Goregaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Goregaon Vidhan Sabha constituency (Marathi: गोरेगाव विधानसभा मतदारसंघ) is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies in Maharashtra state in western India.

Overview

Goregaon constituency is one of the 26 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Mumbai Suburban district.

Goregaon is part of the Mumbai North West Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Dindoshi, Versova, Jogeshwari East, Andheri West and Andheri West in the Mumbai Suburban district.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Key

  Praja Socialist Party     INC     Janata Party     INC(I)     Shiv Sena     BJP  

Election		Member	Party
	1962	Puranlal D. Rahangdale	Praja Socialist Party
	1967	Puranlal D. Rahangdale	Indian National Congress
	1972	Tulsiram Harinkhede	Indian National Congress
	1978	Padmakumar Samant	Janata Party
	1980	C. M. Sharma	Indian National Congress (Indira)
	1985	Mrinal Gore	Janata Party
	1990	Subhash Desai	Shiv Sena
	1995	Nandkumar Kale	Shiv Sena
	1999	Nandkumar Kale	Shiv Sena
	2004	Subhash Desai	Shiv Sena
Major boundary changes
	2009	Subhash Desai	Shiv Sena
	2014	Vidya Thakur	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

Assembly Elections 2009

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2009: Goregaon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Shiv Sena	Subhash Desai	69,117	47.43
	NCP	Sharad Rao	44,302	30.40
	MNS	Dr. Uday C. Mashelkar	25,982	17.83
Majority			24,815	17.03
Turnout			1,45,685
	Shiv Sena hold		Swing

Assembly elections 2014

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2014: Goregaon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vidya Thakur	63,629	38.85	N/A
	Shiv Sena	Subhash Desai	58,873	35.95	-11.48
	INC	Ganesh Kamble	18,414	11.24	N/A
	NCP	Shashank Rao	9,287	5.67	-24.73
	MNS	Sharad Sawant	6,420	3.92	-13.91
Majority			4,756	2.90	-14.13
Turnout			1,63,779
	BJP gain from Shiv Sena		Swing	+38.85

See also

• Goregaon
• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha