Ghatkopar West Assembly constituency

Ghatkopar West Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.

Ghatkopar West
Constituency No. 169 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Mumbai Suburban
Lok Sabha constituency	Mumbai North East
Established	2008
Total electors	2,73,344(2024)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ram Kadam
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Overview

Ghatkopar West (constituency number 169) is one of the 26 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Mumbai Suburban district.^[1] The number of electorates in 2009 was 305,516 (male 175,681, female 129,835).^[2]

Ghatkopar West is part of the Mumbai North East Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Mulund, Vikhroli, Ghatkopar East, Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar and Bhandup West in the Mumbai Suburban district.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Till 2009 : Constituency did not exist
2009	Ram Kadam		Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
2014			Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ghatkopar West^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ram Kadam	73,171
	SS(UBT)	Sanjay Dattatrey Bhalerao	60200
	MNS	Ganesh Chukkal	25862
Majority			12971
Turnout			167283
	BJP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ghatkopar West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ram Kadam	70,263	47.01%	12.54%
	Independent	Sanjay Bhalerao	41,474	27.75%	N/A
	MNS	Ganesh Chukkal	15,019	10.77%	3.42%
	INC	Anand Shukla	9,305	6.23%	1.11%
	NOTA	None of the above	2,279	1.54%
Majority			28,788	30.57%	7.89%
Turnout			1,49,467	55.08%
	BJP hold		Swing

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ghatkopar West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ram Kadam	80,343	50.29	+26.43
	SS	Sudhir More	38,427	24.05	N/A
	MNS	Dilip Lande	17,207	10.77	−31.44
	INC	Ramgovind Yadav	10,071	6.30	−14.94
	NCP	Harun Yusuf Khan	7,426	4.65	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1,879	1.18	N/A
Majority			41,916	26.24	+7.89
Turnout			1,59,782	52.70
	BJP gain from MNS		Swing	+28.94

2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ghatkopar West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MNS	Ram Kadam	60,343	42.21
	BJP	Poonam Mahajan Rao	34,115	23.86
	INC	Janet D'Souza	30,360	21.24
	Independent	Mukund Thorat	8,096	5.56
Majority			26,228	18.35
Turnout			1,42,951	46.79
	MNS win (new seat)

See also

• Ghatkopar
• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha