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Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionWestern India
StateMaharashtra
Assembly constituenciesChiplun
Ratnagiri
Rajapur
Kankavli
Kudal
Sawantwadi
Established2008–present
Total electors1,367,361[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2024

Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg 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] It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Nilesh Rane of the Indian National Congress. As of the 2024 elections, its current MP is Narayan Rane of Bharatiya Janata Party

Assembly segments[edit | edit source]

At present, Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These segments are:[2]

# Name District Member Party Leading
(in 2024)
265 Chiplun Ratnagiri Shekhar Nikam NCP Shiv Sena
266 Ratnagiri Uday Samant Shiv Sena
267 Rajapur Kiran Samant
268 Kankavli Sindhudurg Nitesh Rane BJP BJP
269 Kudal Nilesh Rane Shiv Sena
270 Sawantwadi Deepak Kesarkar

Members of Parliament[edit | edit source]

Year Name Party
Before 2008 : See Ratnagiri and Rajapur
2009 Nilesh Rane Indian National Congress
2014 Vinayak Raut Shiv Sena
2019
2024 Narayan Rane Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results[edit | edit source]

2024[edit | edit source]

2024 Indian general elections: Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Narayan Rane 448,514 49.07 New
SS(UBT) Vinayak Raut 4,00,656 43.83 New
Independent Vinayak Lavu Raut 15,826 1.73 N/A
NOTA None of the above 11,643 1.27 Decrease0.26
VBA Maruti Ramachandra Joshi 10,039 1.10 N/A
Majority 47,858 5.23 Decrease14.56
Turnout 9,16,994 63.12 Increase1.13
BJP gain from SHS Swing

2019[edit | edit source]

2019 Indian general elections: Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SHS Vinayak Raut 458,022 50.83 −4.19
MSHP Nilesh Narayan Rane 2,79,700 31.04
INC Navinchandra Bandivadekar 63,299 7.02 −31.25
NOTA None of the above 13,777 1.53
Majority 1,78,322 19.79
Turnout 9,02,355 61.99
SHS gain from Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha Swing

General election 2014[edit | edit source]

2014 Indian general elections: RatnagiriSindhudurg[1][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SHS Vinayak Raut 493,088 55.02 +12.28
INC Nilesh Rane 3,43,037 38.27 −10.97
BSP Aayre Rajendra Lahu 13,088 1.46 −0.69
AAP Abhijit Shriram Hegshetye 12,700 1.42 N/A
IND Sunil Alias Yashwant Vasant Pednekar 7,328 0.82 N/A
IND Arun Harishchandra Manjrekar 5,999 0.67 N/A
Socialist Dipak Dattaram Nevgi 2,904 0.32 N/A
IND Ajinkya Dhondu Gawade 2,332 0.26 N/A
BMP Birje Yashwant Anant 1,992 0.22 N/A
ABHM Vinod Sawant 1,395 0.16 −0.18
NOTA None of the above 12,393 1.38 N/A
Margin of victory 1,50,051 16.75 +10.25
Turnout 8,96,409 65.56 +8.17
Registered electors 13,67,362
Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha gain from INC Swing +11.63

General election 2009[edit | edit source]

2009 Indian general elections: Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Nilesh Rane 353,915 49.24
SHS Suresh Prabhu 3,07,165 42.74
IND Surendra Borkar 18,858 2.62
BSP Jayendra Parulekar 15,469 2.15
Kranti Kari Jai Hind Sena Ajay Alias Aaba Dada Jadhav 7,405 1.03
BBM Siraj Abdulla Kauchali 6,587 0.92
IND Khalape Akbar Mahammad 4,516 0.63
ABHM Vilasrao Khanvilkar 2,448 0.34
RSPS Rajesh Purushottam Surve 2,358 0.33
Margin of victory 46,750 6.50
Turnout 7,18,721 57.39 N/A
Registered electors 12,52,345
INC gain from SHS Swing

See also[edit | edit source]

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. 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. 2.0 2.1 "Delimitation Commission of India Notification" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra. p. 25. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  3. "Delimitation notification comes into effect". The Hindu. 20 February 2008. Archived from the original on 28 February 2008.
  4. "Maharashtra – Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  5. "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 102. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

External links[edit | edit source]

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