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 Andheri East, Andheri West, Versova and Goregaon.
Constituency: Goregaon
Incumbent MLA: Vidya Thakur, BJP
| Name, Education & Profession | Party | Assets | Pending Court Case Rating* | Agenda |
| Amol Sawant
HSC Service |
Bahujan Samaj Party | 99 Thousand | None | Save Aarey, reopening of Siddarth Hospital, SRA, access to health, education, water, sewage in slums |
| Vidya Thakur
8th Std Politician |
Bharatiya Janta Party | 3.73 Crore | None | Did not share |
| Mitesh Varshney
LLB Advocate |
Independent | 1.33 Lakh | 8 | Withdraw cases filed under Section 353 after 2010, area with more than 250 trees will be declared Green Zone |
| Purushottam Patel
B.Sc. Retired |
Independent | 2.03 Crore | None | I will enable communication between the government, such as the BMC and Police Department, and the common man. |
| Mahendra Bhonsle
Dip. in EE Plumber & Electrician |
Independent | 34.76 Lakh | None | Did not share |
| Yuvraj Mohite
M.A. Journalist |
Indian National Congress | 1.11 Crore | None | Did not share |
| Ajay Dubey
LLM Advocate |
Jan Adhikar Party | 6.54 Lakh | None | Women empowerment,free education,free wifi,free medical treatment |
| Virendra Jadhav
SSC NGO director |
Maharashtra Navanirman Sena | 54.53 Lakh | 39 | Did not share |
| Naushad Shikalgar
MLS Employed |
Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi | 2.23 Crore | None | Did not share |
Constituency: Andheri West
Incumbent MLA: Ameet Satam, BJP
| Name, Education & Profession | Party | Assets | Pending Court Case Rating* | Agenda |
| Arif Shaikh
B.Com. Business |
All India Majlis E-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 4.15 Lakh | 23 | Did not share |
| Ameet Satam
MMS Politician |
Bharatiya Janta Party | 2.95 Crore | None | Did not share |
| Narayanan Kidappil
SSC Social Worker |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 7.22 Thousand | 21 | Candidate will help people on day to day issues. |
| Sayyad Patel
9th Std Social Worker |
Independent | 80 Thousand | Will work for all communities irrespective of their religion. I am a human being first and will work for humanity and upliftment of the poor sections of society. Work towards free basic standards of living eg. health-care, education, jobs, water, electricity etc. | |
| Ujjay Jadhav
MBBS Doctor |
Independent | 65.5 Lakh | Will try for free tertiary health care services for old, women & children, free ambulance, access to government services, parking spaces, playgrounds | |
| Ashok Jadhav
SSC Business |
Indian National Congress | 4.86 Crore | 2 | Did not share |
| Gulaam Shaikh
7th Std.. Sales |
Jan Adhikar Party | 15.51 Lakh | None | Will work as per the people’s wishes and for the empowerment of women of my community. |
| Kishore Rane
B.Com. Service |
Maharashtra Navanirman Sena | 5 Lakh | None | A good home for the poor, women’s safety, free maternity home, 24×7 MLA office to contact MLA, playgrounds, health facilities for poor, SRA, Hajj for Muslims, ‘Annadan’ yojana for 365 days |
Constituency: Andheri East
Incumbent: Ramesh Latke, Shiv Sena
| Name, Education & Profession | Party | Assets | Pending Court Case Rating* | Agenda |
| Dr. Rahul Kamble
LLB Self-employed |
Bahujan Samaj Party | 3 Lakh | None | I will make available ambulance facility in all 6 wards. I will also rehabilitate all the SRA affected slum dwellers who have been displaced. Access to free water, pothole free roads, open spaces for residents of Andheri. Jobs for the educated youth. Access to government schemes. |
| Manish Raut
SSC Business |
Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi | 33.33 Lakh | None | Youth should get involve in Politics for change. |
| Murji Patel
9th Std. Professional service |
Independent | 82.35 Lakh | None | Did not share |
| Kamlesh Yadav
HSC Business |
Independent | 21.07 Lakh | None | I will address the issues of bad roads, traffic problem in Andheri East, water problem and the biggest problem of SRA. |
| Manoj Naik
SSC Real estate |
Independent | 53.16 Lakh | None | Will solve problems in slums. |
| Jagdish Amin
8th Std. Business |
Indian National Congress | 2.52 Crore | None | Playgrounds, roads, water, sewage |
| Sharad Yatam
HSC Business |
Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi | 40.76 Lakh | 36 | A Cultured, Safe and Educated Andheri |
| Ramesh Latke
SSC Business |
Shiv Sena | 3.97 Crore | 9 | Did not share |
Constituency: Versova
Incumbent MLA: Dr Bharti Lavekar, BJP
| Name, Education & Profession | Party | Assets | Pending Court Case rating* | Agenda |
| Dr. Bharati Lavekar
PhD Social worker |
Bharatiya Janata Party | 3.14 Crore | None | Did not share |
| Hans Krishanlal
SSC Business |
Independent | 3.96 Crore | 4 | Firstly, I will help the people who have been affected by the PMC Bank crisis and work on the Aarey issue. I will solve all the injustice done within 2 months of being elected. |
| Pravin Dabholkar
SSC Business |
Independent | 1.34 Crore | 22 | Did not share |
| Rajul Patel D. Ed
Corporator |
Independent | 40.35 Lakh | 53 | Did not share |
| Baldev Khosa
Diploma Agriculturalist |
Indian National Congress | 14.02 Crore | None | Did not share |
| Salim Shaikh
N/A Car dealer |
Indian Union Muslim League | 45 Thousand | None | Free hospital ,free education,betterment of government school and hospitals. |
| Chhaya Tiwari
9th Std. Housewife |
Janata Congress | 36.06 Thousand | None | Remove regions from blacklist in Versova area, work on SRA and slum redevelopment issues, work on providing accessible health-care and education facilities for the weaker economic sections. |
| Sandesh Desai
SSC N/A |
Maharashtra Navanirman Sena | 64.35 Lakh | 25 | Did not share |
| Abdul Shaikh
8th Std. Business |
Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi | 71.83 Lakh | None | I wish to open a school, college and hospital for the children and people of my constituency. The salary I will receive as an MLA, I will distribute that amongst the people. |
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* 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