Kurla (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Kurla Vidhan Sabha constituency (Marathi: कुर्ला विधानसभा मतदारसंघ) is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency presently, after delimitation of Legislative Assembly constituencies in 2008, is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes^[1]

Overview

Kurla (constituency number 174) is one of the 26 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Mumbai Suburban district.^[1] The number of electorates in 2009 was 284,951 (male 161,459, female 123,492).^[2]

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

Members of Legislative Assembly

Key

  INC     Janata Party     Independent     Shiv Sena     NCP  

Election		Member	Party
	1962	Anjanabai Magar	Indian National Congress
	1967	T. R. Naravane	Indian National Congress
	1972	Prabhakar Kunte	Indian National Congress
	1978	Shamsul Haq Khan	Janata Party
	1980	Datta Samant	Independent
	1985	Selin D'Silva	Indian National Congress
	1990	Ramakant Mayekar	Shiv Sena
	1995	Shantaram Chavan	Shiv Sena
	1999	Mohammed Arif (Naseem) Khan	Indian National Congress
	2004	Mohammed Arif (Naseem) Khan	Indian National Congress
Major boundary changes; electorate reserved for scheduled castes
	2009	Milind Kamble	Nationalist Congress Party
	2014	Mangesh Kudalkar	Shiv Sena

Election results

Assembly elections 2004

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2004: Kurla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Mohammed Arif (Naseem) Khan	119,612
	Shiv Sena	Dattaram Gujar	77,119
Majority			42,493
Turnout
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly elections 2009

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2009: Kurla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	NCP	Milind Kamble	41,891	34.75
	Shiv Sena	Mangesh Kudalkar	34,920	28.97
	MNS	Sadashiv Lokhande	33,967	28.18
Majority			6,971	5.78
Turnout			1,20,526
	NCP gain from INC		Swing

Assembly elections, 2014

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2014: Kurla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Shiv Sena	Mangesh Kudalkar	41,580	31.04	+2.07
	BJP	Vijay Kamble	28,901	21.57	N/A
	AIMIM	Avinash Barve	25,741	19.22	N/A
	NCP	Milind Kamble	14,194	10.59	-24.16
	INC	Brahmanand Shinde	12,855	9.59	N/A
	MNS	Snehal Jadhav	5,529	4.13	-24.05
Majority			12,679	9.47	+3.69
Turnout			1,33,956
	Shiv Sena gain from NCP		Swing	+2.07

See also

• Kurla
• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha

References

1. "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
2. "General Elections to State Legislative Assembly 2009" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Retrieved 4 January 2010.