Ratnagiri Assembly constituency

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Ratnagiri
Constituency No. 266 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionWestern India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictRatnagiri
Lok Sabha constituencyRatnagiri-Sindhudurg
Established1962
Total electors291,263
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  [[Shiv Sena (2022–present)|Template:Shiv Sena (2022–present)/meta/shortname]]  
Alliance  NDA  
Elected year2024

Ratnagiri Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (Assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in Western India.[1] It is one of the 6 assembly seats under Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency. It consists only Ratnagiri Taluka.

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Election Member Party
1952 Surwe Sitaram Nana Indian National Congress
1957 Modak Atmaram Vasudeo Praja Socialist Party
1962 Shantaram Laxman Peje Indian National Congress
1967
1972 Hassnain. S. E
1978 Abhyankar Kusum Ramchandra Janata Party
1980 Bharatiya Janata Party
1984 By-election Gotad Shivajirao Ramchandra
1985 Shivajirao Jadyar Indian National Congress
1990 Gotad Shivajirao Ramchandra Bharatiya Janata Party
1995
1999 Balasaheb Mane
2004 Uday Ravindra Samant Nationalist Congress Party
2009
2014 Shiv Sena
2019
2024

Election results[edit | edit source]

Assembly Election 2024[edit | edit source]

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Ratnagiri
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SHS Uday Ravindra Samant 111,335 60.33% Decrease14.42
Shiv Sena (UBT) Balasaheb Mane 69,745 37.80% New
NOTA None of the above 3,073 1.67% Decrease1.20
Margin of victory 41,590 22.54% Decrease32.56
Turnout 187,602 64.41% Increase6.55
Total valid votes 184,529
Registered electors 291,263 Increase3.29
SHS hold Swing Decrease14.42

Assembly Election 2019[edit | edit source]

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Ratnagiri [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SHS Uday Ravindra Samant 118,484 74.75% Increase20.44
NCP Sudesh Sadanand Mayekar 31,149 19.65% Increase11.44
VBA Damodar Shivram Kamble 4,621 2.92% New
NOTA None of the above 4,552 2.87% Increase1.30
Independent Gawade Sandeep Yashavant 2,035 1.28% New
BSP Jadhav Rajesh Sitaram 1,707 1.08% Increase0.25
Margin of victory 87,335 55.10% Increase32.29
Turnout 163,146 57.86% Decrease8.36
Total valid votes 158,514
Registered electors 281,973 Increase6.29
SHS hold Swing Increase20.44

Assembly Election 2014[edit | edit source]

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Ratnagiri [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SHS Uday Ravindra Samant 93,876 54.31% New
BJP Balasaheb Mane 54,449 31.50% Decrease9.84
NCP Bashir Amin Murtuza 14,195 8.21% Decrease38.32
INC Keer Ramesh Shreedhar 5,057 2.93% New
NOTA None of the above 2,722 1.57% New
Independent Mohite Nandkumar Dhondu 1,653 0.96% New
BSP Dinesh Govind Pawar 1,432 0.83% Decrease0.15
Margin of victory 39,427 22.81% Increase17.62
Turnout 175,670 66.22% Decrease1.03
Total valid votes 172,866
Registered electors 265,279 Increase11.81
SHS gain from NCP Swing Increase7.78

Assembly Election 2009[edit | edit source]

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Ratnagiri [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NCP Uday Ravindra Samant 74,245 46.53% Decrease0.42
BJP Balasaheb Mane 65,969 41.34% Decrease1.12
MNS Ghag Sanket Ketan 5,617 3.52% New
Independent Surve Sunil Vasantrao 3,563 2.23% New
Independent Nana Mayekar 3,219 2.02% New
Lok Bharati Abhijit Hegshetye 1,658 1.04% New
Independent Shabab Noormohammad Khan 1,579 0.99% New
BSP Nisar Hasan Rajapurkar 1,565 0.98% Decrease0.48
Margin of victory 8,276 5.19% Increase0.70
Turnout 159,563 67.25% Increase1.49
Total valid votes 159,562
Registered electors 237,258 Increase15.79
NCP hold Swing Decrease0.42

Assembly Election 2004[edit | edit source]

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Ratnagiri
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NCP Uday Ravindra Samant 63,233 46.95% Increase12.55
BJP Balasaheb Mane 57,188 42.46% Decrease5.30
Independent Mohite Nanadkumar Dhondu 5,968 4.43% New
Independent T. G. Sawant 3,398 2.52% New
BSP Ghag Rajaram Gopal 1,967 1.46% New
ABHM Shankar Nilkanth Bagwe 1,156 0.86% New
Independent Govind Rama Bane 1,093 0.81% New
Margin of victory 6,045 4.49% Decrease8.88
Turnout 134,736 65.76% Increase11.77
Total valid votes 134,695
Registered electors 204,902 Increase11.05
NCP gain from BJP Swing Decrease0.81

Assembly Election 1999[edit | edit source]

1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Ratnagiri [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Balasaheb Mane 44,000 47.76% Increase0.85
NCP Kumar Shetye 31,687 34.40% New
INC Keer Ramesh Shridhar 10,579 11.48% Decrease11.44
Independent Salim Vijay Laxman 4,568 4.96% New
Independent Abdul Bijlee Khan 921 1.00% New
Margin of victory 12,313 13.37% Decrease8.84
Turnout 99,622 53.99% Decrease17.04
Total valid votes 92,123
Registered electors 184,513 Increase5.22
BJP hold Swing Increase0.85

Assembly Election 1995[edit | edit source]

1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Ratnagiri [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Gotad Shivajirao Ramchandra 56,710 46.91% Increase3.10
Independent Suhas Waman Alias Kumar Shetye 29,860 24.70% New
INC Ravindra Ramkrishna Surve 27,702 22.92% Decrease11.99
Independent Sunil Vasantrao Surve 2,824 2.34% New
Samajwadi Janata Party (Maharashtra) Pangale Dhondu Mahadeo 1,962 1.62% New
BSP Dingankar Vidyadher Ravikant 1,827 1.51% Increase0.71
Margin of victory 26,850 22.21% Increase13.30
Turnout 124,546 71.03% Increase10.57
Total valid votes 120,885
Registered electors 175,354 Increase14.02
BJP hold Swing Increase3.10

Assembly Election 1990[edit | edit source]

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Ratnagiri [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Gotad Shivajirao Ramchandra 39,823 43.81% Increase12.18
INC Shivajirao Jadyar 31,729 34.91% Decrease15.24
Independent Pramod Salvi 17,709 19.48% New
BSP Dhondu Mahadeo Pangale 728 0.80% New
Margin of victory 8,094 8.91% Decrease9.60
Turnout 92,986 60.46% Increase8.66
Total valid votes 90,889
Registered electors 153,786 Increase27.61
BJP gain from INC Swing Decrease6.34

Assembly Election 1985[edit | edit source]

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Ratnagiri [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Shivajirao Jadyar 30,518 50.15% Increase6.30
BJP Gotad Shivajirao Ramchandra 19,252 31.63% Decrease17.23
Independent Bashir Amin Murtuza 4,306 7.08% New
RPI Pawar Bhikajirao 2,497 4.10% New
Independent Vijay Dattatray Salvi 2,256 3.71% New
Independent Govind Vasudeo Orpe 1,054 1.73% New
Independent Namdevrao Sutar 558 0.92% New
Independent Mayekar Vinayak Anna 416 0.68% New
Margin of victory 11,266 18.51% Increase13.50
Turnout 62,429 51.80%
Total valid votes 60,857
Registered electors 120,511
INC gain from BJP Swing Increase1.29

Assembly By-election 1984[edit | edit source]

1984 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly by-election : Ratnagiri [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Gotad Shivajirao Ramchandra 23,777 48.86% Increase14.60
INC S. G. Sitaram 21,340 43.85% New
Independent B. Y. Padmakar 1,600 3.29% New
Independent N. S. Shankar 849 1.74% New
Independent S. V. Dattatray 666 1.37% New
Independent T. R. Bhimrao 432 0.89% New
Margin of victory 2,437 5.01% Increase3.98
Total valid votes 48,664
BJP hold Swing Increase14.60

Assembly Election 1980[edit | edit source]

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Ratnagiri [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Abhyankar Kusum Ramchandra 16,996 34.26% New
INC(I) Jadyar Shivajirao Tulaji 16,483 33.23% New
Independent Hassnain. S. E 6,363 12.83% New
JP Surve Dadasaheb Sitaram 4,822 9.72% New
RPI Bhikajirao Pawar 2,785 5.61% New
Independent Joshi Shashikant Gangadhar 1,638 3.30% New
Independent Sawant Prabhakar Govindrao 519 1.05% New
Margin of victory 513 1.03% Decrease14.45
Turnout 51,044 46.06% Decrease17.26
Total valid votes 49,606
Registered electors 110,810 Increase3.50
BJP gain from JP Swing Decrease11.91

Assembly Election 1978[edit | edit source]

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Ratnagiri [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP Abhyankar Kusum Ramchandra 29,901 46.17% New
INC Paje Shantaram Laxman 19,876 30.69% Decrease21.65
Independent Hassnain. S. E 11,311 17.47% New
Independent Salavi Vijay Dattaray 3,671 5.67% New
Margin of victory 10,025 15.48% Decrease5.45
Turnout 67,794 63.32% Increase8.67
Total valid votes 64,759
Registered electors 107,058 Increase31.55
JP gain from INC Swing Decrease6.17

Assembly Election 1972[edit | edit source]

1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Ratnagiri [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Hassnain. S. E 22,325 52.34% Decrease2.81
ABJS Niwendkar V. Krishnaji 13,395 31.40% Decrease2.64
Independent Bhatkar Nuruddin Daood 4,953 11.61% New
RPI(K) Gangaram Bhikaji Kambale 1,983 4.65% New
Margin of victory 8,930 20.93% Decrease0.18
Turnout 44,472 54.65% Decrease5.57
Total valid votes 42,656
Registered electors 81,382 Increase12.96
INC hold Swing Decrease2.81

Assembly Election 1967[edit | edit source]

1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Ratnagiri [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Shantaram Laxman Peje 22,108 55.15% Increase2.50
ABJS V. K. Nivendkar 13,646 34.04% New
RPI G. B. Kamble 4,336 10.82% New
Margin of victory 8,462 21.11% Decrease9.99
Turnout 43,387 60.22% Increase7.37
Total valid votes 40,090
Registered electors 72,044 Increase8.40
INC hold Swing Increase2.50

Assembly Election 1962[edit | edit source]

1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Ratnagiri [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Shantaram Laxman Peje 16,804 52.65% Increase25.23
PSP Mohan Shankar Todankar 6,878 21.55% Decrease51.03
ABJS Dattatray Yashwant Vilankar 5,126 16.06% New
ABHM Shankar Ramchandra Date 3,109 9.74% New
Margin of victory 9,926 31.10% Decrease14.05
Turnout 35,124 52.85% Decrease3.14
Total valid votes 31,917
Registered electors 66,461 Increase13.07
INC gain from Praja Socialist Party Swing Decrease19.93

Assembly Election 1957[edit | edit source]

1957 Bombay State Legislative Assembly election : Ratnagiri [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PSP Modak Atmaram Vasudeo 23,887 72.58% New
INC Surwe Sitaram Nana 9,026 27.42% Decrease23.44
Margin of victory 14,861 45.15% Increase20.49
Turnout 32,913 55.99% Increase14.43
Total valid votes 32,913
Registered electors 58,779 Increase16.14
Praja Socialist Party gain from INC Swing Increase21.72

Assembly Election 1952[edit | edit source]

1952 Bombay State Legislative Assembly election : Ratnagiri [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Surwe Sitaram Nana 10,699 50.86% New
Socialist Party (India, 1948) Shetye Jairam Balkirshna Alias Bhai 5,512 26.20% New
Independent Desai Baburao Bhawana 3,488 16.58% New
PWPI Pathare Narayan Hari 1,336 6.35% New
Margin of victory 5,187 24.66%
Turnout 21,035 41.56%
Total valid votes 21,035
Registered electors 50,611
INC win (new seat)

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "General Elections to State Legislative Assembly 2009" (PDF). Chief Eletoral Officer, Maharashtra. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1999 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
  6. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1995 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
  7. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
  8. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
  9. ↑ "Details of Bye Elections from 1952 to 1995". old.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  10. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
  11. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 29 June 2017.
  12. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 19 May 2017.
  13. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 26 September 2018.
  14. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
  15. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of Bombay" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.
  16. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Bombay" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.

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