Rajapur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Rajapur
Former Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency Details
Established	1952
Abolished	2008
Reservation	None
State	Maharashtra
Former MP	Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu

Rajapur was a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency of Maharashtra. It was abolished in 2008 and merged with some other Vidhan to form a new Lok Sabha seat territorially, called Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg

Members of Parliament

• 1952: Rajapur area was covered under a Ratnagiri Lok Sabha seat
• 1957: Nath Pai, Praja Socialist Party
• 1962: Nath Pai, Praja Socialist Party
• 1967: Nath Pai, Praja Socialist Party
• 1971: Madhu Dandavate, Praja Socialist Party
• 1977: Madhu Dandavate, Bharatiya Lok Dal
• 1980: Madhu Dandavate, Janata Party
• 1984: Madhu Dandavate, Janata Party
• 1989: Madhu Dandavate, Janata Dal
• 1991: Sudhir Sawant, Indian National Congress
• 1996: Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Shiv Sena
• 1998: Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Shiv Sena
• 1999: Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Shiv Sena
• 2004: Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Shiv Sena
• 2008 Onwards: Constituency does not exist

See Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg (Lok Sabha constituency)

Election results

1991 Lok Sabha

• Sudhir Sawant (Congress) : 157,135
• Vamanrao Mahadik (Shiv Sena) : 114,089
• Madhu Dandavate (Janata Dal) : Came third.

1996 Lok Sabha

• Suresh Prabhu (Shiv Sena) : 193,566
• Sudhir Sawant (Congress) : 127,430

2004 Lok Sabha

2004 Indian general elections: Rajapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SHS	Suresh Prabhu	264,001	54.94	+3.87
	INC	Sudhir Sawant	183,102	38.10	+14.23
	BSP	Mohan Parab	12,616	2.62
	Independent	Mahendra Natekar	9,303	1.94
Majority			80,899	16.84
Turnout			480,610	57.51	−0.2
	SHS hold		Swing	+3.87

See also

• Rajapur
• Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg (Lok Sabha constituency)