# Dharavi Assembly constituency

Dharavi Assembly constituency is one of the 288 constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha located in the Mumbai City district.

## Overview

Dharavi (constituency number 178) is one of the 10 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Mumbai City district. Number of electorates in 2009 was 268,779 (male 152,013, female 116,766) 113,732 are voters from minority community.
It is a part of the Mumbai South Central (Lok Sabha constituency) along with five other assembly constituencies, viz Sion Koliwada, Wadala, Mahim, from Mumbai City district and Chembur and Anushakti Nagar from Mumbai Suburban district.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1978 | Satyendra More | Communist Party of India |
| 1980 | Premanand Awale | Indian National Congress |
| 1985 | Eknath Gaikwad | Indian National Congress |
| 1990 | Eknath Gaikwad | Indian National Congress |
| 1995 | Baburao Mane | Shiv Sena |
| 1999 | Eknath Gaikwad | Indian National Congress |
| 2004 | Varsha Gaikwad | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Varsha Gaikwad | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Varsha Gaikwad | Indian National Congress |
| 2019 | Varsha Gaikwad | Indian National Congress |
| 2024 | Jyoti Gaikwad | Indian National Congress |

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Dharavi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Jyoti Gaikwad | 70,574 | 53.87 | +8.56 |
| | SS | Rajesh Shivdas Khandare | 47,165 | 36 | +0.42 |
| | BSP | Manohar Kedari Raibage | 6,182 | 4.72 | +3.15 |
| | NOTA | | 1747 | 1.33 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 23,409 | 17.86 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 131,020 | | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Dharavi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Varsha Gaikwad | 53,954 | 45.31 |
| | SS | Ashish Vasant More | 42,130 | 35.58 |
| | AIMIM | Manoj Sansare | 13,099 | 11.00 |
| | MNS | Kawade Sandeep Vinayak | 4,062 | 3.41 |
| | BSP | Anita Deepak Gautam | 1,870 | 1.57 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,824 | 10.09 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,19,092 | 47.59 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Dharavi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Varsha Gaikwad | 47,718 | 40.38 | −9.37 |
| | SS | Baburao Mane | 32,390 | 27.41 | −13.13 |
| | BJP | Divya Dholay | 20,763 | 17.57 | N/A |
| | IND | Hanumantha S Nandepalli | 5,333 | 4.51 | |
| | BSP | Adv Sandeep Dattu Katke | 3,143 | 2.66 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,328 | 12.97 | +3.76 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,18,160 | 49.42 | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | -9.37 | |

### 2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Dharavi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Varsha Gaikwad | 52,492 | 49.75 |
| | SS | Manohar Raibage | 42,782 | 40.54 |
| | BSP | Vishnu Gaikwad | 7,269 | 6.89 |
| | IND | Daulatram Bhujingrao Kawle | 1,720 | 1.63 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,710 | 9.21 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,05,523 | 39.26 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### 2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Dharavi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | INC | Varsha Gaikwad | 64,981 |
| | SS | Snehal Jadhav | 49,151 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,830 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing |