4,791	8.52%	New
Margin of victory			3,368	5.99%	1.40
Turnout			57,895	41.64%	7.84
Total valid votes			56,253
Registered electors			139,033		9.40
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	2.87

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Wada ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Gowari Shankar Aba	16,874	40.71%	32.06
	BJP	Vishnu Rama Savar	14,974	36.12%	New
	PWPI	Telam Krishnakant Ramchandra	9,606	23.17%	5.68
Margin of victory			1,900	4.58%	14.58
Turnout			42,652	33.56%	21.36
Total valid votes			41,454
Registered electors			127,091		10.08
	INC(I) gain from JP		Swing	5.81

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election  : Wada ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Wani Somnath Rama	28,989	46.51%	New
	INC	Kale Shankar Ladku	17,047	27.35%	New
	PWPI	Deu Kali Hamre	10,899	17.49%	New
	INC(I)	Gowari Shankar Aba	5,388	8.65%	New
Margin of victory			11,942	19.16%
Turnout			64,833	56.15%
Total valid votes			62,323
Registered electors			115,455
	JP win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

References

1. "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976". Election Commission of India. 1 December 1976. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
2. "Vishnu Savara Death: BJP leader, former Maharashtra minister Vishnu Savara dies | Mumbai News - Times of India". The Times of India.
3. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1999 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, 1995 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
6. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
7. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
8. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 29 June 2017.

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