Kankavli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Kankavli Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in Western India. This Vidhan Sabha constituency is located in the Sindhudurg district.[1]

Kankavli
Constituency
Nitesh Rane, present MLA of Kankavli
DistrictSindhudurg
Lok Sabha ConstituencyRatnagiri-Sindhudurg
Current constituency
PartyBJP
MLANitesh Narayan Rane
ReservationNone
Last election2019
Ex MLAPramod Jathar
Most Successful PartyBJP (5 times)

It is a part of the Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency, along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Kudal and Sawantwadi from the Sindhudurg district and Chiplun Sangameshwar, Ratnagiri and Rajapur from the Ratnagiri district.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

General elections 2014
2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Kankavli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Nitesh Narayan Rane 74,715
BJP Pramod Jathar 48,736
SHS Subhash Mayekar 12,863
Majority 25,979
Turnout
INC gain from BJP Swing

General elections 2009
2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Kankavli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Pramod Jathar 57,651 39.90
INC Ravindra Phatak 57,617 39.88
Independent Kuldeep Pednekar 22,566 15.62
Majority 34
Turnout 1,44,486
BJP hold Swing

See also
  • Kankavli
  • List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha

References
  1. "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  2. "Maharashtra Assembly Election 2009 -Results" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
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