Rajapur Lok Sabha constituency

Rajapur was a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency of Maharashtra. It was abolished in 2008 and merged with some other Vidhan to form a new Lok Sabha seat territorially, called Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg

Rajapur
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionWestern India
StateMaharashtra
Established1952
Abolished2009
ReservationNone

Members of Parliament

Year Member Party
1957 Nath Pai Praja Socialist Party
1962
1967
1971 Madhu Dandavate
1977 Janata Party
1980
1984
1989 Janata Dal
1991 Sudhir Sawant Indian National Congress
1996 Suresh Prabhu Shiv Sena
1998
1999
2004

Election results

1991 Lok Sabha

  • Sudhir Sawant (Congress) : 157,135
  • Vamanrao Mahadik (Shiv Sena) : 114,089
  • Madhu Dandavate (Janata Dal) : Came third.

1996 Lok Sabha

  • Suresh Prabhu (Shiv Sena) : 193,566
  • Sudhir Sawant (Congress) : 127,430

2004 Lok Sabha

2004 Indian general elections: Rajapur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SHS Suresh Prabhu 264,001 54.94 +3.87
INC Sudhir Sawant 183,102 38.10 +14.23
BSP Mohan Parab 12,616 2.62
Independent Mahendra Natekar 9,303 1.94
Majority 80,899 16.84
Turnout 480,610 57.51 -0.2
SHS hold Swing +3.87

See also

16.7°N 73.5°E / 16.7; 73.5

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