Anushakti Nagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Anushakti Nagar Vidhan Sabha constituency (Marathi: अणुशक्ती नगर विधानसभा मतदारसंघ) is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.^[1]

Overview

Anushakti Nagar (constituency number 172) is one of the 26 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Mumbai Suburban district.^[1] Number of electorates in 2009 was 238,902 (male 132,549, female 106,353).^[2]

Anushakti Nagar is part of the Mumbai South Central constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Chembur in Mumbai Suburban district and Dharavi, Sion Koliwada, Wadala and Mahim in the Mumbai City district.^[1]

Member of Legislative Assembly

Key

  NCP     Shiv Sena  

Election		Member	Party
	2009	Nawab Malik	Nationalist Congress Party
	2014	Tukaram Kate	Shiv Sena

Election results

2014 result

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2014: Anushakti Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Shiv Sena	Tukaram Kate	39,966	29.54	+0.41
	NCP	Nawab Malik	38,959	28.79	-6.53
	BJP	Vitthal Kharatmol	23,767	17.57	N/A
	INC	Rajendra Mahulkar	17,615	13.02	N/A
	PWP	Akbar Hussain	4,910	3.63	N/A
	MNS	Veena Ukrande	3,285	2.43	-12.75
	NOTA	None of the above	1,577	1.17	N/A
Majority			1,007	0.74	-5.45
Turnout			1,35,289
	Shiv Sena gain from NCP		Swing	+0.41

2009 result

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2009: Anushakti Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	NCP	Nawab Malik	38,928	35.32
	Shiv Sena	Tukaram Kate	32,103	29.13
	MNS	Navin Acharya	16,737	15.18
Majority			6,825	6.19
Turnout			1,10,208
	NCP win (new seat)

See also

• Anushakti Nagar
• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha

References

1. "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
2. "General Elections to State Legislative Assembly 2009" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Retrieved 3 November 2010.