Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency

Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian parliament) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency was created on 19 February 2008 as a part of the implementation of the Presidential notification based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted on 12 July 2002.^[2][3] It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Nilesh Rane of the Indian National Congress. As of the 2024 elections, its current MP is Narayan Rane of Bharatiya Janata Party

Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Assembly constituencies	Chiplun Ratnagiri Rajapur Kankavli Kudal Sawantwadi
Established	2008–present
Total electors	1,367,361[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Narayan Rane
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Assembly segments

At present, Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These segments are:^[2]

#	Name	District	Member	Party		Leading (in 2024)
265	Chiplun	Ratnagiri	Shekhar Nikam		NCP		SS(UBT)
266	Ratnagiri		Uday Samant		SHS		SS(UBT)
267	Rajapur		Kiran Samant		SHS		SS(UBT)
268	Kankavli	Sindhudurg	Nitesh Rane		BJP		BJP
269	Kudal		Nilesh Rane		SHS		BJP
270	Sawantwadi		Deepak Kesarkar		SHS		BJP

Members of Parliament

Year	Name	Party
Before 2008 : See Ratnagiri and Rajapur
2009	Nilesh Rane		Indian National Congress
2014	Vinayak Raut		Shiv Sena
2019
2024	Narayan Rane		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Narayan Rane	448,514	49.07	49.07
	SS(UBT)	Vinayak Raut	4,00,656	43.83	New
	Independent	Vinayak Lavu Raut	15,826	1.73	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	11,643	1.27	0.26
	VBA	Maruti Ramachandra Joshi	10,039	1.10	N/A
Majority			47,858	5.23	14.56
Turnout			9,14,038	62.97	0.98
	BJP gain from SS		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Vinayak Raut	458,022	50.83	−4.19
	MSHP	Nilesh Narayan Rane	2,79,700	31.04
	INC	Navinchandra Bandivadekar	63,299	7.02	−31.25
	NOTA	None of the above	13,777	1.53
Majority			1,78,322	19.79
Turnout			9,02,355	61.99
	SS hold		Swing

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg^[1][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Vinayak Raut	493,088	55.02	+12.28
	INC	Nilesh Rane	3,43,037	38.27	−10.97
	BSP	Aayre Rajendra Lahu	13,088	1.46	−0.69
	AAP	Abhijit Shriram Hegshetye	12,700	1.42	N/A
	IND	Sunil Alias Yashwant Vasant Pednekar	7,328	0.82	N/A
	IND	Arun Harishchandra Manjrekar	5,999	0.67	N/A
	Socialist	Dipak Dattaram Nevgi	2,904	0.32	N/A
	IND	Ajinkya Dhondu Gawade	2,332	0.26	N/A
	BMP	Birje Yashwant Anant	1,992	0.22	N/A
	ABHM	Vinod Sawant	1,395	0.16	−0.18
	NOTA	None of the above	12,393	1.38	N/A
Margin of victory			1,50,051	16.75	+10.25
Turnout			8,96,409	65.56	+8.17
Registered electors			13,67,362
	SS gain from INC		Swing	+11.63

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nilesh Rane	353,915	49.24
	SS	Suresh Prabhu	3,07,165	42.74
	IND	Surendra Borkar	18,858	2.62
	BSP	Jayendra Parulekar	15,469	2.15
	Kranti Kari Jai Hind Sena	Ajay Alias Aaba Dada Jadhav	7,405	1.03
	BBM	Siraj Abdulla Kauchali	6,587	0.92
	IND	Khalape Akbar Mahammad	4,516	0.63
	ABHM	Vilasrao Khanvilkar	2,448	0.34
	RSPS	Rajesh Purushottam Surve	2,358	0.33
Margin of victory			46,750	6.50
Turnout			7,18,721	57.39	N/A
Registered electors			12,52,345
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Rajapur Lok Sabha constituency
• Ratnagiri Lok Sabha constituency
• Raigad Lok Sabha constituency
• Ratnagiri district
• Sindhudurg district

Notes

1. "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
2. "Delimitation Commission of India Notification" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra. p. 25. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
3. "Delimitation notification comes into effect". The Hindu. 20 February 2008. Archived from the original on 28 February 2008.
4. "Maharashtra – Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
5. "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 102. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

External links

• RatnagiriSindhudurg lok sabha constituency election 2019 results details

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