Murbad Assembly constituency

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

Murbad
Constituency No. 139 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Kisan Kathore, present MLA of Murbad
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Lok Sabha constituency	Bhiwandi
Established	1962
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kisan Kathore
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Geographical scope

The constituency comprises Murbad taluka, parts of Kalyan taluka viz. revenue circles of Titwala, Nadgaon, parts of Ambernath taluka viz. revenue circles Badlapur, Goregaon, Kulgaon-Badlapur Municipal Council, parts of Ambernath revenue circle viz. Manjarli and Kharwai Saja.^[1]

List of Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1962	Shantaram Gholap		Indian National Congress
1967
1972
1978
1980			Indian National Congress
1985	Gotiram Pawar		Indian National Congress
1990
1995	Digambar Vishe		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999	Gotiram Pawar		Nationalist Congress Party
2004
2009	Kisan Kathore
2014			Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Murbad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kisan Kathore	175,509	55.04
	NCP-SP	Subhash Pawar	1,23,117	38.61
	MNS	Sangita Chendvankar	7,894	2.48
Majority			52,392	16.43
Turnout			3,18,862
	BJP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Murbad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kisan Shankar Kathore	174,068	74.75	36.80
	NCP	Pramod Vinayak Hindurao	38,028	16.33	9.99
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,783	2.91	1.40
Majority			1,36,040	58.50	+46.87
Turnout			2,32,861	58.52	+1.96
	BJP hold		Swing	+23.80

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Murbad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kisan Shankar Kathore	85,543	37.95	+23.80
	NCP	Gotiram Padu Pawar	59,313	26.32	−4.95
	SS	Waman Barku Mhatre	53,496	23.73
	Independent	Capt. Ashish Anand Damle	9,705	4.71
	INC	Adv. Rajesh Anant Gholap	3,401	1.71
Majority			26,230	11.63	+8.97
Turnout			2,25,389	63.30	+1.96
	BJP gain from NCP		Swing	+23.80

2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Murbad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Kisan Shankar Kathore	55,830	31.27
	Independent	Gotiram Padu Pawar	49,288	27.61
	MNS	Waman Barku Mhatre	37,080	20.77
	BJP	Digambar Narayan Vishe	25,258	14.15
	Independent	Rajendra Ashok Ambedkar	4,666	2.61
Majority			6,542	3.66
Turnout			1,78,523	61.34
	NCP hold		Swing

2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Murbad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Gotiram Padu Pawar	63,763	44.50
	BJP	Rajaram Rama Salvi	46,698	32.60
	Independent	Digambar Narayan Vishe	20,782	14.50
	BSP	Shobha Shuddhodhan Ingle	4,371	3.10
	Independent	Ramakant Narayanrao Deshmukh	2,782	1.90
Majority			17,065	11.90
Turnout			1,43,414	73.40
	NCP hold		Swing

1999

1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Murbad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Gotiram Padu Pawar	48,786	47.84
	BJP	Digambar Narayan Vishe	31,035	30.43
	INC	Shantaram Gopal Gholap	20,979	20.57
Majority			17,751	17.41
Turnout			1,09,291	62.31
	NCP gain from BJP		Swing

1995

1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Murbad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Digambar Narayan Vishe	58,941	49.75
	INC	Gotiram Padu Pawar	51,471	43.44
	CPI	Ramesh Narayan Bhange	4,383	3.70
Majority			7,470	6.31
Turnout			1,22,074	74.81
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

1990

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Murbad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gotiram Padu Pawar	50,083	53.06
	BJP	Digambar Narayan Vishe	39,700	42.06
	CPI	Ramesh Narayan Vishe Bhange	1,888	2.00
Majority			10,383	11.00
Turnout			96,665	67.65
	INC hold		Swing

1985

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Murbad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gotiram Padu Pawar	35,440	51.83	−9.65
	Independent	Raghunath Ramchandra Gholap	18,352	26.84
	PWPI	Damodar Lahu Farde	12,116	17.72	−19.43
	RPI	Dattu Kondu Ughade	1,386	2.02
Majority			17,088	24.99	+0.66
Turnout			69,686	59.62	+0.66
	INC hold		Swing

1980

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Murbad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shantaram Gopal Gholap	36,422	61.48	+0.03
	PWPI	Krishnarao Dhulap	22,011	37.15	+1.08
Majority			14,411	24.33	−1.05
Turnout			60,924	58.96	−13.88
	INC hold		Swing

1978

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Murbad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shantaram Gopal Gholap	42,242	61.45
	PWPI	Damodar Lahu Farde	24,792	36.07
Majority			17,450	24.38
Turnout			71,315	72.84
	INC hold		Swing

1972

1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Murbad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shantaram Gopal Gholap	35,791	60.61
	PWPI	Namdev Kashinath Aher	20,285	34.35
Majority			15,506	26.26
Turnout			61,599	59.51
	INC hold		Swing

1967

1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Murbad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shantaram Gopal Gholap	21,001	47.06
	RPI	S. B. Yadao	14,972	33.55
	Independent	Tulshiram Shivram Dhotre	5,072	11.36
	ABJS	B. M. Dhako	3,585	8.03
Majority			6,029	13.51
Turnout			50,148	58.67
	INC hold		Swing

1962

1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Murbad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shantaram Gopal Gholap	13,855	43.74
	PWPI	Mukund Kanu Patil	8,705	27.48
	Independent	Tulshiram Shivram Dhotre	4,454	14.06
	Independent	Harishchandra Gopal Shelar	2,886	9.11
	ABJS	Purushottam Vinayak Jage	1,481	4.68
Majority			5,150	16.26
Turnout			35,189	53.73
	INC hold		Swing