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Bhiwandi East
Bhiwandi East
Constituency No. 137 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	Rais Shaikh, present MLA of Bhiwandi east
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
LS constituency	Bhiwandi
Established	2008
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Rais Shaikh
Party	Samajwadi Party

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

Geographical scope

The constituency comprises ward nos. 6 to 17, 36 to 50 and 62 to 65, of Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation and Bhinar saja in Bhiwandi revenue circle all a part of Bhiwandi taluka.^[1]

Year	Member
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist
2009	Abu Azmi	Samajwadi Party
2010^	Rupesh Mhatre	Shiv Sena
2014	Rupesh Mhatre	Shiv Sena
2019	Rais Shaikh	Samajwadi Party
2024	Rais Shaikh	Samajwadi Party

^by-election

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Bhiwandi East^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SP	Rais Shaikh	119,687	62.44
	SHS	Santosh Shetty	67,672	35.30
	NOTA	None of the Above	738	0.38
Majority			52,015	27.14
Turnout			191,691
	SP gain from		Swing

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Bhiwandi East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SP	Rais Shaikh	45,537	35.23
	SS	Rupesh Laxman Mhatre	44,223	34.21
	INC	Santosh Shetty	32,198	24.91
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,358	1.05
Majority			1,314	1.02
Turnout			121,271	47.89
	SP gain from SS		Swing

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Bhiwandi East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Rupesh Laxman Mhatre	33,541	27.56
	BJP	Santosh Shetty	30,148	24.77	New
	SP	Farhan Azmi	17,541	14.41
	AIMIM	Khan Md. Akram Abdul Hannam	14,577	11.98
	INC	Ansari Mo. Fajil	11,257	9.25
	NCP	Md. Khalid Guddu	9,057	7.44
Majority			3,393	2.79
Turnout			1,21,700	44.10
	SS gain from SP		Swing

By-election, 2010: Bhiwandi East^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Rupesh Laxman Mhatre	35,376	37.20	+9.70
	SP	Farhan Abu Asim Azmi	33,700	35.44	−6.60
	INC	Saiyad Muzaffar Hussain N.H.	24,418	25.68	+11.20
Majority			1,676	1.76	−12.40
Turnout			95,087	42.61	+1.50
	SS gain from SP		Swing	+6.40

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Bhiwandi East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SP	Abu Asim Azmi	37,584	42.07
	SS	Yogesh Ramesh Patil	24,599	27.54
	INC	Gurunath Janardhan Taware	12,881	14.42
	Independent	Sonya Kashinath Patil	4,707	5.27
Majority			12,985	14.53
Turnout			89,335	40.07
	SP win (new seat)

^ ^a ^b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. p. 262. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
^ "Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Bhiwandi East". Election Commission of India. 23 November 2024. Archived from the original on 25 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
^ "Sena Defeats Abu Azmi's Son In Bhiwandi East Assembly Bypoll". India TV. 23 January 2010. Archived from the original on 25 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
^ "Sena wins Bhiwandi,closes in on BJP". The Indian Express. 24 January 2010. Archived from the original on 25 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.