Raigad Lok Sabha constituency

Raigad
Lok Sabha constituency
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Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Assembly constituencies	Pen Alibag Shrivardhan Mahad Dapoli Guhagar
Established	2008[1]
Total electors	16,68,372 (2024)
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Sunil Tatkare
Party	Nationalist Congress Party
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Anant Geete

Raigad is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian parliament) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. It is a new constituency, created in 2008 as a part of the implementation of the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted on 12 July 2002.^[1][2] The constituency first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament was Anant Geete of Shiv Sena who was also re-elected in the 2014 elections. In the 2019 General Elections Sunil Tatkare of NCP won the seat by margin of 31,438 votes defeating the incumbent Geetee who was also a Union Cabinet minister.^[3]

History

Raigad was historically called Kolaba, and was the capital of the Maratha origin Indian king Chhatrapati Shivaji.^[4]

Assembly segments

At present, Raigad Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments in 2 district's. These segments are:^[1]

#	Name	District	Member	Party		Leading (in 2024)
191	Pen	Raigad	Ravisheth Patil		BJP		NCP
192	Alibag		Mahendra Dalvi		SS		NCP
193	Shrivardhan		Aditi Tatkare		NCP		NCP
194	Mahad		Bharatshet Gogawale		SS		NCP
263	Dapoli	Ratnagiri	Yogesh Kadam		SS		SS(UBT)
264	Guhagar		Bhaskar Jadhav		SS(UBT)		SS(UBT)

Pen, Alibag and Shrivardhan Vidhan Sabha segments were earlier part of the former Kolaba Lok Sabha constituency. Mahad was earlier part of the Ratnagiri Lok Sabha Constituency.

Members of Parliament

Year	Name	Party
Before 2008 : See Kolaba
2009	Anant Geete		Shiv Sena
2014
2019	Sunil Tatkare		Nationalist Congress Party
2024

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Raigad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Sunil Tatkare	508,352	50.17	2.68
	SS(UBT)	Anant Geete	4,25,568	42.00	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	27,270	2.69	1.57
Majority			82,784	8.17	5.13
Turnout			10,13,272	60.73	1.44
	NCP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Raigad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Sunil Tatkare	486,968	47.49
	SS	Anant Geete	4,55,530	44.42
	VBA	Suman Koli	23,196	2.26
	IND.	Subhash Janardan Patil	12,265	1.20
	NOTA	None of the above	11,490	1.12	−0.94
Majority			31,438
Turnout			10,27,583	62.17	−2.27
	NCP gain from SS		Swing

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Raigad^[5]^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Anant Geete	396,178	40.11	−13.78
	NCP	Sunil Tatkare	3,94,068	39.89	N/A
	PWPI	Bhai Ramesh Kadam	1,29,730	13.13	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	20,362	2.06	N/A
Margin of victory			2,110	0.22	−18.87
Turnout			9,87,766	64.44	+8.01
Registered electors			15,32,846
	SS hold		Swing	-13.79

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Raigad^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Anant Geete	413,546	53.89
	INC	A. R. Antulay	2,67,025	34.80
	Independent	Pravin Thakur	39,159	5.10
	Independent	Sunil Naik	22,200	2.89
Margin of victory			1,46,521	19.09
Turnout			7,67,366	56.43
Registered electors			13,59,854
	SS win (new seat)

See also

• Kolaba Lok Sabha constituency
• List of constituencies of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
• Raigad district
• Ratnagiri district
• Ratnagiri Lok Sabha constituency

References

1. "Delimitation Commission of India Notification" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra. p. 24. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
2. "Delimitation notification comes into effect". The Hindu. 20 February 2008. Archived from the original on 28 February 2008.
3. "Raigad Lok Sabha Election Result 2019 LIVE Updates: close contest between Anant Geete and Tatkare Sunil Dattatray". Firstpost. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
4. "Raigad (Kolaba) district". The Kolaba Gazetteer. Government of Maharashtra. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
5. "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
6. "Maharashtra - Raigad". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
7. "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. pp. 96–97. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

External links

• Raigad lok sabha constituency election 2019 results details

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