Rajapur Lok Sabha constituency

Rajapur was a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency of Maharashtra. It was abolished in 2008 and merged with some other Vidhan Sabha constituency, to form a new Lok Sabha seat territorially, called Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg

Rajapur
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Established	1952
Abolished	2009
Reservation	None

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1952 : See Ratnagiri Lok Sabha constituency
1957	Nath Pai		Praja Socialist Party
1962
1967
1971	Madhu Dandavate
1977			Janata Party
1980
1984
1989			Janata Dal
1991	Sudhir Sawant		Indian National Congress
1996	Suresh Prabhu		Shiv Sena
1998
1999
2004
2008 onwards : 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

2004 Indian general elections: Rajapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	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
	SS hold		Swing	+3.87

See also

• Rajapur
• Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency

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