About Ghatkopar West Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
Located in Mumbai Suburban district, the assembly constituency of Ghatkopar West belongs to
Mumbai North
East Lok Sabha constituency. Ghatkopar is also the name of the railway station. Ram Kadam of
MNS
(Maharashtra Navnirman Sena) won from Ghatkopar West constituency and is the present MLA. He
defeated
Poonam Mahajan Rao of BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) with a very huge margin. Kadam secured
60343 votes as
against Rao's 34115 votes. It is believed that the name Ghatkopar is derived from the word
'Ghat' as there
were many ghats in the area.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Ghatkopar West Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Ghatkopar West assembly elections
conducted so
far.
| Year |
A C No. |
Constituency Name |
Category |
Winner |
Gender |
Party |
Votes |
Runner Up |
Gender |
Party |
Votes |
| 2014 |
169 |
Ghatkopar West |
GEN |
Ram Kadam |
M |
BJP |
80343 |
Sudhir Sayaji More |
M |
SHS |
38427 |
| 2009 |
169 |
Ghatkopar West |
GEN |
Ram Kadam |
M |
MNS |
60343 |
Poonam Mahajan Rao |
F |
BJP |
34115 |
Last Updated on July 17, 2023