Dahanu (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Dahanu Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.

Overview

Dahanu constituency is one of the 6 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Palghar district. It is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled tribes. ^[1] It comprises the entire Talasari tehsil and part of Dahanu tehsil of the district.

Dahanu is part of the Palghar Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Vikramgad, Palghar, Boisar, Nalasopara and Vasai in Palghar district. ^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

• 1962: Shamrao Patil, Indian National Congress
• 1967: Mahadeo Kadu, Indian National Congress
• 1972: Mahadeo Kadu, Indian National Congress
• 1978: Shankar Chavan, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• 1980: Mahadeo Kadu, Indian National Congress (I)
• 1985: Shankar Nam, Indian National Congress
• 1990: Shankar Nam, Indian National Congress
• 1995: Shankar Nam, Indian National Congress
• 1999: Krishna Ghoda, Nationalist Congress Party
• 2004: Krishna Ghoda, Nationalist Congress Party
• 2009: Rajaram Ozare, Communist Party of India (Marxist) ^[2]
• 2014: Paskal Dhanare, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2019: Vinod Bhiva Nikole, Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Election results

2019 results

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Dahanu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	Vinod Bhiva Nikole	72114	43.45
	BJP	Dhanare Paskal Janya	67407	40.61
	MNS	Sunil Lahanya Ebhad	6332	3.81
	NOTA	NOTA	4824	2.9
	Independent	Randhe  Damodar  Shirad	12,968	8.37	N/A
	Independent	Shankar Nam	2823	1.7
	BSP	Dumada Rajesh Ravaji	2671	1.61
	Independent	Ramji Vartha	2,187	1.41	N/A
	API	Dhi.Santosh Kisan Pagi	2648	1.6
	Independent	Ramesh Janu Malavkar	2242	1.35
	BTP	Adv. Pravin Navsha Valvi	2069	1.25
	BSP	Sanjay Tambda	1,457	0.94	-3.15
	BMP	Vijay Kakdya Ghorkhana	1467	0.88
	VBA	Shilanand Beena Katela	1384	0.83
Majority			4707
Turnout			165981
	CPI (M) gain from BJP		Swing

2014 results

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Dahanu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Paskal Dhanare	44,849	28.96	N/A
	CPI (M)	Barkya Mangat	28,149	18.18	-29.10
	NCP	Kashinath Chaudhari	27,963	18.06	-16.99
	INC	Ramesh Padavle	14,166	9.15	N/A
	Independent	Sudhir Ozare	12,968	8.37	N/A
	SHS	Shankar Nam	7,847	5.07	-8.51
	Independent	Suresh Padvi	5,165	3.34	N/A
	Independent	Ramji Vartha	2,187	1.41	N/A
	MNS	Vijay Vadhiya	2,088	1.35	N/A
	BMP	Devram Kurkute	1,838	1.19	N/A
	Independent	Vinod Shinda	1,674	1.08	N/A
	BSP	Sanjay Tambda	1,457	0.94	-3.15
	NOTA	None of the above	4,498	2.90	N/A
Majority			16,700	10.78	-1.45
Turnout			1,54,849	66.34	+8.63
	BJP gain from CPI (M)		Swing	+29.03

2009 results

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Dahanu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	Rajaram Ozare	62,530	47.28	+37.79
	NCP	Krishna Ghoda	46,350	35.05	-14.77
	SHS	Ishwar Dhodi	17,955	13.58	-19.20
	BSP	Vinod Shinda	5,412	4.09	+1.18
Majority			16,180	12.23	-4.81
Turnout			1,32,247	57.71	+2.84
	CPI (M) gain from NCP		Swing	+26.28

2004 results

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Dahanu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Krishna Ghoda	72,715	49.82
	SHS	Ishwar Dhodi	47,843	32.78
	CPI (M)	Edward Vartha	13,844	9.49
	Independent	Vinod Katkar	7,304	5.00
	BSP	Lalita Rathod	4,242	2.91
Majority			24,872	17.04
Turnout			1,45,948	54.87
	NCP hold		Swing

See also

• Dahanu
• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha

References

1. "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
2. "Maharashtra Assembly Election 2009 -Results" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2010.