Rajapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Rajapur Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. [1]

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Rajapur constituency is one of the five Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Ratnagiri district. It comprises the entire Rajapur and Lanja tehsils and part of Sangameshwar tehsil of the district. [2]

Ratnagiri district District of Maharashtra in India

Ratnagiri district is one of the 36 districts of Maharashtra, India. Ratnagiri is the district headquarters of the district. The district is 11.33% urban. The district is bounded by the Arabian Sea to the west, Sindhudurg district to the south, Raigad district to the north and Satara, Sangli and Kolhapur districts to the east. This district is part of Konkan division.

Rajapur is part of the Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Ratnagiri and Chiplun in Ratnagiri district and Kankavli, Kudal and Sawantwadi in the Sindhudurg district. [3]

Ratnagiri is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (Assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in Western India.

Chiplun Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.

Kankavli Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in Western India. This Vidhan Sabha constituency is located in the Sindhudurg district.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Rajan Salvi is a Shiv Sena politician from Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra. He is current Member of Legislative Assembly from Rajapur Vidhan Sabha constituency of Konkan, Maharashtra, India as a member of Shiv Sena. He has been elected for three consecutive terms in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for 2009, 2014 and 2019.

Shiv Sena Political party in India

Shiv Sena, is a Marathi regional and Hindu nationalist political organisation in India founded on 19 June 1966 by political cartoonist Bal Thackeray. The party originally emerged from a movement in Bombay demanding preferential treatment for Maharashtrians over migrants to the city. It is currently headed by Thackeray's son, Uddhav Thackeray. Members of Shiv Sena are referred to as Shivsainiks.

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Rajapur, Maharashtra City in Maharashtra, India

Rajapur is a city and a municipal council in Ratnagiri district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is 385 km away from Mumbai.

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References

  1. ↑ "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
  2. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 273.
  3. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 278.
  4. ↑ "Maharashtra Assembly Election 2009 -Results" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  5. ↑ "Sitting and previous MLAs from Rajapur Assembly Constituency".
  6. ↑ "Sitting and previous MLAs from Rajapur Assembly Constituency".
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