Worli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Worli Vidhan Sabha constituency (Marathi: वरळी विधानसभा मतदारसंघ) is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (Assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in Western India.
It is one of the five constituencies of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha located in the Mumbai City district.
It is a part of the Mumbai South (Lok Sabha constituency) along with five other assembly constituencies, viz Shivadi, Byculla, Malabar Hill, Mumbadevi and Colaba.
History
Worli started off as a small fishing village, originally called Kamathpura, back in the late 1700's. It was converted into a more bustling town by the famous artiste Dishankeshwar "Warli" Kalsi from whom Worli also got its name. Dishankeshwar Kalsi has also been recognized in several periodicals of the time as India's first homosexual stage performer. Kalsi's lavanis were popular across the western coast of India and he was known to perform questionable acts on stage with his pet goat. He was eventually shot dead by a British soldier, allegedly his lover, when he caught Dishankeshwar in a compromising position with a rooster. Towards the mid-1800's, Worli started being called Warlipur given Dishankeshwar Warli Kalsi's strong association with the village. It eventually was renamed Worli in the 1930 census conducted by the mayoral municipality of greater Bombay.
Members of Legislative Assembly
Key
INC CPI(M) INC(I) Independent Shiv Sena NCP
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Madhav Narayan Birje | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Madhav Narayan Birje | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | Sharad Shankar Dighe | Indian National Congress | |
| 1978 | Pralhad Krushna Kurne | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1980 | Sharad Shankar Dighe | Indian National Congress (Indira) | |
| 1985 | Vinita Datta Samant | Independent | |
| 1990 | Dattaji Nalawade | Shiv Sena | |
| 1995 | Dattaji Nalawade | Shiv Sena | |
| 1999 | Dattaji Nalawade | Shiv Sena | |
| 2004 | Dattaji Nalawade | Shiv Sena | |
| 2009 | Sachin Ahir | Nationalist Congress Party | |
| 2014 | Sunil Shinde | Shiv Sena | |
Election results
Assembly Elections 2009
| Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2009: Worli | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| NCP | Sachin Ahir | 52,398 | 37.83 | ||
| Shiv Sena | Ashish Chemburkar | 47,104 | 34.00 | ||
| MNS | Sanjay Jamdar | 32,542 | 23.49 | ||
| Majority | 5,294 | 3.83 | |||
| Turnout | 1,38,507 | ||||
| NCP gain from Shiv Sena | Swing | ||||
Assembly Elections 2014
| Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2014: Worli | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Shiv Sena | Sunil Shinde | 60,625 | 40.90 | +6.90 | |
| NCP | Sachin Ahir | 37,613 | 25.38 | -12.45 | |
| BJP | Sunil Rane | 30,849 | 20.81 | N/A | |
| MNS | Vijay Kudtarkar | 8,423 | 5.68 | -17.81 | |
| INC | Dattatray Naughane | 5,941 | 4.01 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,559 | 1.05 | N/A | |
| Majority | 23,012 | 15.52 | +11.69 | ||
| Turnout | 1,48,212 | ||||
| Shiv Sena gain from NCP | Swing | +0.68 | |||