Sawantwadi Assembly constituency

Sawantwadi-Vengurla-Dodamarg Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.^[1]

Sawantwadi
Constituency No. 270 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Lok Sabha constituency	Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg
Established	1962
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Deepak Vasant Kesarkar
Party	Shiv Sena
Elected year	2019

Overview

Sawantwadi constituency is one of the three Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Sindhudurg district. It comprises the entire Vengurla, Sawantwadi and Dodamarg tehsils of the district.^[2]

Sawantwadi is part of Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha constituencies, namely Kankavli and Kudal (part of Sindhudurg district) and Chiplun, Ratnagiri and Rajapur (part of Ratnagiri district).^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member[4]	Party
1962	Shivram Sawant Bhonsle		Indian National Congress
1967
1972	Prataprao Bhonsle
1978	Jayanand Mathkar		Janata Party
1980	Shivram Sawant Bhonsle		Indian National Congress (I)
1985			Indian National Congress
1990	Pravin Bhonsle
1995
1999	Shivram Dalvi		Shiv Sena
2004
2009	Deepak Kesarkar		Nationalist Congress Party
2014			Shiv Sena
2019
2024

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Sawantwadi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SHS	Deepak Kesarkar	81,008	48.77
	SS(UBT)	Rajan Teli	41,109	24.75
	Independent	Vishal Parab	33,281	20.04
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,385	1.44
Majority			39,899
Turnout			1,66,090
	SHS gain from SS(UBT)		Swing

2019

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Sawantwadi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Deepak Kesarkar	69,784	48.52%
	Independent	Rajan Teli	56,556	39.32%
	NCP	Baban Salgaonkar	5,396	3.75%
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,524	2.45%
Majority			13,228
Turnout			1,43,833	63.84%
	SS gain from Independent		Swing

2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Sawantwadi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Deepak Kesarkar	70,902	48.60
	BJP	Rajan Teli	29,710	20.37
	INC	Chandrakant Dattaram Gawade	25,376	17.40
	NCP	Suresh Yashawant Dalvi	9,029	6.19
	MNS	Parshuram(JIJI) Uparkar	6,129	4.20
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,511	1.04
Majority			41,192	28.53
Turnout			1,45,874	66.03
	SS gain from BJP		Swing

2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Sawantwadi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Deepak Kesarkar	63,430	48.28	NEW
	SS	Shivram Gopal Dalvi	45,012	34.26	14.96
	Independent	Pravin Prataprao Bhonsle	19,364	14.74	44.46
	JD(S)	Baburao Dattaram Dhuri	1,792	1.36	NEW
	BSP	Yashwant Vasant Pednekar	1,781	1.36	NEW
Majority			18,418	14.02
Turnout			1,31,379	64.74
	NCP gain from SS		Swing

See also

• Sawantvadi
• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha