Ulhasnagar Assembly constituency

Ulhasnagar Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.^[1] The constituency is dominated by Sindhi the community.^[2]

Ulhasnagar
Constituency No. 141 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Established	1962
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kumar Ailani
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2019

Overview

Ulhasnagar constituency is one of the 18 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Thane district.^[3] It comprises part of the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation and parts of Ulhasnagar and Kalyan tehsils of the district.

Ulhasnagar is part of Kalyan Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Thane district, namely, Mumbra-Kalwa, Ambernath, Kalyan East, Kalyan Rural and Dombivali.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
1962	Parcharam Ailani[4]		Socialist Party
1967[5]	Sanmukh Israni		Indian National Congress
1972[6]
1978[7]	Sitaldas Harchandani		Janata Party
1980[8]			Bharatiya Janata Party
1985[9]
1990[10]	Pappu Kalani		Indian National Congress
1995[11]			Independent politician
1999[12]
2004[13]			Republican Party of India
2009	Kumar Ailani[14]		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	Jyoti Kalani[15]		Nationalist Congress Party
2019	Kumar Ailani[16]		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

1962

1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ulhasnagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Socialist	Parcharam Kewalram Ailani	17,635	39.84
	INC	Newandram Vishindas Gurbani	14,425	32.59
	ABJS	Prahlad Hiranand Adwani	7,680	17.35
	RPI(A)	Velji Shirokha Ransi	2,966	6.70
Majority			3,210	7.25
Turnout			46,210	66.13
	Socialist win (new seat)

1967

1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ulhasnagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sanmukh Chuharmal Israni	24,713	48.49	+15.90
	Independent	Parcharam Kewalram Ailani	11,281	22.14	N/A
	ABJS	Prahlad Hiranand Adwani	10,725	21.04
Majority			13,432	26.35
Turnout			53,902	60.69
	INC gain from Socialist		Swing

1972

1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ulhasnagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sanmukh Chuharmal Israni	26,735	42.65
	ABJS	Prahlad Hiranand Adwani	20,803	33.19
	AIFB	Parcharam Kewalram Ailani	7,713	12.31
	CPI(M)	P. C. Balkrishnan	3,924	6.36
	RPI	Vitthal Budhaji Sasane	2,324	3.71
Majority			5,932	9.46
Turnout			64,357	53.38
	INC hold		Swing

1978

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ulhasnagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Sitaldas Khubchand Harchandani	39,309	56.90
	AIFB	Parcharam Kewalram Ailani	20,379	29.50
	Independent	Jumdomal Chhugomal Chandnani	2,479	3.60
	RPI	Vithalrao Buhaji Sasane	2,452	3.60
	Independent	V. J. Shinde	1,571	2.30
Majority			18,930	26.90
Turnout			70,444	63.70
	JP gain from INC		Swing

1980

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ulhasnagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sitaldas Khubchand Harchandani	35,198	54.10
	INC(I)	Gope Varyaldas Baharani	26,304	40.40
	RPI	B. M. Sadaphule	1,736	2.70
	INC(U)	V K Sharma	1,212	1.90
Majority			8,894	13.50
Turnout			65,979	48.10
	BJP gain from JP		Swing

1985

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ulhasnagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sitaldas Khubchand Harchandani	38,159	44.50
	INC	Ram Assudomal Tolani	37,354	43.50
	Independent	Ramakant Rajun Chavan	2,545	3.00
	Independent	Damu Namdev Wagh	2,106	2.50
	Independent	Ashok Bhikaji Bachhav	1,886	2.20
	RPI	Daswantrao Sukhdev Pradhan	1,654	1.90
Majority			805	0.90
Turnout			87,118	55.00
	BJP hold		Swing

1990

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ulhasnagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Suresh "Pappu" Kalani	88,804	69.00
	BJP	Sitaldas Khubchand Harchandani	34,549	26.90
	BRP	B. B. More	2,383	1.90
	JD	Ashok Ukram Bodha	1,506	1.20
Majority			54,215	41.60
Turnout			1,30,474	59.60
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

1995

1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ulhasnagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Suresh "Pappu" Kalani	90,479	55.80
	BJP	Teckchand Thanwardas Mirapuri	35,145	21.70
	INC	Ram Assudomal Tolani	16,194	3.00
	BBM	Jamil Ahamed Juber Khan	14,089	2.50
	JD	Alex D'silva	1,106	0.70
Majority			55,334	33.50
Turnout			1,65,036	41.30
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

1999

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ulhasnagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Suresh "Pappu" Kalani	63,931	64.10
	BJP	Sitaldas Khubchand Harchandani	29,618	29.70
	BSP	Shankar Hotchand Panjvani	2,133	2.10
	Independent	Shekhar Sudhakar Bhalerao	1,686	1.70
Majority			34,313	33.40
Turnout			1,02,883	25.40
	Independent hold		Swing

2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ulhasnagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RPI(A)	Suresh "Pappu" Kalani	77,668	53.10
	BJP	Kumar Uttamchand Ailani	55,397	37.90
	BSP	Radhacharan Ramkisan Karotiya	6,615	4.50
Majority			22,271	15.20
Turnout			1,46,270	37.50
	RPI(A) gain from Independent		Swing

2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ulhasnagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kumar Uttamchand Ailani	45,257	42.40
	Independent	Suresh "Pappu" Kalani	37,719	35.30
	MNS	Adv.Sambhaji Maroti Patil	6,615	4.50
Majority			7,538	7.10
Turnout			1,06,778	37.10
	BJP gain from RPI(A)		Swing

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ulhasnagar^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Jyoti Pappu Kalani	43,760	35.00
	BJP	Kumar Uttamchand Ailani	41,897	33.60
	SHS	Dhananjay Baburao Bodare	23,868	19.10
Majority			1,863	1.50
Turnout			1,24,894	38.60
	NCP gain from BJP		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ulhasnagar^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kumar Uttamchand Ailani	43,666	39.84%
	NCP	Jyoti Pappu Kalani	41,662	38.01%
Majority
Turnout
	BJP gain from NCP		Swing

See also

• Ulhasnagar
• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
2. "Marathi vs Sindhi in Ulhasnagar elections". 9 February 2017.
3. "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
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