Chiplun (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Chiplun Vidhan Sabha constituency (Marathi: चिपळूण विधान सभा मतदारसंघ) is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.

Overview

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

Chiplun is part of 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 Legislative Assembly

• 1978: Rajaram Shinde, Janata Party
• 1980: Rajaram Shinde, Janata Party (JP)
• 1985: Nishikant Joshi, Indian National Congress
• 1990: Bapu Khedekar, Shiv Sena
• 1995: Bhaskar Jadhav, Shiv Sena
• 1999: Bhaskar Jadhav, Shiv Sena
• 2004: Ramesh Kadam, Nationalist Congress Party
• 2009: Sadanand Chavan, Shiv Sena^[3]

Election results

General elections 2009

General Election, 2009: Chiplun
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Shiv Sena	Sadanand Chavan	76,015	50.13
	NCP	Ramesh Kadam	57,531	37.94
	MNS	Suryakant Salunke	10,642	7.02
Majority			18,484
Turnout			1,51,636
	Shiv Sena gain from NCP		Swing

See also

• Chiplun
• List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha

References

1. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008". The Election Commission of India. p. 273. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf. 
2. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008". The Election Commission of India. p. 278. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf. 
3. ^ "Maharashtra Assembly Election 2009 -Results". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. http://220.225.73.214/pdff/results.pdf. Retrieved 29 September 2010.