BJP wins in Kalyan East by 12,257 votes: Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2019

Ganpat Kalu Gaikwad of BJP beats Independent's Dhananjay Baburao Bodare Alias Aaba in Kalyan East

BJP won Kalyan East, defeating second-placed Independent by 12257 votes. An independent candidate had won this constituency in the previous election, but BJP took control of the seat with a comfortable margin in this election.

Kalyan East is in the Thane Konkan region of Maharashtra. It is a predominantly urban constituency.

Ganpat Kalu Gaikwad of the BJP received 39.9% of the vote, compared to 31.8% of the Independent's Dhananjay Baburao Bodare Alias Aaba. BJP's voteshare increased by 19.7% from 2014, while Independent's voteshare remained unchanged -.

The constituency saw a 3-cornered contest, with Bharatiya Janata Party, Independent, Nationalist Congress Party all getting a voteshare of 10% of more.

Party	Name	Votes	Vote (%)	Party Voteshare Change
Bharatiya Janata Party	Ganpat Kalu Gaikwad	60332	39.9%	+19.7%
Independent	Dhananjay Baburao Bodare Alias Aaba	48075	31.8%	-
Nationalist Congress Party	Prakash Balkrushna Tare	16757	11.1%	-2.9%
Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi	Ashwini Vinayak Thorat-Dhumal	12899	8.5%	+8.5%
None of the Above	Nota	3690	2.4%	+2.4%
Independent	Shailesh Rammurti Tiwari	2014	1.3%	-
Bahujan Samaj Party	Milind Chandrakant Belamkar	1281	0.8%	-1.6%
Prahar Janshakti Party	Adv. Uday Rasal	1002	0.7%	+0.7%
Independent	Balaji Ramdas Gaikwad	874	0.6%	-
Independent	Devendra Jagdish Singh	716	0.5%	-
Independent	Akshay Manohar Mhatre	572	0.4%	-
Independent	Soni Devram Ahire	530	0.4%	-
Independent	Narendra Waman More	472	0.3%	-
Sangharsh Sena	Harishchandra Dattu Patil	400	0.3%	+0.3%
Bahujan Mukti Party	Abhijeet Ravi Tribhuvan	327	0.2%	+0.2%
Independent	Patel Yogesh Shivram	327	0.2%	-
Independent	Apeksha Arun Dalvi	255	0.2%	-
Independent	Nandkumar Sambhaji Limkar	182	0.1%	-
Samajwadi Forward Bloc	Chikane Sachin Suryakant	182	0.1%	+0.1%
Independent	Salvi Harshal Ravindra	175	0.1%	-