Ratnagiri Lok Sabha constituency

Ratnagiri was a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Maharashtra. In 2008, it was merged with some other areas to form a new Lok Sabha seat called Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency.

Ratnagiri
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Assembly constituencies	Chiplun Ratnagiri Rajapur Kankavli Kudal Sawantwadi
Established	1951
Abolished	2009

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1952	Jaganath Rao Bhonsle		Indian National Congress
	Moreshwar Dinkar Joshi
1957	Premjibhai Assar		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1962	Sharda Mukherjee		Indian National Congress
1967
1971	Shantaram Peje
1977	Bapusaheb Parulekar		Janata Party
1980
1984	Husen Dalwai		Indian National Congress
1989	Govindrao Nikam
1991
1996	Anant Geete		Shiv Sena
1998
1999
2004
2009 onwards : See Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency

Election results

2004

2004 Indian general elections: Ratnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SHS	Anant Geete	334,690	59.66	+4.67
	NCP	Govindrao Nikam	185,722	33.11	−0.3
	PWPI	Pankaj Kawli	25,951	4.6
	BSP	Rajendra Ayere	14,613	2.6
Majority			148,968	26.55
Turnout			561,300	61.36	−2.63
	SHS hold		Swing	+4.67

See also

• Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha