On Monday, October 21st, Maharashtra will be voting to elect the members to its Legislative Assembly. Take a look at the profiles of candidates in the fray in the four key constituencies of Borivali, Dahisar, Magathane and Mulund.
Constituency: Borivali
Incumbent MLA: Vinod Tawde, BJP
| Name, Education, Profession | Party | Assets | Pending court case rating * | Agenda |
| Rajesh Mallah, SSC, Labourer | BSP | 20.01 thousand | 15 | Did not share |
| Sunil Rane, B.Com, Secretary | BJP | 1.7 crore | None | Did not share |
| Kumar Khilare, B.A. Business | Indian National Congress | 31.45 lakh | None | Did not share |
| Dhirubhai Gohil, 7th standard, embroidery work | Sardar Vallabhai Patel Party | 40 thousand | None | Development, solve everyday issues & propagate Sardar Patel’s ideas |
Constituency: Dahisar
Incumbent MLA: Manisha Chaudhary, BJP
| Name, Education, Profession | Party | Assets | Pending court case rating* | Agenda |
| Harsha Chowkekar, LLM, Not mentioned | Bahujan Samaj Party | 3.21 lakh | None | Improvement in law for social welfare, legal access to poor, women’s safety & welfare, employment for youth, will work for farmers & workers, reform in education system |
| Manisha Chaudhary, B.Sc., self-employed | BJP | 3.21 crore | None | Did not share |
| Andrew Fernandes, MBA, retired | Hum Bhartiya Party | 1.4 crore | None | Did not share |
| Arun Sawant, B.A., Ex-employee of LIC India | Indian National Congress | 2.76 crore | None | Provide basic necessities to the people of Dahisar, like road, electricity, public toilets etc. |
| Dharmendra Pandey, HSC, Unemployed | Independent | 12 thousand | None | My dream is to have a healthy, clean and prosperous Dahisar. My agenda and manifesto is the same as the peoples manifesto. I will execute their wishes and solve their problems with honesty and integrity. |
| Rajesh Yerunkar, HSC, Service | Maharashtra Navanirman Sena | 1.82 crore | None | Did not share |
| Radheshyam Vishwakarma, SSC, Stringmaker | Nationalist Janshakti Party |
9.83 lakh | None | Slum rehabilitation, improving slum dwellers living condition, work on providing basic infrastructure facilities in all wards of Dahisar |
| Mahesh Jadhav, SSC, Taxi driver | Sambhaji Brigade | 17.19 lakh | None | Will work for education, agriculture, employment area, etc. |
Constituency: Magathane
No currently elected representative
| Name, Education, Profession | Party | Assets | Pending court case rating* | Agenda |
| Prakash Surve, B.Com., Business | Shiv Sena | 30.27 crore | 4 | Did not share |
| Manishankar Chauhan, HSC, Farming and Liquor Trade Consultant |
Nationalist Congress Party | 49.92 lakh | None | Development for Magathane, give houses and facility to the people living in forest, build Hospital. |
| Rajaram Jadhav, SSC, Real Estate Agent | Bahujan Samaj Party | 17.98 thousand | None | Rehabilitation of demolished slums, SRA, ration card for poor, access to education, electricity & water |
| Manoj Bamne, HSC, Private Service and LIC Agent |
Bahujan Mukti Party | 77.27 lakh | None | Resolve water & electricity issues of the five wards in the constituency, mass movement for justice |
| Devendra Thakur, 9th standard, self employed | Independent | 2.42 lakh | None | I have worked for adivasis, stayed with them and know their grievances. I will work towards construction of a double decker bridge at Hanuman Nagar and fight for their relocation issue. |
| Nayan Kadam, HSC, Business | Maharashtra Navanirman Sena | 3.86 crore | 15 | Did not share |
| Vijay Kumar Mishra, HSC, Business | Naitik Party | 76.25 lakh | None | I will try to understand the peoples problems and requirements and attempt to resolve them. I will provide water and electricity immediately. I will attempt to address the issues of schools and hospitals. I will do this by being among the people instead of dictating as an outsider |
| Sadanand Mane, HSC, Driver | Independent | 10 thousand | None | Will work on water problems, toilets, road and hospital |
| Sunil Mandave, 9th standard, Business | Independent | 31.53 lakh | None | Did not share |
Constituency: Mulund
Incumbent MLA: Sardar Tarasingh, BJP
| Name, Education, Profession | Party | Assets | Pending court case rating* | Agenda |
| Mihir Kotecha, SSC, Business | BJP | 18.68 crore | None | Did not share |
| Govind Singh, 9th standard, Engineering Company |
Indian National Congress | 45.38 crore | None | Build schools and colleges, reopen the municipal hospital, will work to speed up the SRA projects, to provide people with 290 sq. ft home with 500 sq.ft |
| Harshala Chavan, B.Com, Salaried employee | Maharashtra Navanirman Sena | 13.48 lakh | None | Did not share |
| Shrirang Kamble, B.A. (Economics), Retired | Bahujan Samaj Party | 1.28 crore | None | I have been and wish to continue working for the environment. I would like to start a ‘Chipko’ movement for the Aarey tree cutting and metro car-shed construction issue. I want to fight against global warming and climate change and want to spread this awareness among the people. I want to collectively try and increase the income of farmers so as to prevent farmer suicides. |
| Goroba Naykile, SSC, Electrician | Ambedkarite Party Of India | 2.68 lakh | None | Did not share |
| Keshav Joshi, 9th standard, vehicle service | Independent | 17.5 lakh | None | Try to help as many people as possible |
| Meena Sutrakar, SSC, Social worker | Independent | 21.24 lakh | None | Did not share |
| Nand Kumar Singh, 7th standard, Real estate agent | Independent | 7.6 thousand | None | Water, roads, electricity and fight for people’s rights, bigger homes in rehabilitation |
| Nilesh Chavan, 9th standard, auto driver | Jan Adhikar Party | 1.93 lakh | None | AIIMS Hospital, Women’s safety, youth employment, indepdendent auto & taxi board, KG to PG free education |
| Sadanand Manekar, M. Engg., Ex-Naval Officer, Security Agency |
Independent | 62 lakh | None | Good quality of life in Mulund, redevelopment |
| Salu Pawar, 7th standard, auto driver | Independent | 8.03 lakh | None | Betterment of BMC schools,will work on slum redevlopment,will complete the project not completed and promised by prevous government |
| Sanjay Deshpande, SSC, Garments Tailoring | Independent | 72.79 lakh | None | Cleaning worker recruitment in Mahanagarpalika, will make job oppurtunity, will fight against corruption |
| Shashikant Mokal, 9th standard, self employed | Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi |
25 thousand | None | Will make hospital, create job opportunity,betterment of BMC schools, law and order |
* Pending Court Case Ratings are calculated based on a mathematical formula which assigns 1 Red Flag for each minor criminal charge and 2 to 5 Red Flags for each charge of fraud, violent crimes, rape, robbery, extortion, kidnapping, murder under the Indian Penal Code
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