Palghar Assembly constituency

Palghar
Constituency No. 130 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Palghar
LS constituency	Palghar
Established	1962
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Shrinivas Vanga
Party	Shiv Sena
Elected year	2019

Palghar Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state, western India. This constituency is located in Palghar district. ^[1]

Geographical scope

The constituency comprises parts of Dahanu Taluka viz. revenue circles Kasa and Chinchani, parts of Palghar Taluka viz. revenue circles Tarapur, Palghar and Palghar Municipal Council. ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1962	Shridhar Patil		Indian National Congress
1967	Navnitrai Shah		Praja Socialist Party
1972	Vinayak Patil		Indian National Congress
1978	Arjun Shinghade		Janata Party
1980	Vishnu Valvi		Indian National Congress
1985			Indian National Congress
1990	Avinash Sutar		Shiv Sena
1995	Manisha Nimkar
1999
2004
2009	Rajendra Gavit		Indian National Congress
2014	Krishna Ghoda		Shiv Sena
2016^	Amit Ghoda
2019	Shrinivas Vanga
Source: [2]

Election results

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Palghar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SHS	Shrinivas Chintaman Vanga	68,040	52.58
	INC	Yogesh Shankar Nam	27735	21.43
	MNS	Umesh Gopal Govari	12819	9.91
	VBA	Viraj Ramchandra Gadag	11469	8.86
Majority
Turnout
	SHS hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

2016 by-election

2016 by-election: Palghar (ST)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SHS	Amit Ghoda	67,129	41.55	+13.43
	INC	Rajendra Gavit	48,181	29.82	+2.02
	BVA	Manisha Nimkar	36,781	22.76	+8.30
	CPI(M)	Chandrakant Vartha	4,865	3.01	−0.02
	BMP	Dileep Dumada	1,417	0.87	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	3,162	1.95	+0.13
Majority			18,948	11.73	+11.41
Turnout			1,61,535	65.24	−3.11
	SHS hold		Swing	+5.71

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Palghar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SHS	Krishna Ghoda	46,142	28.12	+2.07
	INC	Rajendra Gavit	45,627	27.80	−14.00
	BJP	Dr. Premchand Gond	34,149	20.81	N/A
	BVA	Manisha Nimkar	23,738	14.46	N/A
	CPI(M)	Chandrakant Vartha	4,973	3.03	+0.27
	MNS	Jagannath Vartha	3,148	1.92	N/A
	BSP	Ashok Shingada	1,907	1.16	0
	CPI(ML)L	Vilas Dumada	1,445	0.88	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	2,987	1.82	N/A
Majority			515	0.32	−15.43
Turnout			1,64,116	68.35	+9.92
	SHS gain from INC		Swing	+8.04

2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Palghar (ST)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajendra Gavit	55,665	41.80
	SHS	Manisha Nimkar	34,694	26.05
	Independent	Shankar Nam	30,683	23.04
	Independent	Rama Varkhande	4,560	3.42
	CPI(M)	Gangaram Sutar	3,677	2.76
	BSP	Sunil Lahange	1,549	1.16
	Independent	Makan Dhodi	1,174	0.88
	Independent	Sanjay Marle	1,163	0.87
Majority			20,971	15.75
Turnout			1,33,165	58.43
	INC gain from SHS		Swing

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. p. 262. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
2. "Palghar Elections and Results 2016, Current and Previous MLA, Candidate list".

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