Palghar Assembly constituency

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]

Palghar
Constituency No. 130 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Palghar
Lok Sabha constituency	Palghar
Established	1962
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rajendra Gavit
Party	Shiv Sena (2022–present)
Elected year	2024

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[2]	Party
1952	Maruti Meher		Socialist Party
1957	Navnitrai Shah		Praja Socialist 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 (I)
1985			Indian National Congress
1990	Avinash Sutar		Shiv Sena
1995	Manisha Nimkar
1999
2004
2009	Rajendra Gavit		Indian National Congress
2014	Krushna Ghoda		Shiv Sena
2016^	Amit Ghoda
2019	Shrinivas Vanga
2024	Rajendra Gavit

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Palghar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SHS	Rajendra Gavit	1,12,894	52.61
	SS(UBT)	Jayendra Kisan Dubla	72,557	33.81
	MNS	Naresh Korda	10,251	4.78
Majority
Turnout				75
	SS hold		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Palghar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Shrinivas Chintaman Vanga	68,040	52.58
	INC	Yogesh Shankar Nam	27,735	21.43
	MNS	Umesh Gopal Govari	12,819	9.91
	VBA	Viraj Ramchandra Gadag	11,469	8.86
Majority
Turnout
	SS hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

2016 by-election

2016 by-election: Palghar (ST)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	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
	SS hold		Swing	+5.71

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Palghar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	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
	SS gain from INC		Swing	+8.04

2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Palghar (ST)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajendra Gavit	55,665	41.80
	SS	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 SS		Swing