Palghar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Palghar

Existence	2008–present
Reservation	Scheduled Tribes
Current MP	Chintaman Vanga
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year	2014
State	Maharashtra
Total Electors	1,578,077[1]
Assembly Constituencies	Dahanu, Vikramgad, Palghar, Boisar, Nalasopara, and Vasai.[2]

Palghar Lok Sabha constituency (Marathi: पालघर लोकसभा मतदारसंघ) 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] The seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribes. It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Baliram Sukur Jadhav of Bahujan Vikas Aghadi. As of the 2014 election, Chintaman Vanaga of the Bharatiya Janata Party represents this constituency in the Lok Sabha.

Assembly segments

Palghar Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These segments are:^[2]

Constituency number	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Name	Name of incumbent MLA	Party
128	ST	Dahanu	Paskal Dhanare	BJP
129	ST	Vikramgad	Vishnu Savara	BJP
130	ST	Palghar	Amit Ghoda [4]	Shiv Sena
131	ST	Boisar	Vilas Tare	BVA
132	None	Nalasopara	Kshitij Thakur	BVA
133	None	Vasai	Hitendra Thakur	BVA

Members of Parliament

Key

  Bahujan Vikas Aghadi     BJP  

Election		Member	Party
	2009	Baliram Jadhav	Bahujan Vikas Aghadi
	2014	Adv. Chintaman Vanaga	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

General election 2009

Indian general elections, 2009: Palghar^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Bahujan Vikas Aghadi	Baliram Jadhav	223,234	30.47
	BJP	Chintaman Vanga	210,875	28.78
	INC	Damodar Shingada	160,570	21.92
	CPI(M)	Lahanu Kom	92,224	12.59
	Independent	Pandurang Jethya Paradhi	20,363	2.78
	BSP	Dalavi Bhaskar Ladku	9,741	1.33
	Independent	Kashiram Mahadu Dhondaga	7,968	1.09
	BBM	Chandrakant Balu Phupane	7,613	1.04
Margin of victory			12,360	1.68
Turnout			732,587	48.10
	Bahujan Vikas Aghadi win (new seat)

General election 2014

Indian general elections, 2014: Palghar^[1][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Chintaman Vanaga	533,201	53.72	+24.94
	Bahujan Vikas Aghadi	Baliram Jadhav	293,681	29.59	-0.88
	CPI(M)	Kharpade Ladkya Rupa	76,890	7.75	-4.84
	AAP	Pandurang Jethya Pardhi	16,182	1.63	N/A
	Independent	Haribhau Soma Vartha	12,974	1.31	N/A
	BMP	Dilip Atmaram Dumada	10,742	1.08	N/A
	BSP	Gavari Shyam Anant	8,176	0.82	-0.51
	Independent	Sachin Damodar Shingda	7,957	0.80	N/A
	BBM	Mohan Barku Guhe	6,691	0.67	-0.37
	Independent	Kashinath Laxman Kokera	4,327	0.44	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	21,797	2.20	N/A
Margin of victory			239,520	24.13	+22.45
Turnout			992,618	62.90	+14.80
	BJP gain from Bahujan Vikas Aghadi		Swing	+24.50

See also

• Mumbai North (Lok Sabha constituency)
• Dahanu (Lok Sabha constituency)
• Thane district
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha

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. 24. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
3. "Delimitation notification comes into effect". The Hindu. 20 February 2008.
4. "Shiv Sena Retains Palghar Assembly Seat".
5. "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. pp. 90–91. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
6. "Maharashtra - Palghar". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.