Ulhasnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Ulhasnagar Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. The constituency is dominated by Sindhi community.^[1]

Overview[]

Ulhasnagar constituency is one of the 18 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Thane district.^[2] It comprises part of the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation and parts of Ulhasnagar and Kalyan tehsils of the district.

Ulahsnagar is part of the Kalyan Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Mumbra-Kalwa, Ambernath, Kalyan East, Kalyan Rural and Dombivali in Thane district.^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly[]

INC JP BJP Socialist Independent

Election		Member	Party
	1962	Parcharam Ailani	Socialist Party (India)
	1967	Sanmukh Israni	Indian National Congress
	1972	Sanmukh Israni	Indian National Congress
	1978	Sitaldas Harchandani	Janata Party
	1980	Sitaldas Harchandani	Bharatiya Janata Party
	1985	Sitaldas Harchandani	Bharatiya Janata Party
	1990	Suresh "Pappu" Kalani	Indian National Congress
	1995		Independent
	1999		Independent
	2004		Republican Party of India (A)
Major boundary changes
	2009	Kumar Ailani	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2014	Jyoti Pappu Kalani	Nationalist Congress Party
	2019	Kumar Ailani	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results[]

Assembly Elections 1962[]

1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ulhasnagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	Parcharam Kewalram Ailani	17,635	39.84
	INC	Newandram Vishindas Gurbani	14,425	32.59
	BJS	Prahlad Hiranand Adwani	7,680	17.35
	RPI(A)	Velji Shirokha Ransi	2,966	6.70
Majority			3,210	7.25
Turnout			46,210	66.13
	Socialist win (new seat)

Assembly Elections 1967[]

1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ulhasnagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sanmukh Chuharmal Israni	24,713	48.49	+15.90
	Independent	Parcharam Kewalram Ailani	11,281	22.14	N/A
	BJS	Prahlad Hiranand Adwani	10,725	21.04
Majority			13,432	26.35
Turnout			53,902	60.69
	INC gain from Socialist		Swing

Assembly Elections 1972[]

1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ulhasnagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Sanmukh Chuharmal Israni	26,735	42.65
	BJS	Prahlad Hiranand Adwani	20,803	33.19
	AIFB	Parcharam Kewalram Ailani	7,713	12.31
	CPI (M)	P. C. Balkrishnan	3,924	6.36
	RPI	Vitthal Budhaji Sasane	2,324	3.71
Majority			5,932	9.46
Turnout			64,357	53.38
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Elections 1978[]

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ulhasnagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JP	Sitaldas Khubchand Harchandani	39,309	56.90
	AIFB	Parcharam Kewalram Ailani	20,379	29.50
	Independent	Jumdomal Chhugomal Chandnani	2,479	3.60
	RPI	Vithalrao Buhaji Sasane	2,452	3.60
	Independent	V. J. Shinde	1,571	2.30
Majority			18,930	26.90
Turnout			70,444	63.70
	JP gain from INC		Swing

Assembly Elections 1980[]

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ulhasnagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Sitaldas Khubchand Harchandani	35,198	54.10
	INC(I)	Gope Varyaldas Baharani	26,304	40.40
	RPI	B. M. Sadaphule	1,736	2.70
	INC(U)	V K Sharma	1,212	1.90
Majority			8,894	13.50
Turnout			65,979	48.10
	BJP gain from JP		Swing

Assembly Elections 1985[]

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ulhasnagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Sitaldas Khubchand Harchandani	38,159	44.50
	INC	Ram Assudomal Tolani	37,354	43.50
	Independent	Ramakant Rajun Chavan	2,545	3.00
	Independent	Damu Namdev Wagh	2,106	2.50
	Independent	Ashok Bhikaji Bachhav	1,886	2.20
	RPI	Daswantrao Sukhdev Pradhan	1,654	1.90
Majority			805	0.90
Turnout			87,118	55.00
	BJP hold		Swing

Assembly Elections 1990[]

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ulhasnagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Suresh "Pappu" Kalani	88,804	69.00
	BJP	Sitaldas Khubchand Harchandani	34,549	26.90
		B. B. More	2,383	1.90
	JD	Ashok Ukram Bodha	1,506	1.20
Majority			54,215	41.60
Turnout			1,30,474	59.60
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

Assembly Elections 1995[]

1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ulhasnagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Suresh "Pappu" Kalani	90,479	55.80
	BJP	Teckchand Thanwardas Mirapuri	35,145	21.70
	INC	Ram Assudomal Tolani	16,194	3.00
	BBM	Jamil Ahamed Juber Khan	14,089	2.50
	JD	Alex D'silva	1,106	0.70
Majority			55,334	33.50
Turnout			1,65,036	41.30
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

Assembly Elections 1999[]

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ulhasnagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Suresh "Pappu" Kalani	63,931	64.10
	BJP	Sitaldas Khubchand Harchandani	29,618	29.70
	BSP	Shankar Hotchand Panjvani	2,133	2.10
	Independent	Shekhar Sudhakar Bhalerao	1,686	1.70
Majority			34,313	33.40
Turnout			1,02,883	25.40
	Independent hold		Swing

Assembly Elections 2004[]

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ulhasnagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	RPI(A)	Suresh "Pappu" Kalani	77,668	53.10
	BJP	Kumar Uttamchand Ailani	55,397	37.90
	BSP	Radhacharan Ramkisan Karotiya	6,615	4.50
Majority			22,271	15.20
Turnout			1,46,270	37.50
	RPI(A) gain from Independent		Swing

Assembly Elections 2009[]

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ulhasnagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Kumar Uttamchand Ailani	45,257	42.40
	Independent	Suresh "Pappu" Kalani	37,719	35.30
	MNS	Adv.Sambhaji Maroti Patil	6,615	4.50
Majority			7,538	7.10
Turnout			1,06,778	37.10
	BJP gain from RPI(A)		Swing

Assembly Elections 2014[]

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ulhasnagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NCP	Jyoti Pappu Kalani	43,760	35.00
	BJP	Kumar Uttamchand Ailani	41,897	33.60
	SHS	Dhananjay Baburao Bodare	23,868	19.10
Majority			1,863	1.50
Turnout			1,24,894	38.60
	NCP gain from BJP		Swing

Assembly Elections 2019[]

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Ulhasnagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Kumar Uttamchand Ailani	43,666	39.84%
	NCP	Jyoti Pappu Kalani	41,662	38.01%
Majority
Turnout
	BJP gain from NCP		Swing

References[]

^ https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/marathi-vs-sindhi-in-ulhasnagar-elections-4514830/
^ ^a ^b "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2010.

[1] ttps://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/marathi-vs-sindhi-in-ulhasnagar-elections-4514830/

[ceo-2] "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2010.

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v t Thane district topics
History	Aparanta Fort Bassein Silhara dynasty Sopara Treaty of Bassein (1534) Treaty of Bassein (1802)
Geography	Thane Creek Ulhas River Vasai Creek
Cities and towns	Ambarnath Bhiwandi Kalyan-Dombivli Kulgaon-Badlapur Mira-Bhayandar Navi Mumbai Shahapur Thane Ulhasnagar
Talukas	Ambarnath taluka Bhiwandi taluka Kalyan taluka Murbad taluka Shahapur taluka Thane taluka Ulhasnagar taluka
Transport	Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Transport Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Transport Thane Municipal Transport Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport NH 3 NH 8 Kalyan Airstrip
Civic	Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation Thane Municipal Corporation Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation
Culture	Warli
Parks, grounds and recreations	Sanjay Gandhi National Park Ghodbunder Fort Kalamb Beach Malshej Ghat Siddhivinayak Mahaganapati Temple Tikuji-Ni-Wadi Upvan Lake
Lok Sabha constituencies	Bhiwandi Kalyan Thane
Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Kopri-Pachpakhari Mira Bhayandar Ovala-Majiwada Thane Airoli Belapur Bhiwandi Rural Shahapur Bhiwandi West Bhiwandi East Kalyan West Murbad Ambernath Ulhasnagar Kalyan East Dombivali Kalyan Rural Mumbra-Kalwa