About Chembur Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
A suburb in the Mumbai Suburban district of Maharashtra, the assembly constituency of
Chembur belongs to
Mumbai South Central parliamentary constituency. The seat which was occupied by BJP
(Bharatiya Janata
Party) from 1990 to 1999 was taken over by INC (Indian National Congress) in the 2004
assembly elections.
Chandrakant Damodhar Handore of INC won the 2009 assembly elections for the second
consecutive time and is
the present MLA. He defeated Anil Bachubhai Chauhan of MNS (Maharashtra Navnirman Sena) with
a huge
margin. Handore bagged 47431 votes as against Chauhan's 29465 votes. The word Chembur is
derived from the
Marathi word 'Chimboree' which means large crab.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Chembur Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Chembur assembly elections conducted so
far.
| Year |
A C No. |
Constituency Name |
Category |
Winner |
Gender |
Party |
Votes |
Runner Up |
Gender |
Party |
Votes |
| 2014 |
173 |
Chembur |
GEN |
Prakash Vaikunth Phaterpekar |
M |
SHS |
47410 |
Chandrakant Damodhar Handore |
M |
INC |
37383 |
| 2009 |
173 |
Chembur |
GEN |
Chandrakant Damodhar Handore |
M |
INC |
47431 |
Anil Bachubhai Chauhan |
M |
MNS |
29465 |
| 2004 |
47 |
Chembur |
GEN |
Chandrakant Handore |
M |
INC |
46196 |
Pramod Shirwalkar |
M |
BJP |
43746 |
| 1999 |
47 |
Chembur |
GEN |
Pramod Shirwalkar |
M |
BJP |
58118 |
Chandrakant Damodhar Handore |
M |
IND |
17727 |
| 1995 |
47 |
Chembur |
GEN |
Advani Hashu |
M |
BJP |
57790 |
Kunnure Annasaheb Ramchandra |
M |
INC |
43172 |
| 1990 |
47 |
Chembur |
GEN |
Advani Hashu |
M |
BJP |
49739 |
Chandrakant Handore |
M |
RPI |
49071 |
| 1985 |
47 |
Chembur |
GEN |
Parihar Parvati Laxmnarain |
F |
INC |
35115 |
Advani Hashu |
M |
BJP |
27529 |
| 1980 |
47 |
Chembur |
GEN |
Advani Hashu Parasram |
M |
BJP |
24810 |
Vicki Kapoor |
M |
INC(I) |
21288 |
| 1978 |
47 |
Chembur |
GEN |
Adwani Hashu Parasram |
M |
JNP |
43028 |
Rupavate Premchand Damodar |
M |
INC |
19297 |
| 1972 |
46 |
Chembur |
GEN |
Vishwanath Krishna Tembe |
M |
INC |
60690 |
Hashu Parasaram Advani |
M |
BJS |
24453 |
| 1967 |
46 |
Chembur |
GEN |
H. R. Advani |
M |
BJS |
21841 |
N. G. Acharya |
M |
INC |
19561 |
| 1962 |
23 |
Chembur |
GEN |
Vadilal Chatrabhuj Gandhi |
M |
INC |
59446 |
Raghunath Janardan Dhupkar |
M |
CPI |
19319 |
Last Updated on July 17, 2023