Kankavli Assembly constituency

Kankavli
Kankavli
Constituency No. 268 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Lok Sabha constituency	Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg
Established	1962
Total electors	231,788
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Nitesh Narayan Rane
Party	BJP

Constituency of the Maharashtra legislative assembly in India

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

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 the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member^[2]
1952	Rane Keshav Vyankatesh	Indian National Congress
1957	Sawant Bhaskar Balkrishna	Peasants and Workers Party of India
1962	Yeshwant Babaji Dalvi	Praja Socialist Party
1967	S. S. Sawant	Peasants and Workers Party of India
1972	K. Vyankateshrao Rane	Indian National Congress
1977-2008: Constituency did not exist
2009	Pramod Jathar	Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	Nitesh Rane	Indian National Congress
2019		Bharatiya Janata Party
2024		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kankavli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nitesh Narayan Rane	108,369	66.85%	9.95
	SS(UBT)	Sandesh Bhaskar Parkar	50,362	31.07%	New
	Independent	Ganesh Arvind Mane	1,144	0.71%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,011	0.62%	0.69
Margin of victory			58,007	35.78%	16.85
Turnout			163,129	70.38%	5.39
Total valid votes			162,118
Registered electors			231,788		0.74
	BJP hold		Swing	9.95

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kankavli^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nitesh Narayan Rane	84,504	56.90%	25.37
	SS	Satish Jagannath Sawant	56,388	37.97%	29.65
	INC	Sushil Amrutrao Rane	3,355	2.26%	46.08
	VBA	Adv. Manali Sandeep Vanjare	2,054	1.38%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,945	1.31%	0.42
	MNS	Rajan Shankar Dabholkar	1,421	0.96%	New
Margin of victory			28,116	18.93%	2.12
Turnout			150,660	65.48%	4.43
Total valid votes			148,516
Registered electors			230,081		2.68
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	8.56

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kankavli^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nitesh Narayan Rane	74,715	48.33%	8.46
	BJP	Jathar Pramod Shantaram	48,736	31.53%	8.37
	SS	Subhash Mayekar	12,863	8.32%	New
	NCP	Atul Suresh Raorane	8,196	5.30%	New
	Independent	Vijay Krishnaji Sawant	7,215	4.67%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,381	0.89%	New
	PWPI	Dr. Tulshiram Vasudeo Raorane	1,326	0.86%	New
Margin of victory			25,979	16.81%	16.78
Turnout			155,962	69.60%	1.71
Total valid votes			154,578
Registered electors			224,081		9.64
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	8.43

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kankavli^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jathar Pramod Shantaram	57,651	39.90%	*New*
	INC	Ravindra Sadanand Phatak	57,617	39.88%	26.54
	JSS	Kuldeep Pednekar	24,566	17.00%	New
	Independent	Prin. Mahendra Natekar	2,935	2.03%	New
	BSP	Vasudev Sitaram Jadhav	1,717	1.19%	New
Margin of victory			34	0.02%	34.97
Turnout			144,515	70.71%	11.02
Total valid votes			144,486
Registered electors			204,374		186.54
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	26.52

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kankavli^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Vyankateshrao Rane	28,268	66.42%	31.68
	PWPI	Sitaram Sakharam Sawant	13,376	31.43%	7.52
	INC(O)	Hari Baburao Aglave	918	2.16%	New
Margin of victory			14,892	34.99%	30.77
Turnout			44,059	61.77%	11.18
Total valid votes			42,562
Registered electors			71,325		5.02
	INC gain from PWPI		Swing	27.47

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kankavli^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PWPI	S. S. Sawant	12,826	38.95%	19.89
	INC	Bhaskar Balkrishna Sawant	11,438	34.73%	0.72
	PSP	B. R. Hatle	8,668	26.32%	13.00
Margin of victory			1,388	4.21%	1.10
Turnout			36,155	53.24%	9.96
Total valid votes			32,932
Registered electors			67,914		2.53
	PWPI gain from PSP		Swing	0.37

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Kankavli^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PSP	Yeshwant Babaji Dalvi	10,035	39.32%	*New*
	INC	Bhaskar Balkrishna Sawant	8,679	34.01%	15.58
	PWPI	Sitaram Sakharam Sawant	4,864	19.06%	62.51
	ABJS	Gajanan Atmaram Pitre	1,113	4.36%	New
	Independent	Sakharam Govind Tawate	830	3.25%	New
Margin of victory			1,356	5.31%	57.83
Turnout			28,023	42.31%	7.21
Total valid votes			25,521
Registered electors			66,240		8.63
	PSP gain from PWPI		Swing	42.25

Assembly Election 1957

1957 Bombay State Legislative Assembly election : Kankavli^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PWPI	Sawant Bhaskar Balkrishna	22,750	81.57%	55.93
	INC	Rane Keshav Vyankatesh	5,139	18.43%	19.65
Margin of victory			17,611	63.15%	51.36
Turnout			27,889	45.74%	11.43
Total valid votes			27,889
Registered electors			60,977		9.93
	PWPI gain from INC		Swing	43.49

Assembly Election 1952

1952 Bombay State Legislative Assembly election : Kankavli^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rane Keshav Vyankatesh	7,246	38.08%	*New*
	SP	Gholkar Shankar Shripad	5,004	26.30%	New
	PWPI	Tawade Jagannath Ramkrishna	4,880	25.65%	New
	Independent	Shetye Purushottam Anant	1,899	9.98%	New
Margin of victory			2,242	11.78%
Turnout			19,029	34.31%
Total valid votes			19,029
Registered electors			55,469
	INC win (new seat)

References

^ "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.
^ "Kankavli Vidhan Sabha Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
^ "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
^ "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
^ "General Elections to State Legislative Assembly 2009" (PDF). Chief Eletoral Officer, Maharashtra. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 July 2024.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 19 May 2017.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 26 September 2018.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of Bombay" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Bombay" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.

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[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] "Kankavli Vidhan Sabha Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.

[election2019-3] "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

[election2014-4] "Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

[5] "General Elections to State Legislative Assembly 2009" (PDF). Chief Eletoral Officer, Maharashtra. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 July 2024.

[6] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 19 May 2017.

[7] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 26 September 2018.

[8] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012.

[9] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of Bombay" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.

[10] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Bombay" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.