Thane Lok Sabha constituency

Thane Lok Sabha constituency (formerly, Thana Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.^[1]

Thane Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha constituency
Dark Area of Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Assembly constituencies	Mira Bhayandar Kopri-Pachpakhadi Ovala-Majiwada Thane Airoli Belapur
Established	1952
Total electors	25,07,372
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Naresh Mhaske
Party	Shiv Sena (2022–present)
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Rajan Vichare

Assembly segments

At present, after the implementation of the Presidential notification on delimitation on 19 February 2008, Thane Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These segments are:

#	Name	District	Member	Party		Leading (in 2024)
145	Mira Bhayandar	Thane	Narendra Mehta		BJP		SHS
146	Ovala-Majiwada		Pratap Sarnaik		SHS		SHS
147	Kopri-Pachpakhadi		Eknath Shinde		SHS		SHS
148	Thane		Sanjay Kelkar		BJP		SHS
150	Airoli		Ganesh Naik		BJP		SHS
151	Belapur		Manda Mhatre		BJP		SHS

Members of Parliament

In 1952 and 1957, this Thane area contributed two members to Lok Sabha.

• 1952: Govind Dharmaji Vartak, Indian National Congress
• 1952: Anant Savalaram Nandkar, Indian National Congress (ST)^[2]
• 1952:Choithram Partabrai Gidwani, PSP
• 1952 (by-poll): Yashwantrao Martandrao Mukne, Indian National Congress (ST)
• 1957: Shamrao Vishnu Parulekar, Communist Party of India
• 1957: Laxman Mahadu Matera, Communist Party of India (ST)^[3]

In 2008, the Delimitation Commission of India split the seat into Thane and Kalyan seats.

Year	Member	Party
1962	Sonubhau Baswant		Indian National Congress
1967-76 : Seat does not exist
1977	Rambhau Mhalgi		Janata Party
1980
1982[a]	Jagannath Patil		Bharatiya Janata Party
1984	Shantaram Gholap		Indian National Congress
1989	Ram Kapse		Bharatiya Janata Party
1991
1996	Prakash Paranjape		Shiv Sena
1998
1999
2004
2008[b]	Anand Paranjpe
2009	Sanjeev Naik		Nationalist Congress Party
2014	Rajan Vichare		Shiv Sena
2019
2024	Naresh Mhaske		Shiv Sena

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Thane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SHS	Naresh Ganpat Mhaske	734,231	56.09	7.21
	SS(UBT)	Rajan Vichare	5,17,220	39.51	New
	NOTA	None of the above	17,901	1.37	0.38
Majority			2,17,011	16.58	18.63
Turnout			13,11,056	52.27	2.88
	SS hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Thane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Rajan Baburao Vichare	740,969	63.30
	NCP	Anand Paranjpe	3,28,824	28.09
	VBA	Mallikarjun Saibanna Pujari	47,432	4.05
	NOTA	None of the above	20,426	1.75
Majority			4,12,145	35.21
Turnout			11,70,970	49.39	−1.46
	SS hold		Swing	+7.84

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Thane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Rajan Baburao Vichare	595,364	56.46	+22.86
	NCP	Sanjeev Ganesh Naik	3,14,065	29.78	−10.36
	MNS	Abhijit Ramesh Panse	48,863	4.63	−13.35
	AAP	Sanjeev Vishnu Sane	41,535	3.94	N/A
	BSP	Vidhyadhar Bhimrao Kirtawade	10,982	1.04	−0.85
	NOTA	None of the Above	13,174	1.25	N/A
Majority			2,81,299	26.68	+20.14
Turnout			10,54,189	50.85	+9.35
	SS gain from NCP		Swing	+17.66

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Thane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Dr. Sanjeev Ganesh Naik	301,000	40.14	−1.67
	SS	Vijay Laxman Chaugule	2,51,980	33.60	−18.42
	MNS	Rajan Raje	1,34,840	17.98	N/A
	BSP	Avanindra Kumar Tripathi	14,192	1.89	−0.47
	Independent	Vidyadhar Laxman Joshi	9,680	1.29	N/A
Majority			49,020	6.53	+1.48
Turnout			7,49,873	41.50	N/A
	NCP gain from SS		Swing	-1.67

Bye-election 2008

Bye-election, 2008: Thane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Anand Paranjape	462,766	52.02	+4.86
	NCP	Sanjeev Naik	3,71,894	41.81	−4.58
	BSP	Chandrashekhar Shukla	20,971	2.36	+0.47
Majority			90,872	5.05	+3.63
Turnout			8,89,568	26.78	−13.75
	SS hold		Swing	+4.86

2004

2004 Indian general elections: Thane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Prakash Paranjape	631,414	48.08	+4.86
	NCP	Vasant Davkhare	6,09,156	46.39	+26.82
	BSP	Sambhaji Pawar	24,828	1.89
	SP	Karmaveer Yadav	22,412	1.70
Majority			22,258	1.69	−9.32
Turnout			13,13,252	40.53	+6.84
	SS hold		Swing	+4.86

1999

1999 Indian general election: Thane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Prakash Paranjape	391,446	43.22
	INC	Nakul Patil	2,91,763	32.21
	NCP	Prabhakar Hegade	1,77,256	19.57
Majority			99,683	11.01
Turnout			9,05,683
	SS hold		Swing

Notes

1. bypoll
2. bypoll

See also

• Thane district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha