Nehrunagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Nehrunagar Vidhan Sabha seat was one of the seats in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in India. It was made defunct after constituency map of India was redrawn in 2008. Nehrunagar is a suburb of Mumbai, next to Kurla.

A trivia item about this constituency is that Babasaheb Bhosale, who represented it from 1980 to 1985, was the Chief Minister of the state for an year during his five year stint as MLA.

Members of Vidhan Sabha

• 1952-1972: Seat did not exist
• 1978 : Liyaqat Husain Ibarat Husain (JNP)
• 1980 : Babasaheb Bhosale (Indira Congress)
• 1995 : Suryakant Mahadik (Shiv Sena)
• 2004 : Nawab Malik (NCP)
• 2009 onwards : Seat does not exist

Election Results

1978 Assembly Election

• Liyaqat Husain Ibarat Husain (JNP) : 26,590 votes [1]
• Syed Suhail Asharaf (Muslim League) : 11,960

1980 Assembly Election

• Babasaheb Anantrao Bhosale (INC-I) : 21,276 votes [2]
• Eknath Ramchandra Koparde (JNP-JP) : 18165

2004 Assembly Election

• Nawab Malik (NCP) : 67,115 votes [3]
• Suryakant Mahadik (SHS) : 36854

See also

• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 1978". elections.in. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
2. "Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 1980". elections.in. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
3. "Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 2004". elections.in. Retrieved 2020-06-18.