Anushakti Nagar Election 2024: All about the constituency, party-wise candidates, past winners and more

Nawab Malik retained this Assembly seat in the 2019 elections.

The Anushakti Nagar Assembly constituency, created in 2008 following delimitation, plays a key role in Maharashtra's political landscape.

Constituency number 172, this Assembly seat is situated in the Mumbai (Suburban) district. The constituency is unreserved, meaning it is open to candidates from all communities and does not have any specific reservation for certain groups.

The Mumbai (Suburban) district, which encompasses the Anushakti Nagar constituency, has a total of 7,582,866 registered voters. This includes 4,058,610 male voters, 3,523,436 female voters, and 820 voters from the third gender.

The political scene in Anushakti Nagar has been dominated by Nawab Malik, a former NCP minister. Malik won the seat in 2009 and retained it in 2019 and is currently the sitting MLA from this seat.

Anushakti Nagar constituency candidates for 2024

For the upcoming elections, Fahad Ahmad is contesting from the NCP ticket under Sharad Pawar's faction, while Nawab Malik's daughter, Sana Malik, has been given a ticket by the Ajit Pawar faction of NCP. Additionally, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena has nominated Avinash Rane for the seat.

Anushakti Nagar Assembly Election 2019 results

In the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly Elections, Nawab Malik (NCP) won Anushakti Nagar with 65,217 votes, securing a vote share of 46.84 percent. He defeated Shiv Sena's Tukaram Ramkrushna Kate, who received 52,466 votes (37.68 percent), by a margin of 12,751 votes. Independent candidate Yasin Ismail Sayed secured the third position with 7,701 votes (5.53 percent), while MNS's Vijay Suresh Raorane took the fourth position with 5,879 votes (4.22 percent). The total number of valid votes cast in 2019 was 1,36,936.

Anushakti Nagar Assembly Election 2014 results

In the 2014 Maharashtra Assembly Elections, BJP’s Tukaram Ramkrushna Kate won with 39,966 votes (29.54 percent vote share), defeating Nawab Malik, who polled 38,959 votes (28.80 percent). Kate's victory margin was just 1,007 votes. Other candidates in 2014 included BJP’s Vitthal Ambaji Kharatmol, who secured 23,767 votes (17.57 percent), and Congress's Rajendra Jagannath Mahulkar, who received 17,615 votes (13.02 percent). A total of 1,33,712 valid votes were cast in the constituency that year.

Anushakti Nagar constituency election and results dates

The Anushakti Nagar constituency will go to the polls on November 20, along with the 287 other constituencies in Maharashtra. The results for all constituencies, including Anushakti Nagar, will be declared on November 23.