Byculla (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Overview

Byculla (constituency number 184) is one of the ten Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Mumbai City district.^[2] Number of electorates in 2009 was 271,507 (male 153,641, female 117,866).^[3]

Byculla is part of the Mumbai South Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments in Mumbai City district, namely Worli, Shivadi, Colaba, Malabar Hill and Mumbadevi.^[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Key

  INC     AIMIM  

Election		Member	Party
	2009	Madhukar Chavan	Indian National Congress
	2014	Waris Pathan	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen

Election results

2014 result

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2014: Byculla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	AIMIM	Waris Pathan	25,314	20.33	N/A
	BJP	Madhu Chavan	23,957	19.24	N/A
	INC	Madhukar Chavan	22,021	17.68	-13.54
	ABS	Geeta Gawli	20,895	16.78	-5.33
	MNS	Sanjay Naik	19,762	15.87	-7.52
	Independent	Rohidas Lokhande	7,865	6.32	N/A
	BSP	Pravin Pawar	1,341	1.08	+0.36
	IUML	Rehan Khan	662	0.53	N/A
	Independent	Shahe Alam Khan	450	0.36	N/A
	AWVP	Aejaaz Mukadam	372	0.30	N/A
	Independent	Ujwal Rane	285	0.23	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1,620	1.30	N/A
Majority			1,357	1.09	-6.74
Turnout			1,24,544	55.43	+11.87
	AIMIM gain from INC		Swing

2009 result

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2009: Byculla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Madhukar Chavan	36,302	31.22
	MNS	Sanjay Naik	27,198	23.39
	ABS	Arun Gawli	25,703	22.11
	Shiv Sena	Yeshwant Jadhav	20,692	17.80
	SP	Sarfaraz Khan	3,708	3.19
	BSP	Bhagwan Tambe	832	0.72
	PECP	Choudhary Abdul Malik	529	0.45
	Independent	Savia Pereira	529	0.45
	Independent	Sarvesh Malankar	257	0.22
	Independent	Firdosh Homavazir	210	0.18
	Independent	Gulam Ansari	180	0.15
	Independent	Sabir Chouhan	130	0.11
Majority			9,104	7.83
Turnout			1,16,270	43.56
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Byculla
• 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 18 March 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 267.
3. "General Elections to State Legislative Assembly 2009" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
4. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 278.