Chiplun Assembly constituency

Coordinates: 17°32′N 73°31′E / 17.53°N 73.52°E / 17.53; 73.52
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Chiplun
Constituency No. 265 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionWestern India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictRatnagiri
LS constituencyRatnagiri-Sindhudurg
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyNationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar Faction)
Elected year2019

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

Maharashtra state assembly elections 2004: Chiplun
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

Maharashtra state assembly elections 2009: Chiplun
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

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Chiplun
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

  1. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 273.
  2. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 278.


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