Rajapur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Rajapur
Rajapur
Former Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency Details
Established	1952
Abolished	2008
Reservation	None
State	Maharashtra
Former MP	Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu

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

Members of Parliament[]

1952: Rajapur area was covered under a Ratnagiri Lok Sabha seat
1957: Nath Pai, Praja Socialist Party
1962: Nath Pai, Praja Socialist Party
1967: Nath Pai, Praja Socialist Party
1971: Madhu Dandavate, Praja Socialist Party
1977: Madhu Dandavate, Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980: Madhu Dandavate, Janata Party
1984: Madhu Dandavate, Janata Party
1989: Madhu Dandavate, Janata Dal^[1]
1991: Sudhir Sawant, Indian National Congress
1996: Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Shiv Sena
1998: Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Shiv Sena
1999: Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Shiv Sena
2004: Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Shiv Sena
2008 Onwards: Constituency does not exist

See Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg (Lok Sabha constituency)

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

References[]

^ "Member's Profile -9th Lok Sabha". Retrieved 22 Feb 2012.

[1] "Member's Profile -9th Lok Sabha". Retrieved 22 Feb 2012.

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