Andheri Assembly constituency

Andheri Vidhan Sabha seat was one of the constituencies of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, in India. Andheri seat existed until the 2004 elections after which it became defunct when the map of constituencies in India was redrawn. In 2008, two new Vidhan Sabha seats (Andheri East and Andheri West) were created covering this area.

Andheri
Former constituency for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Established	1962
Abolished	2008

Members of Vidhan Sabha

Year	Member	Party
1962	Shantilal Shah[a]		Indian National Congress
1967	V. G. Rawal
1972	Ramnath Pandey
1978	Nilkant Samant		Janata Party
1980	Chandrakant Tripathi		Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Ramesh Dube		Indian National Congress
1990
1995	Sitaram Dalvi		Shiv Sena
1999	Suresh Shetty		Indian National Congress
2004
2008 onwards: See Andheri East & Andheri West

1. Parle Andheri seat

Election Results

1967 Vidhan Sabha elections

• V. G. Rawal (INC): 24,666 votes^[1]
• B. S. Bhume (IND): 23,565 votes

1980 Vidhan Sabha elections

• Chandrakant Tripathi (INC-I): 25,073 votes^[2]
• Neelkanth Samant (BJP): 13,283 votes

2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Andheri^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Suresh Shetty	96,514
	SS	Ravindra Dattaram Waikar	87,445
Majority
Turnout
	INC gain from		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly