Vasai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Vasai Vidhan Sabha Constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.
| Vasai | |
|---|---|
| Assembly Constituency | |
| District | Palghar |
| State | Maharashtra |
| Electorate | 3,04,697 |
| Lok Sabha Constituency | Palghar |
| Current Assembly Constituency | |
| Created | 2019 |
| Party | Bahujan Vikas Aghadi |
| MLA | Hitendra Thakur |
| Last election | 2014 |
| Ex MLA | Hitendra Thakur |
| Most Successful Party | Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (2 times) |
Overview
Vasai constituency is one of the six 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
| 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 | Independent | ||
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | |||
| Major boundary changes | |||
| 2009 | Vivek Pandit | Independent | |
| 2014 | Hitendra Thakur | Bahujan Vikas Aghadi | |
| 2019 | |||
Election results
2019 results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BVA | Hitendra Thakur | 1,02,950 | 54.19 |  3.15 | |
| SHS | Vijay Govind Patil | 76,955 | 40.5 |  | |
| MNS | Prafulla Narayan Thakur | 3,540 | 1.86 | 0.68 | |
| VBA | Shahid Kamal Shaikh | 1,570 | 0.83 | | |
| BSP | Anton Victor Dicuna | 1,288 | 0.68 | 0.19 | |
| Independent | Suneel Mani Singh | 666 | 0.35 | | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,036 | 1.6 | 0.05 | |
| Majority | 25,995 | 13.68 |  3.06 | ||
| Turnout | 1,90,005 | 62.36 | 3.82 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,04,697 | ||||
| BVA hold | Swing | ||||
2014 results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BVA | 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 | ||||
| BVA gain from Independent | Swing | +13.36 | |||
2009 results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Vivek Pandit | 81,358 | 48.35 | ||
| BVA | 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
- Vasai
- List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha
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