Chiplun Assembly constituency

Chiplun
Chiplun
Constituency No. 265 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
LS constituency	Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg
Established	1957
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Shekhar Govindrao Nikam
Party	Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar Faction)
Elected year	2019

Chiplun Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.

Overview

Chiplun constituency is one of the five Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Ratnagiri district. It comprises parts of the Chiplun and Sangameshwar tehsils of the district.^[1]

Chiplun is part of the Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Ratnagiri and Rajapur in Ratnagiri district and Kankavli, Kudal and Sawantwadi in Sindhudurg district.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
1957	Shankar Tambitkar	Communist Party of India
1957	Gangaram Kamble	Scheduled Castes Federation
1962	P. K. Sawant	Indian National Congress
1967
1972
1978	Rajaram Shinde	Janata Party
1980	Rajaram Shinde	Janata Party
1985	Nishikant Joshi	Indian National Congress
1990	Bapu Khedekar	Shiv Sena
1995	Bhaskar Jadhav
1999	Bhaskar Jadhav
2004	Rameshbhai Kadam	Nationalist Congress Party
2009	Sadanand Chavan	Shiv Sena
2014	Sadanand Chavan	Shiv Sena
2019	Shekhar Govindrao Nikam	Nationalist Congress Party

Election results

2004

Maharashtra state assembly elections 2004: Chiplun
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NCP	Ramesh Bhai Kadam	53,311	47.64
	Independent	Bhaskar Jadhav	48,025	42.92
	SHS	Prabhakar Shinde	6,394	5.71
Majority			5,286	4.72
Turnout			111,888	74.23
	NCP gain from SHS		Swing

2009

Maharashtra state assembly elections 2009: Chiplun
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SHS	Sadanand Chavan	76,015	50.13	+44.42
	NCP	Ramesh Bhai Kadam	57,531	37.94	−9.70
	MNS	Suryakant Salunke	10,642	7.02	N/A
Majority			18,484	12.19	+7.47
Turnout			1,51,636	67.32	−6.91
	SHS gain from NCP		Swing	+39.57

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Chiplun
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SHS	Sadanand Chavan	75,695	45.17	−4.96
	NCP	Shekhar Govindrao Nikam	69,627	41.55	+3.61
	BJP	Madhav Bhujang Gawali	9,143	5.46	N/A
	INC	Rashami Rajendra Kadam	3,702	2.21	N/A
Majority			6,068	3.62	−8.57
Turnout			167,559	67.08	−0.24
	SHS hold		Swing	-3.15

References

^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 273.
^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 278.

17°32′N 73°31′E / 17.53°N 73.52°E / 17.53; 73.52

[1] "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 273.

[2] "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 278.

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