Ratnagiri Assembly constituency
| Ratnagiri | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 266 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Western India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Ratnagiri |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg |
| Established | 1962 |
| Total electors | 291,263 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | SHS |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Ratnagiri Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (Assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in Western India.[1] It is one of the 6 assembly seats under Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency. It consists only Ratnagiri Taluka.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Shantaram Peje | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | |||
| 1972 | S. E. Hassnain | ||
| 1978 | Kusum Abhyankar | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 1983^ | Shivaji Gotad | ||
| 1985 | Shivajirao Jadyar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | Shivaji Gotad | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1995 | |||
| 1999 | Bal Mane | ||
| 2004 | Uday Samant | Nationalist Congress Party | |
| 2009 | |||
| 2014 | Shiv Sena | ||
| 2019 | |||
| 2024 | Shiv Sena | ||
^by-election
Election results
Assembly Election 2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SS | Uday Ravindra Samant | 111,335 | 60.33% | 14.41 | |
| SS(UBT) | Balasaheb Mane | 69,745 | 37.80% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 3,073 | 1.67% | 1.21 | |
| Margin of victory | 41,590 | 22.54% | 32.56 | ||
| Turnout | 187,602 | 64.41% | 7.14 | ||
| Total valid votes | 184,529 | ||||
| Registered electors | 291,263 | ||||
| SS hold | Swing | 14.41 | |||
Assembly Election 2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SS | Uday Ravindra Samant | 118,484 | 74.75% | 20.44 | |
| NCP | Sudesh Sadanand Mayekar | 31,149 | 19.65% | 11.44 | |
| VBA | Damodar Shivram Kamble | 4,621 | 2.92% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 4,552 | 2.87% | 1.30 | |
| Independent | Gawade Sandeep Yashavant | 2,035 | 1.28% | New | |
| BSP | Jadhav Rajesh Sitaram | 1,707 | 1.08% | 0.25 | |
| Margin of victory | 87,335 | 55.10% | 32.29 | ||
| Turnout | 163,146 | 8.95 | |||
| Total valid votes | 158,514 | ||||
| Registered electors | 281,973 | ||||
| SS hold | Swing | 20.44 | |||
Assembly Election 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SS | Uday Ravindra Samant | 93,876 | 54.31% | New | |
| BJP | Balasaheb Mane | 54,449 | 31.50% | 9.85 | |
| NCP | Bashir Amin Murtuza | 14,195 | 8.21% | 38.32 | |
| INC | Keer Ramesh Shreedhar | 5,057 | 2.93% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,722 | 1.57% | New | |
| Independent | Mohite Nandkumar Dhondu | 1,653 | 0.96% | New | |
| BSP | Dinesh Govind Pawar | 1,432 | 0.83% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 39,427 | 22.81% | 17.62 | ||
| Turnout | 175,670 | 2.09 | |||
| Total valid votes | 172,866 | ||||
| Registered electors | 265,279 | ||||
| SS gain from NCP | Swing | 7.78 | |||
Assembly Election 2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCP | Uday Ravindra Samant | 74,245 | 46.53% | 0.41 | |
| BJP | Balasaheb Mane | 65,969 | 41.34% | 1.11 | |
| MNS | Ghag Sanket Ketan | 5,617 | 3.52% | New | |
| Independent | Surve Sunil Vasantrao | 3,563 | 2.23% | New | |
| Independent | Nana Mayekar | 3,219 | 2.02% | New | |
| Lok Bharati | Abhijit Hegshetye | 1,658 | 1.04% | New | |
| Independent | Shabab Noormohammad Khan | 1,579 | 0.99% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 8,276 | 5.19% | 0.70 | ||
| Turnout | 159,563 | 67.25% | 1.52 | ||
| Total valid votes | 159,562 | ||||
| Registered electors | 237,258 | 15.79 | |||
| NCP hold | Swing | 0.41 | |||
Assembly Election 2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCP | Uday Ravindra Samant | 63,233 | 46.95% | 12.55 | |
| BJP | Balasaheb Mane | 57,188 | 42.46% | 5.30 | |
| Independent | Mohite Nanadkumar Dhondu | 5,968 | 4.43% | New | |
| Independent | T.G. Sawant | 3,398 | 2.52% | New | |
| BSP | Ghag Rajaram Gopal | 1,967 | 1.46% | New | |
| ABHM | Shankar Nilkanth Bagwe | 1,156 | 0.86% | New | |
| Independent | Govind Rama Bane | 1,093 | 0.81% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 6,045 | 4.49% | 8.88 | ||
| Turnout | 134,736 | 65.76% | 15.81 | ||
| Total valid votes | 134,695 | ||||
| Registered electors | 204,902 | 11.05 | |||
| NCP gain from BJP | Swing | 0.82 | |||
Assembly Election 1999
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Balasaheb Mane | 44,000 | 47.76% | 0.85 | |
| NCP | Kumar Shetye | 31,687 | 34.40% | New | |
| INC | Keer Ramesh Shridhar | 10,579 | 11.48% | 11.43 | |
| Independent | Salim Vijay Laxman | 4,568 | 4.96% | New | |
| Independent | Abdul Bijlee Khan | 921 | 1.00% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 12,313 | 13.37% | 8.85 | ||
| Turnout | 99,622 | 53.99% | 19.01 | ||
| Total valid votes | 92,123 | ||||
| Registered electors | 184,513 | 5.22 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | 0.85 | |||
Assembly Election 1995
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Gotad Shivajirao Ramchandra | 56,710 | 46.91% | 3.10 | |
| Independent | Suhas Waman Alias Kumar Shetye | 29,860 | 24.70% | New | |
| INC | Ravindra Ramkrishna Surve | 27,702 | 22.92% | 11.99 | |
| Independent | Sunil Vasantrao Surve | 2,824 | 2.34% | New | |
| Samajwadi Janata Party (Maharashtra) | Pangale Dhondu Mahadeo | 1,962 | 1.62% | New | |
| BSP | Dingankar Vidyadher Ravikant | 1,827 | 1.51% | 0.71 | |
| Margin of victory | 26,850 | 22.21% | 13.31 | ||
| Turnout | 124,546 | 71.03% | 9.84 | ||
| Total valid votes | 120,885 | ||||
| Registered electors | 175,354 | 14.02 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | 3.10 | |||
Assembly Election 1990
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Gotad Shivajirao Ramchandra | 39,823 | 43.81% | 12.18 | |
| INC | Shivajirao Jadyar | 31,729 | 34.91% | 15.24 | |
| Independent | Pramod Salvi | 17,709 | 19.48% | New | |
| BSP | Dhondu Mahadeo Pangale | 728 | 0.80% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 8,094 | 8.91% | 9.61 | ||
| Turnout | 92,986 | 60.46% | 8.60 | ||
| Total valid votes | 90,889 | ||||
| Registered electors | 153,786 | 27.61 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | 6.33 | |||
Assembly Election 1985
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Shivajirao Jadyar | 30,518 | 50.15% | New | |
| BJP | Gotad Shivajirao Ramchandra | 19,252 | 31.63% | New | |
| Independent | Bashir Amin Murtuza | 4,306 | 7.08% | New | |
| RPI | Pawar Bhikajirao | 2,497 | 4.10% | New | |
| Independent | Vijay Dattatray Salvi | 2,256 | 3.71% | New | |
| Independent | Govind Vasudeo Orpe | 1,054 | 1.73% | New | |
| Independent | Namdevrao Sutar | 558 | 0.92% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 11,266 | 18.51% | |||
| Turnout | 62,429 | 51.80% | |||
| Total valid votes | 60,857 | ||||
| Registered electors | 120,511 | ||||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
Assembly By-election 1984
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Gotad Shivajirao Ramchandra | 23,777 | |||
| INC | S. G. Sitaram | 21,340 | New | ||
| Margin of victory | 2,437 | ||||
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Assembly Election 1980
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Abhyankar Kusum Ramchandra | 16,996 | 34.26% | New | |
| INC(I) | Jadyar Shivajirao Tulaji | 16,483 | 33.23% | New | |
| Independent | Hassnain S. E. | 6,363 | 12.83% | New | |
| JP | Surve Dadasaheb Sitaram | 4,822 | 9.72% | 36.45 | |
| RPI | Bhikajirao Pawar | 2,785 | 5.61% | New | |
| Independent | Joshi Shashikant Gangadhar | 1,638 | 3.30% | New | |
| Independent | Sawant Prabhakar Govindrao | 519 | 1.05% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 513 | 1.03% | 14.45 | ||
| Turnout | 51,044 | 46.06% | 15.72 | ||
| Total valid votes | 49,606 | ||||
| Registered electors | 110,810 | 3.50 | |||
| BJP gain from JP | Swing | 11.91 | |||
Assembly Election 1978
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP | Abhyankar Kusum Ramchandra | 29,901 | 46.17% | New | |
| INC | Paje Shantaram Laxman | 19,876 | 30.69% | 21.65 | |
| Independent | Hassnain S. E. | 11,311 | 17.47% | New | |
| Independent | Salavi Vijay Dattaray | 3,671 | 5.67% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 10,025 | 15.48% | 5.45 | ||
| Turnout | 67,794 | 63.32% | 8.08 | ||
| Total valid votes | 64,759 | ||||
| Registered electors | 107,058 | 31.55 | |||
| JP gain from INC | Swing | 6.16 | |||
Assembly Election 1972
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Hassnain S. E. | 22,325 | 52.34% | 2.81 | |
| ABJS | Niwendkar V. Krishnaji | 13,395 | 31.40% | 2.64 | |
| Independent | Bhatkar Nuruddin Daood | 4,953 | 11.61% | New | |
| RPI(K) | Gangaram Bhikaji Kambale | 1,983 | 4.65% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 8,930 | 20.93% | 0.17 | ||
| Turnout | 44,472 | 54.65% | 3.23 | ||
| Total valid votes | 42,656 | ||||
| Registered electors | 81,382 | 12.96 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | 2.81 | |||
Assembly Election 1967
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Shantaram Laxman Peje | 22,108 | 55.15% | 2.5 | |
| ABJS | V. K. Nivendkar | 13,646 | 34.04% | 17.98 | |
| RPI | G. B. Kamble | 4,336 | 10.82% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 8,462 | 21.11% | 9.99 | ||
| Turnout | 43,387 | 60.22% | 7.62 | ||
| Total valid votes | 40,090 | ||||
| Registered electors | 72,044 | 8.40 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | 2.50 | |||
Assembly Election 1962
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Shantaram Laxman Peje | 16,804 | 52.65% | 25.23 | |
| PSP | Mohan Shankar Todankar | 6,878 | 21.55% | 51.03 | |
| ABJS | Dattatray Yashwant Vilankar | 5,126 | 16.06% | New | |
| ABHM | Shankar Ramchandra Date | 3,109 | 9.74% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 9,926 | 31.10% | 14.05 | ||
| Turnout | 35,124 | 52.85% | 7.97 | ||
| Total valid votes | 31,917 | ||||
| Registered electors | 66,461 | 13.07 | |||
| INC gain from PSP | Swing | 19.93 | |||
Assembly Election 1957
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSP | Modak Atmaram Vasudeo | 23,887 | 72.58% | New | |
| INC | Surwe Sitaram Nana | 9,026 | 27.42% | 23.44 | |
| Margin of victory | 14,861 | 45.15% | 20.49 | ||
| Turnout | 32,913 | 55.99% | 14.43 | ||
| Total valid votes | 32,913 | ||||
| Registered electors | 58,779 | 16.14 | |||
| PSP gain from INC | Swing | 21.71 | |||
Assembly Election 1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Surwe Sitaram Nana | 10,699 | 50.86% | New | |
| SP | Shetye Jairam Balkirshna Alias Bhai | 5,512 | 26.20% | New | |
| Independent | Desai Baburao Bhawana | 3,488 | 16.58% | New | |
| PWPI | Pathare Narayan Hari | 1,336 | 6.35% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 2,024 | 9.62% | New | ||
| Turnout | 21,035 | 41.56% | |||
| Total valid votes | 21,035 | ||||
| Registered electors | 50,611 | ||||
| SP win (new seat) | |||||
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