Vasai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Vasai Vidhan Sabha Constituency (Marathi: वसई विधानसभा मतदारसंघ) is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.

Overview

Vasai constituency is one of the 6 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Palghar district. It is a non-reserved assembly constituency and part of Vasai taluka of the district.

Vasai is part of the Palghar Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Dahanu, Vikramgad, Palghar, Boisar and Nalasopara in the Palghar district.

Before delimitation,Vasai Vidhan Sabha constituency was part of the Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Key

 Janata Party    INC(I)    INC    Independent    Bahujan Vikas Aghadi  

ElectionMemberParty
1978 Pandharinath Choudhari Janata Party
1980 Tarabai Vartak Indian National Congress (Indira)
1985 Dominic Gonsalves Janata Party
1990 Hitendra Thakur Indian National Congress
1995 Hitendra Thakur Independent
1999 Hitendra Thakur Independent
2004 Hitendra Thakur Independent
Major boundary changes
2009 Vivek Pandit Independent
2014 Hitendra Thakur Bahujan Vikas Aghadi

Election results

2014 results

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2014: Vasai
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Bahujan Vikas Aghadi Hitendra Thakur 97,291 51.04 +12.67
Independent Vivek Pandit 65,395 34.30 -14.05
INC Michael Furtado 16,467 8.64 +3.47
Independent Manuel Tuscano 3,981 2.09 N/A
MNS Swapnil Nar 2,329 1.22 N/A
BSP Vinod Tambe 930 0.49 +0.08
Independent Arvind Upadhyay 677 0.36 N/A
BMP Sadashiv Hatkar 595 0.31 N/A
NOTA None of the above 2,964 1.55 N/A
Majority 31,896 16.74 +6.76
Turnout 1,90,629 66.18 +3.52
Registered electors 2,88,041
Bahujan Vikas Aghadi gain from Independent Swing

2009 results

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2009: Vasai
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Vivek Pandit 81,358 48.35
Bahujan Vikas Aghadi Narayan Mankar 64,560 38.37
INC Jimi Gonsalves 8,695 5.17
Lok Bharati Datta Nar 3,883 2.31
Independent Dominic D'Mello 3,460 2.06
Independent Denis Lopes 2,229 1.32
Independent Claid Martin 1,294 0.77
Independent Salman Mishal 1,184 0.70
Independent Thomas Almeda 900 0.53
BSP Vinod Tambe 691 0.41
Majority 16,798 9.98
Turnout 1,68,254 62.66
Independent gain from Independent Swing

See also

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