Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar Assembly constituency

Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.

Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar
Constituency No. 171 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	3,23,420(2024)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Abu Azmi
Party	SP
Elected year	2024

Overview

Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar constituency is one of the 26 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Mumbai Suburban district.^[1]

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

Samajwadi Party MLA Shri Abu Asim Azmi had secured three consecutive wins in the Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar constituency facing tough competition with opposition parties like Shiv Sena, Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi, Indian National Congress and independent candidates like Mohammad Siraj Mohammad Iqbal.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member[2]	Party
Till 2009 : Constituency did not exist
2009	Abu Azmi		Samajwadi Party
2014
2019
2024

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2024			31.68%
2019			48.18%
2014			32.62%
2009			33.81%

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SP	Abu Azmi	54,780	31.68	−16.50
	AIMIM	Ateeque Ahmed Khan	42,517	24.25	New
	SHS	Suresh Patil	35,425	20.20
	NCP	Nawab Malik	15,501	8.88
	VBA	Md. Siraj Shaikh	10,479	6.00
	MNS	Jagadish Yashwant Khandekar	5,414	3.10
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,213	0.69
Majority			12,753	7.43
Turnout			1,74,574
	SP hold		Swing	-16.50

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SP	Abu Azmi	69,036	48.18	+15.56
	SS	Vithal G Lokre	43,423	30.32	+5.47
	VBA	Suraiya Akbar Shaikh	10,451	7.30	+7.30
	Independent	Md Siraj Md Iqbal Shaikh	9,784	6.83	+6.83
Majority			25,613	18.09
Turnout			1,43,886	47.25
	SP hold		Swing	+15.56

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SP	Abu Azmi	41,720	32.62	−1.19
	SS	Suresh Patil	31,782	24.85	+18.71
	INC	Yusuf Abrahani	27,494	21.50	+0.11
	NCP	Rajendra Waman Waghmare	5,632	4.40
Majority			9,937	7.77	−4.65
Turnout			1,27,894	41.33
	SP hold		Swing	-1.19

2009

2009 Maharashtra state assembly elections: Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SP	Abu Azmi	38,435	33.81
	INC	Syed Ahmad	24,318	21.39
	MNS	Appasaheb Wagare	21,838	19.21
	SS	Shahid Reza Beg	6,991	6.14
Majority			14,117	12.42
Turnout			1,14,221	42.17
	SP win (new seat)

Environment

Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar has India's oldest and largest landfill, Deonar Dumping Ground.^[5] It is used to dump the majority of solid waste of Mumbai which is causing various health issues in the region. The current MLA, Abu Azmi Azmi, is fighting with the Maharashtra Government over stopping the dumping of solid waste at Deonar Dumping Ground.^[6] SMS Envoclean Pvt Ltd, Common Biomedical waste Treatment Plant is burning biomedical waste here, which is also dangerous for residents. An Organization Govandi New Sangam Welfare Society fighting in Bombay High Court to relocate that plant from Govandi to MIDC by means of Public Interest Litigation (PIL).

See also

• Mankhurd
• Deonar Dumping Ground
• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha