Dahanu Assembly constituency

Dahanu Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.^[1]

Dahanu
Constituency No. 128 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Palghar
Lok Sabha constituency	Palghar
Established	1962
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vinod Bhiva Nikole
Party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Elected year	2024

Overview

Dahanu constituency is one of the 6 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Palghar district. It is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled tribes.^[2] It comprises the entire Talasari tehsil and part of Dahanu tehsil of the district.

Dahanu is part of the Palghar Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Vikramgad, Palghar, Boisar, Nalasopara and Vasai in Palghar district.^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member[3]	Party
1952	Shamrao Patil		Indian National Congress
	Radka Bhimara
1957	Shamrao Patil
	Santu Thakeria
1962	Shamrao Patil
1967	Mahadev Kadu
1972
1978	Shankar Chavan		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1980	Mahadev Kadu		Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Shankar Nam		Indian National Congress
1990
1995
1999	Krishna Ghoda		Nationalist Congress Party
2004
2009	Rajaram Ozare		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2014	Paskal Dhanare		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Vinod Nikole		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2024

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Dahanu^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Vinod Bhiva Nikole	104,702	47.21	3.76
	BJP	Vinod Medha	99,569	44.90	4.29
	NOTA	None of the above	5,120	2.31
Majority			5,133	2.31
Turnout			2,21,769
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Dahanu^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Vinod Bhiva Nikole	72,114	43.45	25.27
	BJP	Dhanare Paskal Janya	67,407	40.61
	Independent	Randhe  Damodar  Shirad	12,968	8.37	N/A
	MNS	Sunil Lahanya Ebhad	6,332	3.81
	None of the Above	NOTA	4,824	2.90
Majority			4,707
Turnout			1,65,981
	CPI(M) gain from BJP		Swing

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Dahanu^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Paskal Dhanare	44,849	28.96	N/A
	CPI(M)	Barkya Mangat	28,149	18.18	−29.10
	NCP	Kashinath Chaudhari	27,963	18.06	−16.99
	INC	Ramesh Padavle	14,166	9.15	N/A
	Independent	Sudhir Ozare	12,968	8.37	N/A
	SS	Shankar Nam	7,847	5.07	−8.51
	Independent	Suresh Padvi	5,165	3.34	N/A
	Independent	Ramji Vartha	2,187	1.41	N/A
	MNS	Vijay Vadhiya	2,088	1.35	N/A
	BMP	Devram Kurkute	1,838	1.19	N/A
	Independent	Vinod Shinda	1,674	1.08	N/A
	BSP	Sanjay Tambda	1,457	0.94	−3.15
	NOTA	None of the above	4,498	2.90	N/A
Majority			16,700	10.78	−1.45
Turnout			1,54,849	66.34	+8.63
	BJP gain from CPI(M)		Swing	+29.03

2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Dahanu^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Rajaram Ozare	62,530	47.28	+37.79
	NCP	Krishna Ghoda	46,350	35.05	−14.77
	SS	Ishwar Dhodi	17,955	13.58	−19.20
	BSP	Vinod Shinda	5,412	4.09	+1.18
Majority			16,180	12.23	−4.81
Turnout			1,32,247	57.71	+2.84
	CPI(M) gain from NCP		Swing	+26.28

2004

2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Dahanu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Krishna Ghoda	72,715	49.82
	SS	Ishwar Dhodi	47,843	32.78
	CPI(M)	Edward Vartha	13,844	9.49
	Independent	Vinod Katkar	7,304	5.00
	BSP	Lalita Rathod	4,242	2.91
Majority			24,872	17.04
Turnout			1,45,948	54.87
	NCP hold		Swing

See also

• Dahanu
• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha