Kalina (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Kalina Vidhan Sabha constituency (Marathi: कलिना विधानसभा मतदारसंघ) is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.^[1]

Overview

Kalina (constituency number 175) is one of the 26 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Mumbai Suburban district.^[1] The number of electorates in 2009 was 257,576 (male 144,501, female 113,075).^[2]

Kalina is part of the Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Vile Parle, Chandivali, Kurla, Vandre West and Vandre East in the Mumbai Suburban district.^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Key

  INC     Shiv Sena  

Election		Member	Party
	2009	Kripashankar Singh	Indian National Congress
	2014	Sanjay Potnis	Shiv Sena

Election Results

Assembly Elections 2009

Maharashtra state assembly elections, 2009: Kalina

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Krupashankar Singh	51,205	43.68
	MNS	Chandrakant More	38,284	32.65
	BJP	Adv. Dinanath Tiwari	13,994	11.94
Majority			12,921	11.02
Turnout			1,17,227
	INC win (new seat)

Assembly Elections 2014

Maharashtra state assembly elections, 2014: Kalina

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Shiv Sena	Sanjay Potnis	30,715	24.21	N/A
	BJP	Amarjeet Singh	29,418	23.19	+11.25
	INC	Krupashankar Singh	23,595	18.60	-25.08
Majority			1,297	1.02	-10.00
Turnout			1,26,845
	Shiv Sena gain from INC		Swing	+24.21

See also

• Kalina
• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha

References

1. "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
2. "General Elections to State Legislative Assembly 2009" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Retrieved 8 December 2010.