Palghar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Palghar
Palghar
Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	Rajendra Gavit
Parliamentary Party	Shiv Sena
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	2008–present
Reservation	Scheduled Tribes
State	Maharashtra
Total Electors	17,31,077
Assembly Constituencies	Dahanu; Vikramgad; Palghar; Boisar; Nalasopara; Vasai

Palghar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian parliament) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency was created on 19 February 2008 as a part of the implementation of the Presidential notification based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted on 12 July 2002.^[2]^[3] The seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribes. It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Baliram Sukur Jadhav of Bahujan Vikas Aghadi. As of the 2014 election, Chintaman Vanaga of the Bharatiya Janata Party represented this constituency in the Lok Sabha. After sudden demise of Chintaman Vanaga, Bharatiya Janata Party gave ticket to Rajendra Gavit for by-elections.

Assembly segments[edit]

Palghar Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These segments are:^[2]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Name of incumbent MLA
128	Dahanu	ST	Palghar	Vinod Nikole	CPM
129	Vikramgad	ST	Palghar	Sunil Bhusara	Nationalist Congress Party
130	Palghar	ST	Palghar	Shrinivas Vanga	Shiv Sena
131	Boisar	ST	Palghar	Rajesh Patil	BVA
132	Nalasopara	None	Palghar	Kshitij Thakur	BVA
133	Vasai	None	Palghar	Hitendra Thakur	BVA

Key

2019 Indian general elections: Palghar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SHS	Rajendra Dhedya Gavit	5,80,479	48.30
	[[Bahujan Vikas Aghadi\|Template:Bahujan Vikas Aghadi/meta/shortname]]	Baliram Jadhav	4,91,596	40.90
	[[Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi\|Template:Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi/meta/shortname]]	Suresh Padavi	13,728	1.14
	NOTA	None of the Above	29,479	2.45
Majority			88,883	7.40
Turnout			12,02,197	63.76
	SHS gain from BJP		Swing

Bye-Election, 2018: Palghar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rajendra Dhedya Gavit	2,72,782	30.76	-22.96
	SHS	Shrinivas Chintaman Vanaga	2,43,210	27.42
	[[Bahujan Vikas Aghadi\|Template:Bahujan Vikas Aghadi/meta/shortname]]	Baliram Sukur Jadhav	2,22,838	25.13	-4.46
	CPI (M)	Kiran Raja Gahala	71,887	8.11	+0.36
	INC	Damodar Barku Shingada	47,714	5.38
	NOTA	None of the Above	16,884	1.90	-0.30
Margin of victory			29,572	3.34
Turnout			8,86,873	51.23
	BJP hold		Swing

2014 Indian general elections: Palghar^[1]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Chintaman Vanaga	5,33,201	53.72	+24.94
	[[Bahujan Vikas Aghadi\|Template:Bahujan Vikas Aghadi/meta/shortname]]	Baliram Jadhav	2,93,681	29.59	-0.88
	CPI (M)	Kharpade Ladkya Rupa	76,890	7.75	-4.84
	AAP	Pandurang Jethya Pardhi	16,182	1.63	N/A
	Independent	Haribhau Soma Vartha	12,974	1.31	N/A
	BMP	Dilip Atmaram Dumada	10,742	1.08	N/A
	BSP	Gavari Shyam Anant	8,176	0.82	-0.51
	Independent	Sachin Damodar Shingda	7,957	0.80	N/A
style="background-color: Template:Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh\|Template:Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh/meta/shortname]]	Mohan Barku Guhe	6,691	0.67	-0.37
	Independent	Kashinath Laxman Kokera	4,327	0.44	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	21,797	2.20	N/A
Margin of victory			2,39,520	24.13	+22.45
Turnout			9,92,618	62.90	+14.80
	BJP gain from Bahujan Vikas Aghadi		Swing	+12.91

2009 Indian general elections: Palghar^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	[[Bahujan Vikas Aghadi\|Template:Bahujan Vikas Aghadi/meta/shortname]]	Baliram Jadhav	2,23,234	30.47
	BJP	Chintaman Vanaga	2,10,875	28.78
	INC	Damodar Shingada	1,60,570	21.92
	CPI (M)	Lahanu Kom	92,224	12.59
	Independent	Pandurang Jethya Paradhi	20,363	2.78
	BSP	Dalavi Bhaskar Ladku	9,741	1.33
	Independent	Kashiram Mahadu Dhondaga	7,968	1.09
	[[Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangha\|Template:Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangha/meta/shortname]]	Chandrakant Balu Phupane	7,613	1.04
Margin of victory			12,360	1.68
Turnout			7,32,587	48.10
	Bahujan Vikas Aghadi win (new seat)

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Delimitation Commission of India Notification" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra. p. 24. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
↑ "Delimitation notification comes into effect". The Hindu. 20 February 2008. Archived from the original on 28 February 2008.
↑ "Maharashtra - Palghar". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
↑ "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. pp. 90–91. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.