Sawantwadi Assembly constituency

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Sawantwadi
Constituency No. 270 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
LS constituency	Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg
Established	1962
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Deepak Vasant Kesarkar
Party	Shiv Sena
Elected year	2019

Sawantwadi Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.

Overview

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.

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).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
1962	Shivram Sawant Khem Sawant Bhosale	Indian National Congress
1967	Shivram Sawant Khem Sawant Bhosale
1972	Prataprao Bhosale
1978	Jayanand Mathkar	Janata Party
1980	Shivram Sawant Bhosale	Indian National Congress
1985	Shivram Sawant Bhosale	Indian National Congress
1990	Pravin Bhosale
1995	Pravin Bhosale
1999	Shivram Dalvi	Shiv Sena
2004	Shivram Dalvi	Shiv Sena
2009	Deepak Kesarkar	Nationalist Congress Party
2014		Shiv Sena
2019
2024

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Sawantwadi
Party		Candidate	Votes
	SS(UBT)	Rajan Teli
	SHS	Deepak Kesarkar
	Independent	Vishal Parab (BJP Rebel)
Majority
			Swing

1962

1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Sawantwadi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	SHIVRAM SAWANT KHEM SAWANT BHONSALE	25455	80.81	NEW
	Independent	LAXMAN NARAYAN GOVEKAR	4978	15.80	NEW
	PWPI	RAJARAM APA GAWAS	1067	3.39	NEW
Majority			20477	65.01
Turnout			34056	50.38
	INC hold		Swing

1967

1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Sawantwadi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. S. KHEM SAWANT BHOSALE	27452	66.29	7.84
	PSP	JAYANAND SHIVRAM MATHKAR	9686	23.39	NEW
	ABJS	GANPAT SITARAM KALESKAR	2732	6.60	NEW
	PWPI	K. R. DESAI	1544	3.74	NEW
Majority			17766	42.90
Turnout			43992	62.41
	INC hold		Swing

1972

1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Sawantwadi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	PRATAP RAO DEO RAO BHOSALE	27647	62.67	NEW
	SSP	J. S. MATHKAR	10747	24.36	10.95
	ABJS	G. S. KALSEKAR	5294	12.00	93.77
	Independent	K. R. SAWANT ALIAST DESAI	428	0.97	72.27
Majority			16900	38.31
Turnout			45796	59.94
	INC hold		Swing

1978

1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Sawantwadi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	J. S. MATHKAR	41331	61.82	284.58
	INC	BHALCHANDRA ANANT SAWANT	20992	31.40	NEW
	Independent	VASANT SITARAM KESARKAR	2203	3.29	NEW
	Independent	SAWLARAM RAJARAM SAWANT	1406	2.10	NEW
	INC(I)	BALKRISHNA RAGHOBA SAWANT	930	1.39	NEW
Majority			20339	30.42
Turnout			68955	68.84
	JP hold		Swing

1980

1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Sawantwadi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	SHIVRAM SAWANT BHONSALE	21156	49.35	22.93
	JP	J.S. MATHKAR	16458	38.39	60.18
	BJP	SHRIPAD NARSINH KANEKAR	5256	12.26	NEW
Majority			4698	10.96
Turnout			43803	42.53
	INC(I) hold		Swing

1985

1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Sawantwadi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	SHIVARAM SAWANT BHONSLE	25135	44.61	18.80
	JP	J. S. MATHKAR	21617	38.37	73.47
	Independent	VASANT S. KESARKAR	6276	11.14	184.88
	Independent	VIJAY KERKAR	1776	3.15	NEW
	Independent	BALKRISHNA R. SAWANT	1534	2.72	NEW
Majority			3518	6.24
Turnout			57408	51.31
	INC hold		Swing

1990

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Sawantwadi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	PRAVIN PRATAPRAO BHONSLE	39189	45.40	NEW
	JD	J. S. MATHKAR	28550	33.07	32.07
	SS	JAYWANT BALKRISHNA NAIK	9158	10.61	NEW
	Independent	VASANT SITARAM ALIAS ANNA KESARKAR	8089	9.37	28.88
	Independent	JAGANNATH RAMACHANDRA INGALE	509	0.59	NEW
	Independent	D. B. RANE	422	0.49	NEW
	Independent	VIJAY KADAV	405	0.47	NEW
Majority			10639	12.32
Turnout			87996	64.41
	INC hold		Swing

1995

1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Sawantwadi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	PRAVIN PRATAPRAO BHONSLE	39849	36.84	1.68
	SS	VARSHA LILADHAR PALAV	31375	29.00	NEW
	JD	VASANT S. KESARKAR	24535	22.68	203.3
	Independent	SATVASHILADEVI SHIVARAM SAWANT BHONSLE	5577	5.16	NEW
	Independent	RAMCHANDRA SAKHARAM GAVANKAR	2321	2.15	NEW
	Independent	PANDURANG ATTARAM SAVANT	942	0.87	NEW
	Independent	DNYANESHWAR RAMA GOANKAR	908	0.84	NEW
	Doordarshi Party	SUBHASHCHANDRA UDAYARAJ DUBE	617	0.57	NEW
	BSP	SUDHAKAR SHANTARAM MANGAONKAR	508	0.47	NEW
	Independent	MANOHAR KHEMA KUDTARKAR	507	0.47	NEW
	Independent	VIJAY DATTARAM KADAV	429	0.40	NEW
	Independent	YESHWANT MAYBA DESAI	268	0.25	NEW
	Independent	SHASHIKANT PREMANAND PARMEKAR	170	0.16	NEW
	Independent	VARDAM TRIVIKRAM YESHUSHET	169	0.16	NEW
Majority			8474	7.38
Turnout			111342	74.89
	INC hold		Swing

1999

1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Sawantwadi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	SHIVRAM GOPAL DALVI	31254	40.47	NEW
	NCP	PRAVIN PRATAPRAO BHONSLE	30023	38.87	24.65
	INC	VIKAS BHALCHANDRA SAWANT	15959	20.66	NEW
Majority			1231	1.59
Turnout			82786	55.48
	SS hold		Swing

2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Sawantwadi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	SHIVRAM G. DALVI	39152	36.84	25.27
	NCP	PRAVIN P. BHONSALE	34868	32.81	16.13
	Independent	SURESH YASHWANT DALVI	26782	25.20	NEW
	Independent	ADV. ANIL SAGUN DALVI	3232	3.04	NEW
	Independent	SUNIL BHAIRU GAWADE	2216	2.08	NEW
Majority			4284	4.03
Turnout			106250	65.82
	INC hold		Swing

2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Sawantwadi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	DEEPAK VASANT KESARKAR	63430	48.28	NEW
	SS	SHIVRAM G. DALVI	45012	34.26	14.96
	Independent	PRAVIN P. BHONSLE	19364	14.74	44.46
	JD(S)	BABURAO DATTARAM DHURI	1792	1.36	NEW
	BSP	SUNIL ALIAS YASHWANT VASANT PEDNEKAR	1781	1.36	NEW
Majority			18418	14.02
Turnout			131379	64.74
	NCP hold		Swing

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Sawantwadi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	DEEPAK V. KESARKAR	70902	48.60	11.77
	BJP	RAJAN KRISHNA TELI	29710	20.37	NEW
	INC	CHANDRAKANT DATTARAM GAWADE	25376	17.40	NEW
	NCP	SURESH Y. DALVI	9029	6.19	66.28
	MNS	PARSHURAM (JIJI) UPARKAR	6129	4.20	NEW
	ABHM	AJINKYA DHONDU GAWADE	882	0.60	NEW
	BSP	VASUDEV SITRAM JADHAV	790	0.54	NEW
	Independent	SANJAY SAHADEV DESAI	695	0.48	NEW
	Independent	UDAY SAKHARAM PASTE	449	0.31	NEW
	Independent	KISHOR ANANT LONDHE	397	0.27	NEW
	NOTA		1511	1.04
Majority			41192	28.53
Turnout			145874	66.03
	SS hold		Swing

References

"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.
"Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 274.
"Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 278.
https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3714-maharashtra-1962/
https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3715-maharashtra-1967/
https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3726-maharashtra-2014/

v t e Sindhudurg district topics
History	Sindhudurg Fort
Geography	Terekhol River
Cities and towns	Amboli Banda Dodamarg Devgad Kankavli Kudal Malvan Nerur Oros Sawantwadi Vaibhavwadi Vengurla Vijaydurg
Culture	Malvani cuisine
Transport	NH 17
Lok Sabha constituencies	Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg
Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Kankavli Kudal Sawantwadi

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