Kalina (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Kalina Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.[1]

Overview

Kalina (constituency number 175) is one of the 26 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Mumbai Suburban district.[1] The number of electorates in 2009 was 257,576 (male 144,501, female 113,075).[2]

Kalina is part of the Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Vile Parle, Chandivali, Kurla, Vandre West and Vandre East in the Mumbai Suburban district.[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Key

INC SHS

	Member	Party
2009	Kripashankar Singh	Indian National Congress
2014	Sanjay Potnis	Shiv Sena
2014	Sanjay Potnis	Shiv Sena

Election results

Assembly Elections 2009

2009 Maharashtra state assembly elections: Kalina
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Krupashankar Singh	51,205	43.68
	MNS	Chandrakant More	38,284	32.65
	BJP	Adv. Dinanath Tiwari	13,994	11.94
Majority			12,921	11.02
Turnout			1,17,227
	INC win (new seat)

Assembly Elections 2014

2014 Maharashtra state assembly elections: Kalina
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SHS	Sanjay Potnis	30,715	24.21	N/A
	BJP	Amarjeet Singh	29,418	23.19	+11.25
	INC	Krupashankar Singh	23,595	18.60	-25.08
	NCP	Kaptan Malik	18,144	14.30	-25.08
Majority			1,297	1.02	-10.00
Turnout			1,26,845
	SHS gain from INC		Swing	+24.21

References

"District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
"General Elections to State Legislative Assembly 2009" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2010.

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[ceo-1] "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2010.

[2] "General Elections to State Legislative Assembly 2009" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2010.