Ratnagiri was a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Maharashtra. In 2008, it was merged with some other areas to form a new Lok Sabha seat called Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency.
| Ratnagiri | |
|---|---|
| Former Lok Sabha constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Western India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| Assembly constituencies | |
| Established | 1951 |
| Abolished | 2009 |
Members of Parliament
edit| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Jaganath Rao Bhonsle | Indian National Congress | |
| Moreshwar Dinkar Joshi | |||
| 1957 | Premjibhai Assar | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1962 | Sharda Mukherjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | |||
| 1971 | Shantaram Peje [1] | ||
| 1977 | Bapusaheb Parulekar | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | |||
| 1984 | Husen Dalwai | Indian National Congress | |
| 1989 | Govindrao Nikam | ||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Anant Geete | Shiv Sena | |
| 1998 | |||
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | |||
2009 onwards : See Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency
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Election results
edit2004
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SS | Anant Geete | 334,690 | 59.66 | +4.67 | |
| NCP | Govindrao Nikam | 185,722 | 33.11 | −0.3 | |
| PWPI | Pankaj Kawli | 25,951 | 4.6 | ||
| BSP | Rajendra Ayere | 14,613 | 2.6 | ||
| Majority | 148,968 | 26.55 | |||
| Turnout | 561,300 | 61.36 | −2.63 | ||
| SS hold | Swing | +4.67 | |||