Versova (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Versova Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies in Maharashtra state in western India.[1]

Overview

Versova (constituency number 164) is one of the 26 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Mumbai Suburban district.[1] The number of electors in 2009 was 251,940 (male 138,805, female 113,135).[2]

Versova is part of the Mumbai North West Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Dindoshi, Goregaon, Jogeshwari East, Andheri East and Andheri West in the Mumbai Suburban district.[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Key

INC BJP

	Member	Party
2009	Baldev Khosa	Indian National Congress
2014	Bharti Lavekar	Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Bharti Lavekar	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Assembly Elections 2009

2009 Maharashtra state assembly elections: Versova
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Baldev Khosa	44,814	44.54
	SHS	Yashodhar Phanse	32,784	32.58
	SP	Changez Multani	10,622	10.55
	MNS	Manish Dhuri	9,659	9.59
Majority			12,030	11.96
Turnout			1,00,625
	INC win (new seat)

Assembly Elections 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Versova
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Bharati Hemant Lavekar	49,182	41.94	N/A
	INC	Baldev Khosa	22,784	19.43	-25.11
	AIMIM	Abdul Hamid Shaikh	20,127	17.16	N/A
	MNS	Manish Dhuri	14,508	12.37	+2.78
Majority			26,398	22.51	+10.55
Turnout			1,17,268
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	+29.10

References

"District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
"General Elections to State Legislative Assembly 2009" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.

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[ceo-1] "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2011.

[2] "General Elections to State Legislative Assembly 2009" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.