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Assembly constituency 178 · Maharashtra · SC

Dharavi is assembly constituency number 178 in Maharashtra, in Mumbai district, and one of the segments of the Mumbai South Central Lok Sabha seat. In the 2024 election Dr. Gaikwad Jyoti Eknath of the Indian National Congress won with 53.9% of the vote, 23,459 votes ahead of Rajesh Shivdas Khandare (SHS).

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Dharavi · 2024AC 178
  1. 01
    Dr. Gaikwad Jyoti Eknath
    INC
    70,727
    53.87%
  2. 02
    Rajesh Shivdas Khandare
    Shiv Sena
    47,268
    36.00%
  3. 03
    Manohar Kedari Raibage
    BSP
    6,196
    4.72%
  4. 04
    Ghazi Saaduddin
    Independent
    3,331
    2.54%
  5. 05
    Adv. Sandeep Dattu Katke
    Independent
    598
    0.46%
  6. 7 other candidates · 1,428 votesNOTA · 1,756 (1.34%)

Margin 23,459 votes · 17.87% of valid votes

2,61,892
Registered electors
2024 election
50.1%
Turnout
+2.6 pts vs 2019
23,459
Victory margin
17.9% of valid votes
Nov 2024 · candidate-wise result

All 12 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,31,304 valid votes, NOTA included.

Dharavi 2024 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Dr. Gaikwad Jyoti EknathFemale · 47 yrs · SCINC70,727
53.87%
2Rajesh Shivdas KhandareMale · 50 yrs · SCShiv Sena47,268
36.00%
3Manohar Kedari RaibageMale · 64 yrs · SCBSP6,196
4.72%
4Ghazi SaaduddinMale · 50 yrs · SCIndependent3,331
2.54%
—NOTANOTA1,756
1.34%
5Adv. Sandeep Dattu KatkeMale · 44 yrs · SCIndependent598
0.46%
6Manoj Laxman WackchawreMale · 36 yrs · SCAAPP358
0.27%
7Akash Laxman KharatmalMale · 63 yrs · SCIndependent280
0.21%
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8Prashant Uttam KambleMale · 38 yrs · SCIndependent236
0.18%
9Ananta Sambhaji MahajanMale · 42 yrs · SCPPID209
0.16%
10Ajay Ramchandra DetheMale · 54 yrs · SCIndependent126
0.10%
11Dalvi Raju SahebraoMale · 54 yrs · SCIndependent119
0.09%
12Ishwar Vilas TathawadeMale · 48 yrs · SCIndependent100
0.08%
Past results

INC held the seat: it also won in 2019.

0%20%40%60%2009201420192024INC 53.9%Shiv Sena 36.0%BSP 4.7%AIMIM 11.0%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2019Gaikwad Varsha EknathINC · 45.3% · margin 11,824Turnout47.6%
2024Dr. Gaikwad Jyoti EknathINC · 53.9% · margin 23,459Turnout50.1%
2014Gaikwad Varsha EknathINC · 40.4% · margin 15,328Turnout49.4%
2009Gaikwad Varsha EknathINC · 49.8% · margin 9,709Turnout39.3%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Dharavi result 2019

Dharavi 2019 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Gaikwad Varsha EknathINC53,954
45.31%
2Ashish Vasant MoreShiv Sena42,130
35.38%
3Manoj SansareAIMIM13,099
11.00%
4Kawade Sandeep VinayakMNS4,062
3.41%
5Anita Deepak GautamBSP1,870
1.57%
—NOTANOTA1,869
1.57%
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6Ganesh Bajirao KadamABHM661
0.56%
7Babita Vijay ShindeIndependent459
0.39%
8Ravindra Yadav AngarkheBMUP294
0.25%
9Vikas Maruti RokdeIndependent267
0.22%
10Dalvi Raju SahebraoIndependent233
0.20%
11Giriraj Dashrath SherkhaneIndependent179
0.15%

Dharavi result 2014

Dharavi 2014 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Gaikwad Varsha EknathINC47,718
40.38%
2Baburao ManeShiv Sena32,390
27.41%
3Divya DholayBJP20,763
17.57%
4Hanumantha S NandepalliIndependent5,333
4.51%
5Adv. Sandeep Dattu KatkeBSP3,143
2.66%
6Ganesh Chandrakant KhadeMNS3,120
2.64%
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7Dilip Nagesh KatkeIndependent2,199
1.86%
—NOTANOTA1,436
1.22%
8Govind Bhikhabhai ParmarNCP1,384
1.17%
9Badekar Jyoti SuryakantJD(S)191
0.16%
10Vikas Maruti RokadeIndependent173
0.15%
11Shinde Sasrjerao MahadevIndependent127
0.11%
12Ishwar Vilas TathawadeIndependent99
0.08%
13Dinesh Prakash VhatkarIndependent84
0.07%

Dharavi result 2009

Dharavi 2009 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Gaikwad Varsha EknathINC52,492
49.75%
2Raibage Manohar KedariShiv Sena42,783
40.55%
3Vishnu Ramchandra GaikwadBSP7,269
6.89%
4Daulatram Bhujingrao KawleIndependent1,720
1.63%
5Lokhande Shanu JanardanIndependent645
0.61%
6Rahul Nathyaba GaikwadJD(S)352
0.33%
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7Raju Sahebrao DalviRKSP255
0.24%
Map

Dharavi outlined in orange among the other Maharashtra seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2024. Click any seat to open its page.

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Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Dharavi is one of the assembly segments of Mumbai South Central. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Mumbai South Central candidates.

  • Anil Yeshwant DesaiSS(UBT)76,677 63.3%
  • Rahul Ramesh ShewaleShiv Sena39,820 32.9%
  • Vidhyasagar Alias Suresh Bhimrao VidhyagarBSP1,463 1.2%
  • Abul Hasan Ali Hasan KhanVBA811 0.7%
  • Akash Laxman KharatmalIndependent379 0.3%

In the assembly election INC won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, SHSUBT led here by 36,857 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Dharavi.

Who won the Dharavi assembly seat in 2024?

Dr. Gaikwad Jyoti Eknath of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Dharavi in the 2024 Maharashtra assembly election with 70,727 votes, which was 53.87% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Dharavi?

The margin was 23,459 votes (17.87% of valid votes). The runner-up was Rajesh Shivdas Khandare of the Shiv Sena with 47,268 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Dharavi in 2024?

Turnout was 50.15%: 1,31,331 of 2,61,892 registered electors voted, across 262 polling stations. That is 2.6 points higher than in 2019.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Dharavi part of?

Dharavi is an assembly segment of the Mumbai South Central Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Anil Yeshwant Desai got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Dharavi a reserved constituency?

Yes. Dharavi is reserved for scheduled castes (sc), so only candidates from that community can contest, while all registered voters in the seat can vote.

When is the next assembly election in Dharavi?

The Maharashtra assembly elected in 2024 completes its five-year term in 2029, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Maharashtra assembly elections of 2024 and 2019 and 2014 and 2009 (2024 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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