Ambernath Assembly constituency

Ambernath Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state, western India. This constituency is located in Thane district.^[1]

Ambarnath
Constituency No. 140 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Lok Sabha constituency	Kalyan
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Balaji Kinikar
Party	Shiv Sena
Elected year	2024

Geographical scope

The constituency comprises parts of Ambernath taluka viz. revenue circles Ambernath (Rural), and Ambernath Municipal Council, parts of Ulhasnagar taluka that is parts of Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation that is wards 14 to 22 and 44 to 51.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1978	Jagannath Patil		Janata Party
1980	Nakul Patil		Indian National Congress (I)
1985			Indian National Congress
1990	Sabir Shaikh		Shiv Sena
1995
1999
2004	Kisan Kathore		Nationalist Congress Party
2009	Balaji Kinikar		Shiv Sena
2014
2019
2024

Assembly Elections 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ambernath^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SHS	Balaji Kinikar	111368
	SS(UBT)	Rajesh Devendra Wankhede	59993
	NOTA	None of the above	2316
Majority			51375
Turnout			184503
			Swing

Election results

Assembly Elections 1978

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ambernath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Jagannath Shivram Patil	33,087	47.42
	INC	Nakul Pundalik Patil	23,470	33.64
	PWPI	Master Amboji Daji Kene	5,571	7.98
	INC(I)	Tukaram Savalaram Ratnaparkhe	5,138	7.76
	RPI	Ramesh Bhaurao	2,503	3.59
Majority			9,617	13.78
Turnout			71,794	58.94
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Elections 1980

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ambernath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Nakul Pundalik Patil	31,365	47.08	+13.44
	BJP	Jagannath Shivram Patil	28,158	42.27	−5.15
	Independent	Krishna Kalu Gaikwad	3,654	5.49
	INC(U)	Laxman Chintaman Jathar	2,823	4.24
Majority			3,207	4.81	−8.97
Turnout			68,180	43.98	−14.96
	INC gain from JP		Swing	+13.44

Assembly Elections 1985

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ambernath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nakul Pundalik Patil	37,037	38.87	−8.21
	BJP	Jagannath Shivram Patil	27,772	29.15	−13.12
	Independent	Ratan Joma Mhatre	16,661	17.48
	Independent	Manohar Harishchandra Ambayane	7,256	7.61
Majority			9,265	9.15
Turnout			97,500	50.90	+6.92
	INC hold		Swing	-8.21

Assembly Elections 1990

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ambernath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Sabir Shaikh	71,322	48.31	N/A
	INC	Sanjay Satish Dutt	30,121	20.40	−18.47
	JD	Ratan Buwa Patil	19,729	13.36
	Independent	Sham Ananda Gaikwad	15,733	10.66
Majority			41,201	27.91
Turnout			1,50,146	53.58	N/A
	SS gain from INC		Swing

Assembly Elections 1995

1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ambernath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Sabir Shaikh	1,19,283	52.79	+4.48
	INC	Nakul Pundlik Patil	64,797	28.68	+8.28
	JD	Sham Ananda Gaikwad	20,505	9.07	−4.29
	Independent	Vishnu Gopal Tare	9,645	4.27
Majority			54,486	24.11	−3.70
Turnout			2,30986	54.54	+0.96
	SS hold		Swing	+4.48

Assembly Elections 1999

1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ambernath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Sabir Shaikh	64,674	46.67	−6.12
	Independent	Pundlik Balu Mhatre	50,015	36.09
	SP	Chandrabhan Ramlakhan Yadav	8,789	6.34
	Independent	Surajprakash Govind Sharma	7,247	5.23
Majority			14,659	10.58	−13.53
Turnout			1,46,070	33.41	−21.13
	SS hold		Swing	-6.12

Assembly Elections 2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ambernath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Kisan Kathore	1,14,675	45.60
	SS	Sabir Shaikh	1,06,582	42.40
	Independent	Sudha Naresh Gaikwad	15,184	6.00
	SP	Manoj Jeetpratap Singh	6,463	2.60
	BSP	Bhimrao Rupaji Dolas	5,086	2.00
	Independent	Kumud Ramdas Bendale	3,484	1.40
Majority			8,093	3.20
Turnout			2,51,591	46.10	+12.70
	NCP gain from SS		Swing

Assembly Elections 2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ambernath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Dr. Balaji Kinikar	50,470	44.70	−0.90
	NCP	Mahesh Bharat Tapase	30,491	27.00
	Independent	Shyam Ananda Gaikwad	17,007	15.10
	Independent	Kamalakar Nagrao Suryavanshi	9,009	8.00
	BSP	Ganesh Pandharinath Doke	2,054	1.80
	BBM	Sarang Shyamrao Thorat	1,707	1.50
Majority			19,979	17.70
Turnout			1,13,007	38.60	−7.50
	SS gain from NCP		Swing	-0.90

Assembly Elections 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ambernath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Dr. Balaji Kinikar	47,000	34.40	−10.30
	BJP	Rajesh Devendra Wankhede	44,959	32.90
	INC	Kamalakar Nagrao Suryavanshi	15,740	11.50
	NCP	Mahesh Bharat Tapase	8,722	6.40	−22.60
	MNS	Dr. Vikas Tukaram Kamble	5,129	3.80
	Independent	Shyam Anand Gaikwad	4,118	3.00
	BSP	Prashant Ramesh Ingle	3,557	2.60
	BBM	Sarang Shyamrao Thorat	1,552	1.10
Majority			2,041	1.50	−15.20
Turnout			1,36,563	39.71	+1.80
	SS hold		Swing	-10.30

Assembly Elections 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ambernath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Dr. Balaji Kinikar	60,083	44.87
	INC	Rohit Chandrakant Salve	30,789	22.99
	VBA	Dhananjay Bhimrao Surve	16,274	12.15
	MNS	Sumedh Hiraman Bhawa	13,635	10.18
Majority			29,294	22.59
Turnout			1,33,989	42.46
	SS hold		Swing