Goregaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Goregaon Vidhan Sabha constituency (Marathi: गोरेगाव विधानसभा मतदारसंघ) is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies in Maharashtra state in western India.

Overview

Goregaon constituency is one of the 26 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Mumbai Suburban district.[1]

Goregaon is part of the Mumbai North West Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Dindoshi, Versova, Jogeshwari East, Andheri West and Andheri West in the Mumbai Suburban district.[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Key

  Praja Socialist Party     INC     Janata Party     INC(I)     Shiv Sena     BJP  

ElectionMemberParty
1962 Puranlal D. Rahangdale Praja Socialist Party
1967 Puranlal D. Rahangdale Indian National Congress
1972 Tulsiram Harinkhede Indian National Congress
1978 Padmakumar Samant Janata Party
1980 C. M. Sharma Indian National Congress (Indira)
1985 Mrinal Gore Janata Party
1990 Subhash Desai Shiv Sena
1995 Nandkumar Kale Shiv Sena
1999 Nandkumar Kale Shiv Sena
2004 Subhash Desai Shiv Sena
Major boundary changes
2009 Subhash Desai Shiv Sena
2014 Vidya Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

Assembly Elections 2009

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2009: Goregaon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Shiv Sena Subhash Desai 69,117 47.43
NCP Sharad Rao 44,302 30.40
MNS Dr. Uday C. Mashelkar 25,982 17.83
Majority 24,815 17.03
Turnout 1,45,685
Shiv Sena hold Swing

Assembly elections 2014

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2014: Goregaon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Vidya Thakur 63,629 38.85 N/A
Shiv Sena Subhash Desai 58,873 35.95 -11.48
INC Ganesh Kamble 18,414 11.24 N/A
NCP Shashank Rao 9,287 5.67 -24.73
MNS Sharad Sawant 6,420 3.92 -13.91
Majority 4,756 2.90 -14.13
Turnout 1,63,779
BJP gain from Shiv Sena Swing +38.85

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Retrieved 5 September 2010.