Kandivali East Assembly Election 2019 | The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the dates for the Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly polls. Voting for the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly will be held on 21 October in a single phase. The counting of votes and final results will be declared on 24 October. The term of the Devendra Fadnavis-led current Maharashtra Assembly will end on 9 November.
The notification and nomination process for the Assembly election was issued on 27 September. Candidates filed their nominations latest by 4 October. The scrutiny of nomination papers was done on 5 October and the last date to withdraw candidature from the electoral battle was 7 October. A total of 95,473 polling stations will be set up for over 8.95 crore voters in Maharashtra.
There is one reserved seat under Scheduled Caste category in the Mumbai Suburban district — Kurla.
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Constituency Name—Kandivali East Constituency Number—160 District Name—Mumbai Suburban Total Electors—268843 Female Electors—119253 Male Electors—149588 Third Gender—2 Reserved— No
**Results in previous elections—**In 2009, Thakur Ramesh Singh of Congress won with 50,138 votes against Jaiprakash Thakur of BJP who garnered a total of 38,832 votes. In 2014, BJP fielded Atul Bhatkhalkar from BJP who defeated the former MLA with a margin of over 40,000 votes.
In 2019 elections, Congress candidate Ajanta Rajpati Yadav will be standing against BJP candidate and the incumbent MLA Atul Bhatkhalkar.