| Sawantwadi | |
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| Constituency No. 270 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Western India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Sindhudurg |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg |
| Established | 1962 |
| Total electors | 230,545 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | SHS |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2019 |
Sawantwadi-Vengurla-Dodamarg Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. [1]
Sawantwadi constituency is one of the three Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Sindhudurg district. It comprises the entire Vengurla, Sawantwadi and Dodamarg tehsils of the district. [2]
Sawantwadi is part of Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha constituencies, namely Kankavli and Kudal (part of Sindhudurg district) and Chiplun, Ratnagiri and Rajapur (part of Ratnagiri district). [3]
| Year | Member [4] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Shivram Sawant Bhonsle | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | |||
| 1972 | Prataprao Bhonsle | ||
| 1978 | Jayanand Mathkar | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Shivram Sawant Bhonsle | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1990 | Pravin Bhonsle | ||
| 1995 | |||
| 1999 | Shivram Dalvi | Shiv Sena | |
| 2004 | |||
| 2009 | Deepak Kesarkar | Nationalist Congress Party | |
| 2014 | Shiv Sena | ||
| 2019 | |||
| 2024 | Shiv Sena | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SS | Deepak Vasant Kesarkar | 81,008 | 49.48% | ||
| SS(UBT) | Rajan Krishna Teli | 41,109 | 25.11% | New | |
| Independent | Vishal Prabhakar Parab | 33,281 | 20.33% | New | |
| Independent | Archana Ghare Parab | 6,174 | 3.77% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,385 | 1.46% | ||
| Independent | Dattaram Vishnu Gaonkar | 1,234 | 0.75% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 39,899 | 24.37% | |||
| Turnout | 166,090 | 72.04% | |||
| Total valid votes | 163,705 | ||||
| Registered electors | 230,545 | ||||
| SS hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SS | Deepak Vasant Kesarkar | 69,784 | 49.74% | ||
| Independent | Rajan Krishna Teli | 56,556 | 40.31% | New | |
| NCP | Baban Salgaonkar | 5,396 | 3.85% | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 3,524 | 2.51% | ||
| MNS | Prakash Gopal Redkar | 3,409 | 2.43% | ||
| VBA | Satyawan Uttam Jadhav | 1,450 | 1.03% | New | |
| BMP | Dadu Alias Raju Ganesh Kadam | 1,391 | 0.99% | New | |
| Independent | Ajinkya Gawade | 1,388 | 0.99% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 13,228 | 9.43% | |||
| Turnout | 143,982 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 140,309 | ||||
| Registered electors | 225,302 | ||||
| SS hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SS | Deepak Vasant Kesarkar | 70,902 | 49.12% | ||
| BJP | Teli Rajan Krishna | 29,710 | 20.58% | New | |
| INC | Chandrakant Dattaram Gawade | 25,376 | 17.58% | New | |
| NCP | Dalvi Suresh Yashawant | 9,029 | 6.25% | ||
| MNS | Uparkar (Jiji) Parshuram | 6,129 | 4.25% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,515 | 1.05% | New | |
| ABHM | Ajinkya Dhondu Gawade | 882 | 0.61% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 41,192 | 28.53% | |||
| Turnout | 145,892 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 144,359 | ||||
| Registered electors | 220,928 | ||||
| SS gain from NCP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCP | Deepak Vasant Kesarkar | 63,430 | 48.28% | ||
| SS | Dalvi Shivram Gopal | 45,012 | 34.26% | ||
| Independent | Pravin Prataprao Bhonsle | 19,364 | 14.74% | New | |
| JD(S) | Baburao Dattaram Dhuri | 1,792 | 1.36% | New | |
| BSP | Sunil Alias Yashwant Vasant Pednekar | 1,781 | 1.36% | ||
| Margin of victory | 18,418 | 14.02% | |||
| Turnout | 131,405 | 64.76% | |||
| Total valid votes | 131,379 | ||||
| Registered electors | 202,926 | ||||
| NCP gain from SS | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SS | Dalvi Shivram Gopal | 39,152 | 36.85% | ||
| NCP | Bhonsle Pravin Prataprao | 34,868 | 32.82% | ||
| Independent | Suresh Yashwant Dalvi | 26,782 | 25.21% | New | |
| BSP | Adv. Anil Sagun Dalvi | 3,232 | 3.04% | New | |
| Independent | Sunil Bhairu Gawade | 2,216 | 2.09% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 4,284 | 4.03% | |||
| Turnout | 106,279 | 65.84% | |||
| Total valid votes | 106,250 | ||||
| Registered electors | 161,412 | ||||
| SS hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SS | Dalvi Shivram Gopal | 31,254 | 40.47% | ||
| NCP | Pravin Prataprao Bhonsle | 30,023 | 38.87% | New | |
| INC | Vikas Bhalchandra Sawant | 15,959 | 20.66% | ||
| Margin of victory | 1,231 | 1.59% | |||
| Turnout | 82,786 | 55.48% | |||
| Total valid votes | 77,236 | ||||
| Registered electors | 149,207 | ||||
| SS gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Bhonsle Pravin Prataprao | 39,849 | 36.84% | ||
| SS | Palav Varsha Liladhar | 31,375 | 29.00% | ||
| JD | Kesarkar Vasant Sitaram | 24,535 | 22.68% | ||
| Independent | Bhonsle Satvashiladevi Shivaram Sawant | 5,577 | 5.16% | New | |
| Independent | Ramchandra Sakharam Gavankar | 2,321 | 2.15% | New | |
| Independent | Savant Pandurang Attaram | 942 | 0.87% | New | |
| Independent | Gaonkar Dnyaneshwar Rama | 908 | 0.84% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 8,474 | 7.83% | |||
| Turnout | 111,342 | 74.89% | |||
| Total valid votes | 108,175 | ||||
| Registered electors | 148,673 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Bhonsle Pravin Prataprao | 39,189 | 45.40% | ||
| JD | Jayanand Mathkar | 28,550 | 33.07% | New | |
| SS | Naik Jaywant Balkrishna | 9,158 | 10.61% | New | |
| Independent | Vasant Sitaram Alias Anna Kesarkar | 8,089 | 9.37% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 10,639 | 12.32% | |||
| Turnout | 87,996 | 64.41% | |||
| Total valid votes | 86,322 | ||||
| Registered electors | 136,617 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Shivram Sawant Khem Sawant Bhonsale | 25,135 | 44.61% | New | |
| JP | Jayanand Mathkar | 21,617 | 38.37% | ||
| Independent | Vasant Kesarkar | 6,276 | 11.14% | New | |
| Independent | Vijay Kerkar | 1,776 | 3.15% | New | |
| Independent | Balkrishna Raghoba Sawant | 1,534 | 2.72% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 3,518 | 6.24% | |||
| Turnout | 57,408 | 51.31% | |||
| Total valid votes | 56,338 | ||||
| Registered electors | 111,887 | ||||
| INC gain from INC(I) | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC(I) | Shivram Sawant Khem Sawant Bhonsale | 21,156 | 49.35% | ||
| JP | Jayanand Mathakar | 16,458 | 38.39% | ||
| BJP | Kanekar Shripad Narsinh | 5,256 | 12.26% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 4,698 | 10.96% | |||
| Turnout | 43,803 | 42.53% | |||
| Total valid votes | 42,870 | ||||
| Registered electors | 102,997 | ||||
| INC(I) gain from JP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP | Mathkar Jayanand Shivram | 41,331 | 61.82% | New | |
| INC | Bhalchandra Anant Sawant | 20,992 | 31.40% | ||
| Independent | Vasant Sita Ram Kesarkar | 2,203 | 3.29% | New | |
| Independent | Sawant Sawlaram Rajaram | 1,406 | 2.10% | New | |
| INC(I) | Sawant Balkrishna R. | 930 | 1.39% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 20,339 | 30.42% | |||
| Turnout | 68,955 | 68.84% | |||
| Total valid votes | 66,862 | ||||
| Registered electors | 100,163 | ||||
| JP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Pratap Rao Deo Rao Bhosale | 27,647 | 62.67% | ||
| SSP | Jaya Nand Shiv Ram Mathkar | 10,747 | 24.36% | New | |
| ABJS | Ganpat Sitaram Kaleskar | 5,294 | 12.00% | ||
| Independent | K. R. Sawant Aliast Desai | 428 | 0.97% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 16,900 | 38.31% | |||
| Turnout | 45,796 | 59.94% | |||
| Total valid votes | 44,116 | ||||
| Registered electors | 76,405 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Shivram Sawant Khem Sawant Bhonsale | 27,452 | 66.29% | ||
| PSP | Jaya Nand Shiv Ram Mathkar | 9,686 | 23.39% | New | |
| ABJS | Ganpat Sitaram Kaleskar | 2,732 | 6.60% | New | |
| PWPI | K. R. Desai | 1,544 | 3.73% | ||
| Margin of victory | 17,766 | 42.90% | |||
| Turnout | 43,988 | 62.41% | |||
| Total valid votes | 41,414 | ||||
| Registered electors | 70,487 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Shivram Sawant Khem Sawant Bhonsale | 25,455 | 80.81% | New | |
| Independent | Laxman Narayan Govekar | 4,978 | 15.80% | New | |
| PWPI | Rajaram Apa Gawas | 1,067 | 3.39% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 20,477 | 65.01% | |||
| Turnout | 34,055 | 50.38% | |||
| Total valid votes | 31,500 | ||||
| Registered electors | 67,597 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||