Bhiwandi Rural Assembly constituency

Bhiwandi Rural is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of the Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency is located in Thane district and Palghar district,^[1] and was created in 2008 delimitation exercise. Most of the area under it was earlier covered by the erstwhile Wada Assembly constituency.^[2] It is a segment of Bhiwandi (Lok Sabha constituency) .

Bhiwandi Rural
Constituency No. 134 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Lok Sabha constituency	Bhiwandi
Established	2008
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Shantaram Tukaram More
Party	Shiv Sena (2022–present)
Elected year	2024

Geographical scope

The constituency comprises parts of Bhiwandi taluka viz. revenue circles Dighashi, Angaon, Padgha, Additional Bhiwandi, Kharbav, Padgha (CT), Kon (CT) parts of Wada taluka viz. revenue circles Wada.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Until 2008: See Wada
2009	Vishnu Savara		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	Shantaram More		Shiv Sena
2019
2024			Shiv Sena

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Bhiwandi Rural^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SHS	Shantaram More	127,205	52.68
	SS(UBT)	Mahadev Ambo Ghatal	69,243	28.68
	Independent	Manisha Thakare (Jijau Sanghtna)	24,304	10.07
	MNS	Vanita Kathore	13,816	5.72
Majority			57,962	24.00
Turnout			241,460
	SHS hold		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Bhiwandi Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Shantaram More	83,567	48.36
	MNS	Shubhangi Ramesh Govari	39,058	22.06
	NCP	Madhuri Shashikant Mhatre	33,571	19.43
	NOTA	None of the above	3,340	1.93
Majority			44,509	25.80
Turnout			1,72,814	59.72
	SS hold		Swing

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Bhiwandi Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Shantaram More	57,082	32.84	N/A
	BJP	Shantaram Sundaram Patil	47,922	27.57	−7.10
	MNS	Dasharath Dundaram Patil	25,580	14.72	−12.35
	NCP	Mahadeo Ambo Ghatal	23,413	13.47	−19.59
	INC	Sachin Damodar Shingda	10,923	6.28	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	2,267	1.30	N/A
Majority			9,160	5.27	+4.06
Turnout			1,73,758	66.23	+9.58
	SS gain from BJP		Swing	N/A

2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Bhiwandi Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vishnu Rama Savara	46,996	34.67
	NCP	Shantaram Dundaram Patil	44,804	33.06
	MNS	Dasharath Dundaram Patil	36,687	27.07
	Independent	Govind Valkya Rawate	4,624	3.41
	BSP	Prabhakar Shankar Waghe	2,427	1.79
Majority			2,192	1.61
Turnout			1,35,538	56.65
	BJP win (new seat)