Palghar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Palghar Vidhan Sabha constituency (Marathi: पालघर विधानसभा मतदारसंघ) is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state, western India. This constituency is located in Palghar district.^[1]

Geographical scope

The constituency comprises parts of Dahanu Taluka viz. revenue circles Kasa and Chinchani, parts of Palghar Taluka viz. revenue circles Tarapur, Palghar and Palghar Municipal Council.^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Key

  INC     Shiv Sena     Praja Socialist Party     Janata Party     INC(I)  

Election		Member	Party
	1962	Shridhar Patil	Indian National Congress
Major boundary changes
	1967	Navnitrai Shah	Praja Socialist Party
	1972	Vinayak Patil	Indian National Congress
Major boundary changes; constituency reserved for scheduled tribes
	1978	Arjun Shinghade	Janata Party
	1980	Vishnu Valvi	Indian National Congress (Indira)
	1985	Vishnu Valvi	Indian National Congress
	1990	Avinash Sutar	Shiv Sena
	1995	Manisha Nimkar	Shiv Sena
	1999	Manisha Nimkar	Shiv Sena
	2004	Manisha Nimkar	Shiv Sena
Major boundary changes
	2009	Rajendra Gavit	Indian National Congress
	2014	Krishna Ghoda	Shiv Sena
	2016 by-election	Amit Ghoda [2]	Shiv Sena

Election results

2016 by-election

2016 by-election: Palghar (ST)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Shiv Sena	Amit Ghoda	67,129	41.55
	INC	Rajendra Gavit	48,181	29.82
	Bahujan Vikas Aghadi	Manisha Nimkar	36,781	22.76
	CPI(M)	Chandrakant Vartha	4,865	3.01
	BMP	Dileep Dumada	1,417	0.87
	NOTA	None of the above	3,162	1.95
Majority			18,948	11.73
Turnout			1,61,535	65.24	-2.76
	Shiv Sena hold		Swing

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 2008-11-26. p. 262. Retrieved 2015-08-05.
2. "Shiv Sena Retains Palghar Assembly Seat".