Matunga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Matunga is a suburb of Mumbai, in India. Matunga vidhan sabha seat does not exist any more. It was abolished when the constituency boundaries were re-arranged through 2008 delimitation bill.

The area of Matunga is next to Dadar.

Members of Vidhan Sabha

• 1962 : Liladhar Shah (Congress)
• 1995 : Chandrakanta Goyal (BJP)
• 2004 : Jagannath Shetty (Congress)
• 2008 onwards : The constituency does not exist.

Election Results

1962 Vidhan Sabha Election

• Liladhar Passu Shah (INC) : 21,258
• M. Madhavan (PSP) : 18707

1972 Election

• Kamla Raman (INC) : 26,037 votes [1]
• Narayan Dandekar (Swatantra Party) : 11856

1978 Election

• Kohli Sohansingh Jodhsingh (Janata Party) : 41, 568 votes
• Bhat Padma Subha (INC(I)) : 9,956

1990 Election

• Chandrakanta Goyal (BJP) : 32,355 votes [2]
• V. Subramnian (INC) : 29,150

1995 Election

• Goyal, Chandrakanta Vedprakash (BJP) : 46,443 [3]
• Upendra P. Doshi (INC) : 37,613

2004 Election

• Jagannath Achanna Shetty (INC) : 48,266 [4]
• Babubhai Bhawanji (BJP) : 43,610

References

1. "Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 1972". www.elections.in.
2. "Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 1990". www.elections.in.
3. "Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 1995". www.elections.in.
4. "Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 2004". www.elections.in.