Thane (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Thane Vidhan Sabha constituency (Marathi: ठाणे विधानसभा मतदारसंघ) is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (Assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in Western India.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Key

  INC     Janata Party     INC(I)     Shiv Sena     BJP  

Election		Member	Party
	1962	Champa Mokal	Indian National Congress
	1967	D. K. Rajarshi	Indian National Congress
	1972	Vimal Rangnekar	Indian National Congress
	1978	Gajanan Koli	Janata Party
	1980	Kanti Koli	Indian National Congress (Indira)
	1985	Kanti Koli	Indian National Congress
	1990	Moreshwar Joshi	Shiv Sena
	1995	Moreshwar Joshi	Shiv Sena
	1999	Moreshwar Joshi	Shiv Sena
	2004	Eknath Shinde	Shiv Sena
Major boundary changes[1]
	2009	Rajan Vichare	Shiv Sena
	2014	Sanjay Kelkar	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2009

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2009: Thane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Shiv Sena	Rajan Vichare	51,010	32.22
	MNS	Rajan Raje	48,569	30.68
	INC	Subhash Kanade	36,288	22.92
Majority			2,441	1.54
Turnout			1,58,323
	Shiv Sena hold		Swing

2014

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2014: Thane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Sanjay Kelkar	70,884	38.86	N/A
	Shiv Sena	Ravindra Phatak	58,296	31.96	-0.26
	NCP	Niranjan Davkhare	24,320	13.33	N/A
	INC	Narayan Pawar	15,883	8.71	-14.21
	MNS	Nilesh Chavan	8,381	4.60	-26.68
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,194	1.20	N/A
Majority			12,588	6.90	+5.36
Turnout			1,82,389
	BJP gain from Shiv Sena		Swing	+38.86

See also

• Thane

References

1. This constituency was split into three new electorates: Kopri-Pachpakhadi, Ovala-Majiwada, and Thane