Chiplun Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Maharashtra legislative assembly in India
| Chiplun | |
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| Constituency No. 265 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Western India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Ratnagiri |
| LS constituency | Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Shekhar Govindrao Nikam | |
| Party | Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar Faction) |
| Elected year | 2019 |
Chiplun Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.
Overview
Chiplun constituency is one of the five Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Ratnagiri district. It comprises parts of the Chiplun and Sangameshwar tehsils of the district.[1]
Chiplun is part of the Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Ratnagiri and Rajapur in Ratnagiri district and Kankavli, Kudal and Sawantwadi in Sindhudurg district.[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Shankar Tambitkar | Communist Party of India | |
| Gangaram Kamble | Scheduled Castes Federation | ||
| 1962 | P. K. Sawant | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | |||
| 1972 | |||
| 1978 | Rajaram Shinde | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | |||
| 1985 | Nishikant Joshi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | Bapu Khedekar | Shiv Sena | |
| 1995 | Bhaskar Jadhav | ||
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | Rameshbhai Kadam | Nationalist Congress Party | |
| 2009 | Sadanand Chavan | Shiv Sena | |
| 2014 | |||
| 2019 | Shekhar Govindrao Nikam | Nationalist Congress Party | |
Election results
Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCP | Ramesh Bhai Kadam | 53,311 | 47.64 | ||
| Independent | Bhaskar Jadhav | 48,025 | 42.92 | ||
| SHS | Prabhakar Shinde | 6,394 | 5.71 | ||
| Majority | 5,286 | 4.72 | |||
| Turnout | 111,888 | 74.23 | |||
| NCP gain from SHS | Swing | ||||
Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHS | Sadanand Chavan | 76,015 | 50.13 | +44.42 | |
| NCP | Ramesh Bhai Kadam | 57,531 | 37.94 | -9.70 | |
| MNS | Suryakant Salunke | 10,642 | 7.02 | N/A | |
| Majority | 18,484 | 12.19 | +7.47 | ||
| Turnout | 1,51,636 | 67.32 | -6.91 | ||
| SHS gain from NCP | Swing | +39.57 | |||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHS | Sadanand Chavan | 75,695 | 45.17 | -4.96 | |
| NCP | Shekhar Govindrao Nikam | 69,627 | 41.55 | +3.61 | |
| BJP | Madhav Bhujang Gawali | 9,143 | 5.46 | N/A | |
| INC | Rashami Rajendra Kadam | 3,702 | 2.21 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,068 | 3.62 | -8.57 | ||
| Turnout | 167,559 | 67.08 | -0.24 | ||
| SHS hold | Swing | -3.15 | |||
See also
References
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Ratnagiri district topics
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