Maharastra will elect a new legislative assembly on Monday, October 21st. Here are the profiles of candidates in the fray in the four key constituencies of Vandre East, Vandre West, Dharavi, Sion Koliwada.
Constituency: Vandre East
Incumbent MLA: Trupti Prakash Sawant
Profile of candidates
| Name, Education and Profession | Party | Assets | Pending Court case rating* | Agenda |
| Trupti Sawant, graduate, MLA | Independent | 79.52 lakh | None | Did not share |
| Vishal Gamre, 9th standard, service | BSP | 2.61 lakh | None | Did not share |
| Vishwanath Mahadeshwar, BEd, headmaster | Shiv Sena | 1.24 crore | None | Homes for govt employees, slum redevelopment, water supply |
| Zeeshan Siddique, MA, Business | Congress | 8.99 crore | None | Did not share |
| Akhil Chitre, Bcom, consultancy | Maharastra Navanirman Sena | 71.6 Lakh | 77 | SRA redevelopment, Mhada redevelopment, cluster redevelopment, traffic congestion, hawker issues |
| Anilsingh Chauhan, HSC, self-employed | Independent | 2.13 lakh | None | Did not share |
| Devchand Randive, HSC, Social worker | Peasants and Workers Party of India | 25,000 | None | Did not share |
| Javed Sheikh, 9th Standard, Unemployed | Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi | 21 lakh | None | Will open good school, hospital and health care centre and also work for good education, roads. Will work for community irrespective of religion. |
| Kishor Igave, Bcom, Unemployed | Independent | 80,000 | None | Will raise issue of employment, water, cleanliness, roads |
| Mohammed Bhatnase,SSC, Business | Bahujan Mukti Party | 40.23 lakh | None | To establish a community hospital with all the facilities within the constituency, create a hawking zone, slum dwellers to not become homeless |
| Pragati Jadhav ,10th standard, Tailor | Peoples Party of India | 8.38 lakh | None | Did not share |
| Salim Qureshi, 9th standard, Mutton shop | All India Majilis-E-Ittihadul Muslimeen | 2.75 lakh | 15 | Did not share |
| Noor Shaikh Mohammad, 7th standard, Business | Indian Union Muslim League | 39.1 lakh | 20 | Request to make me win by a large number of cases |
Constituency: Vandre West
Incumbent MLA: Ashish Shelar
| Name, Education and Profession | Party | Assets | Pending Court case rating* | Agenda |
| Ashish Shelar, LLB, Advocate | BJP | 7.14 crore | 9 | Did not share |
| Arun Jadhav, PG, retired | BSP | 1.51 crore | None | Did not share |
| Asif Zakaria, Bcom, Business | Indian National congress | 21.41 crore | None | Would like to make the legislative more participative, involve the citizens in decision making, implement larger infrastructure projects in Bandra West assembly, there are various pending works and issues which need to be worked upon, I will continue to be accessible as I have been in the past 15 years as a councillor |
| Ishtiyaq Jahagirdar, Diploma, service | Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi | 30.84 lakh | None | Raise my voice for cleanliness and against injustice, there is a need for a good representative and I wish to be that for the people, There should be free medical treatment and free education |
Constituency: Dharavi
Incumbent MLA: Varsha Gaikwad
| Name, Education and Profession | Party | Assets | Pending Court case rating* | Agenda |
| Anita Gautam, 9th Standard, Nurse | BSP | 80,000 | None | Roads, playgroups for children, services for old & widows |
| Ashish More, SSC, Business | Shiv Sena | 23.2 lakh | 15 | Did not share |
| Babita Shinde, SSC, House wife | Independent | 49.15 thousand | None | The next generation should not live the life we have lived in slums, nobody should live in dirt, access to good environment, clean water, separate schools for differently-abled |
| Ganesh Kadam, Bcom, Salaried employee | Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha | 1.71 lakh | None | Redevelopment of Dharavi with homes & essential services, uniform civil code, compulsory Marathi in government offices & courts |
| Giriraj Sherkhane, HSC, civil work | Independent | 1.81 lakh | 12 | Will work for all causes that leads to society enhancement and development, will be there for people whenever they need to address their grievances |
| Kawade Vinayak, SSC, salaried employee | Maharastra Navanirman Sena | 28.24 Lakh | None | Did not share |
| Manoj Sansare, Bsc, employed | All India Majlis-E-Ittihad ul Muslimeen | 5.5 lakh | 22 | Did not share |
| Raju Dalvi, BA, Business | Independent | 97,000 | None | Did not share |
| Ravindra Angarkhe, HSC, LIC and mediclaim agent | Bahujan Mukti Party | 2.27 lakh | None | Improving the right to education to all, providing UPSC and MPSC exams training centre, improving facilities in the government hospital, the prohibition of drug use, for unemployed monthly 3000INR will be given |
| Varsha Gaikwad, Msc, MLA | Congress party | 84.35 Lakh | 1 | Did not share |
| Vikas Rokade, 7th standard, Business | Independent | 11,000 | None | Did not share |
Constituency: Sion Koliwada
Incumbent MLA: Selvan Tamil
| Name, Education and Profession | Party | Assets | Pending Court case rating* | Agenda |
| Amiruddin Idrisi, BE, Business consultant | Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi | 2.54 lakh | None | Will help young people in education who cannot afford it, We will also help people with getting trained on small courses like mechanic etc. So that they can have employment. Will also try to build a vocational education centre in our area. It will help to create a better employment opportunity. |
| Anant Kamble, HSC, employed | Maharashtra Navanirman Sena | 22.06 lakh | 4 | Development of constituency, solve problems of people, waterlogging, traffic, clean environment |
| Ashwini Kasbe, LLB, Advocate | Prabuddha Bharat Prajasattak | 2.43 lakh | None | will make job opportunity to youth, promoting culture, law & order, against crime, will make education free |
| Attadeep Jadhav, 9th standard, office assistant | Peasants and Workers party of India | 41,000 | None | Did not share |
| Bala Nadar, BCA, IT service | Aapki Apne party | 38.32 lakh | None | Did not share |
| Ganesh Yadav, MMS, Business | Congress party | 69.94 lakh | 8 | Did not share |
| Samasealam Shaikh, 8th standard, Business | Peace Party | 19.85 lakh | None | To create awareness about drug addiction and make the youth free from drug addiction, improving the sewage and drainage system |
| Shanta Nair, LLB Advocate | Bhahujan Maha party | 16.71 Lakh | 3 | Did not share |
| Tamil Selvan, SSC, Business | BJP | 3.48 crore | 13 | Did not share |
| Vijay Dalvi, MA, Social Worker | CPIM | 63.33 lakh | 4 | Did not share |
| Vilas Kamble, SSC, Construction business | Bahujan Samaj Party | 5.69 lakh | None | Work for SRA projects, work on Mahul rehabilitation issue, Aarey colony |
* 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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