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
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| 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
| 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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