Chiplun Assembly constituency

Chiplun Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.

Chiplun
Constituency No. 265 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Lok Sabha constituency	Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg
Established	1957
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Shekhar Govindrao Nikam
Party	Nationalist Congress Party
Alliance	Mahayuti
Elected year	2024

Overview

Chiplun constituency is one of the five Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Ratnagiri district. It comprises parts of the Chiplun and Sangameshwar tehsils of the district.^[1]

Chiplun is part of the Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Ratnagiri and Rajapur in Ratnagiri district and Kankavli, Kudal and Sawantwadi in Sindhudurg district.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member[3]	Party
1957	Shankar Tambitkar		Communist Party of India
	Gangaram Kamble		Scheduled Castes Federation
1962	P. K. Sawant		Indian National Congress
1967
1972
1978	Rajaram Shinde		Janata Party
1980
1985	Nishikant Joshi		Indian National Congress
1990	Bapu Khedekar		Shiv Sena
1995	Bhaskar Jadhav
1999
2004	Rameshbhai Kadam		Nationalist Congress Party
2009	Sadanand Chavan		Shiv Sena
2014
2019	Shekhar Nikam		Nationalist Congress Party
2024

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Chiplun

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Shekhar Govindrao Nikam	96,555	50.15%
	NCP-SP	Prashant Baban Yadav	89,688	46.58%
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,320	1.20%
Majority			6,867
Turnout			1,92,532
	NCP gain from NCP-SP		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Chiplun

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Shekhar Govindrao Nikam	101,578	57.09%
	SS	Sadanand Chavan	71654	40.27%
	NOTA	None of the Above	2297	1.29%
Majority			29924
Turnout			177921	65.81%
	NCP gain from SS		Swing

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Chiplun

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Sadanand Chavan	75,695	45.17	−4.96
	NCP	Shekhar Govindrao Nikam	69,627	41.55	+3.61
	BJP	Madhav Bhujang Gawali	9,143	5.46	N/A
	INC	Rashami Rajendra Kadam	3,702	2.21	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,013	1.20
Majority			6,068	3.62	−8.57
Turnout			167,559	67.08	−0.24
	SS gain from NCP		Swing	-3.15

2009

2009 Maharashtra state assembly elections: Chiplun

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Sadanand Chavan	76,015	50.13	+44.42
	NCP	Ramesh Bhai Kadam	57,531	37.94	−9.70
	MNS	Suryakant Salunke	10,642	7.02	N/A
Majority			18,484	12.19	+7.47
Turnout			1,51,636	67.32	−6.91
	SS gain from NCP		Swing	+39.57

2004

2004 Maharashtra state assembly elections: Chiplun

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Ramesh Bhai Kadam	53,311	47.64
	Independent	Bhaskar Jadhav	48,025	42.92
	SS	Prabhakar Shinde	6,394	5.71
Majority			5,286	4.72
Turnout			111,888	74.23
	NCP gain from Independent		Swing

See also

• Chiplun
• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha
• Walope