BJP wins in Wadala by 30,845 votes: Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2019

Kalidas Nilkanth Kolambkar of BJP beats Congress's Shivkumar Uday Lad in Wadala

BJP won Wadala, defeating second-placed Congress by 30845 votes. Congress had won this constituency in the previous election, but BJP took control of the seat with a landslide margin in this election.

Wadala is in the Mumbai region of Maharashtra. It is a predominantly urban constituency. In Wadala, the Muslim community is a major voting block.

Kalidas Nilkanth Kolambkar of the BJP received 52.0% of the vote, compared to 23.6% of the Congress's Shivkumar Uday Lad. BJP's voteshare increased by 20.4% from 2014, while Congress's voteshare fell by 8.7%.

The constituency saw a 3-cornered contest, with Bharatiya Janata Party, Indian National Congress, Maharashtra Navnirman sena all getting a voteshare of 10% of more.

Party	Name	Votes	Vote (%)	Party Voteshare Change
Bharatiya Janata Party	Kalidas Nilkanth Kolambkar	56485	52.0%	+20.4%
Indian National Congress	Shivkumar Uday Lad	25640	23.6%	-8.7%
Maharashtra Navnirman sena	Anand Mohan Prabhu	15779	14.5%	+14.5%
Independent	Laxman Kashinath Pawar	6544	6.0%	-
None of the Above	Nota	3432	3.2%	+3.2%
All India Minorities Front	Mohammad Irshad Taoufiq Khan	442	0.4%	+0.4%
Independent	Yashwant Shivaji Waghmare	278	0.3%	-