{{Short description|Constituency of the Maharashtra legislative assembly in India}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox Indian constituency | name = Chiplun | constituency_no = 265 | type = SLA | state = Maharashtra | latest_election_year = 2024 | map_image = 265-Chiplun.svg | loksabha_cons = Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg | district = Ratnagiri | established = 1957 | reservation = None | mla = Shekhar Govindrao Nikam | party = {{Party index link|Nationalist Congress Party}} | alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}} | incumbent_image = | electors =276,224 }} '''Chiplun Assembly constituency''' 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 the Chiplun and Sangameshwar tehsils of the district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008|publisher=The Election Commission of India|page=273}}</ref>
Chiplun is part of the 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008|publisher=The Election Commission of India|page=278}}</ref>
== Members of the Legislative Assembly == {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Member<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chiplun Vidhan Sabha Current MLA and Previous MLAs |url=https://www.elections.in/maharashtra/assembly-constituencies/chiplun.html |access-date= |website=Elections in India}}</ref> !colspan="2"|Party |- | rowspan=2|1957 | Shankar Tambitkar |{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |- | Gangaram Kamble |{{Full party name with color|Scheduled Castes Federation}} |- | 1962 | rowspan="3"|P. K. Sawant | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}} |- | 1967 |- | 1972 |- | 1978 | rowspan=2|Rajaram Shinde | {{Full party name with color|Janata Party|rowspan=2}} |- | 1980 |- | 1985 | Nishikant Joshi |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- | 1990 | Bapu Khedekar | {{Full party name with color|Shiv Sena|rowspan=3}} |- | 1995 | rowspan=2|Bhaskar Jadhav |- | 1999 |- | 2004 |Rameshbhai Kadam |{{Full party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}} |- | 2009 | rowspan=2|Sadanand Chavan | {{Full party name with color|Shiv Sena|rowspan=2}} |- | 2014 |- | 2019 | Rowspan=2|Shekhar Nikam |{{Full party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party|rowspan=2}} |- | 2024 |- |}
==Election results== ===Assembly Election 2024=== {{Election box begin|title = 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chiplun}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate=Shekhar Govindrao Nikam |party=Nationalist Congress Party |votes = 96,555 |percentage = 50.76% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Prashant Baban Yadav |party=Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar |votes = 89,688 |percentage = 47.15% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=None of the Above |party=None of the above |votes = 2,320 |percentage = 1.22% |change={{decrease}}0.09 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Shekhar Gangaram Nikam |party=Independent politician |votes = 1,613 |percentage = 0.85% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 6,867 |percentage = 3.61% |change= {{decrease}}13.43 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 192,532 |percentage = 69.70% |change= {{increase}}3.90 }}{{Election box total valid |votes= 190,212}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 276,224|ref = |change= {{increase}}2.17 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Nationalist Congress Party |loser = Nationalist Congress Party |swing= {{decrease}}7.08 }} {{Election box end}} ===Assembly Election 2019=== {{Election box begin|title = 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chiplun<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.results.eci.gov.in/ACOCT2019/partywiseresult-S13.htm?st=S13|title=General Election to Vidhan Sabha Trends & Results Oct-2019|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=28 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121065754/http://results.eci.gov.in/ACOCT2019/partywiseresult-S13.htm?st=S13|archive-date=21 November 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate=Shekhar Govindrao Nikam |party=Nationalist Congress Party |votes = 101,578 |percentage = 57.84% |change={{increase}}15.78 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Sadanand Chavan |party=Shiv Sena |votes = 71,654 |percentage = 40.80% |change={{decrease}}4.93 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Sachin Laxman Mohite |party=Bahujan Samaj Party |votes = 2,392 |percentage = 1.36% |change={{increase}}0.40 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=None of the Above |party=None of the above |votes = 2,297 |percentage = 1.31% |change={{increase}}0.09 }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 29,924 |percentage = 17.04% |change= {{increase}}13.37 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 178,173 |percentage = 65.90% |change= {{decrease}}1.34 }}{{Election box total valid |votes= 175,624}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 270,366|ref = |change= {{increase}}8.28 }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Nationalist Congress Party |loser = Shiv Sena |swing= {{increase}}12.11 }} {{Election box end}} ===Assembly Election 2014=== {{Election box begin|title = 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chiplun<ref name="election2014">{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/11699-maharashtra-legislative-assembly-election-2014/ |title=Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, 2014 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date= 2 February 2022 |url-access=limited}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate=Sadanand Chavan |party=Shiv Sena |votes = 75,695 |percentage = 45.72% |change={{decrease}}4.41 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Shekhar Govindrao Nikam |party=Nationalist Congress Party |votes = 69,627 |percentage = 42.06% |change={{increase}}4.12 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Madhav Bhujang Gawali |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = 9,143 |percentage = 5.52% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Kadam Rashami Rajendra |party=Indian National Congress |votes = 3,702 |percentage = 2.24% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Gopinath Krishnaji Zaple |party=Independent politician |votes = 2,720 |percentage = 1.64% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=None of the Above |party=None of the above |votes = 2,013 |percentage = 1.22% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Gamare Premdas Shantaram |party=Bahujan Samaj Party |votes = 1,592 |percentage = 0.96% |change={{decrease}}0.60 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Jadhav Sushant Baban |party=Republican Sena |votes = 994 |percentage = 0.60% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 6,068 |percentage = 3.67% |change= {{decrease}}8.52 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 167,596 |percentage = 67.12% |change= {{decrease}}1.02 }}{{Election box total valid |votes= 165,545}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 249,688|ref = |change= {{increase}}10.85 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Shiv Sena |loser = Shiv Sena |swing= {{decrease}}4.41 }} {{Election box end}} ===Assembly Election 2009=== {{Election box begin|title = 2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chiplun<ref>{{cite web|publisher= Chief Eletoral Officer, Maharashtra|title=General Elections to State Legislative Assembly 2009 |url=https://ceoelection.maharashtra.gov.in/pdff/vidhanresult.pdf|archive-url= http://web.archive.org/web/20240708005931/https://ceoelection.maharashtra.gov.in/pdff/vidhanresult.pdf|archive-date=8 July 2024|format=pdf}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate=Sadanand Chavan |party=Shiv Sena |votes = 76,015 |percentage = 50.13% |change={{increase}}44.42 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Kadam Rameshbhai Ramchandra |party=Nationalist Congress Party |votes = 57,531 |percentage = 37.94% |change={{decrease}}9.71 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Salunke Suryakant Tukaram |party=Maharashtra Navnirman Sena |votes = 10,642 |percentage = 7.02% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Bhojane Nishikant Narayan |party=Independent politician |votes = 3,195 |percentage = 2.11% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Mohite Sameer Vishram |party=Bahujan Samaj Party |votes = 2,368 |percentage = 1.56% |change={{increase}}0.84 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Suresh Babu Padyal |party=Rashtriya Samaj Paksha |votes = 1,885 |percentage = 1.24% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 18,484 |percentage = 12.19% |change= {{increase}}7.47 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 151,700 |percentage = 67.35% |change= {{decrease}}6.92 }}{{Election box total valid |votes= 151,636}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 225,256|ref = |change= {{increase}}49.45 }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Shiv Sena |loser = Nationalist Congress Party |swing= {{increase}}2.48 }} {{Election box end}} ===Assembly Election 2004=== {{Election box begin|title = 2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chiplun}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate=Kadam Rameshbhai Ramchandra |party=Nationalist Congress Party |votes = 53,311 |percentage = 47.65% |change={{decrease}}0.31 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Bhaskar Jadhav |party=Independent politician |votes = 48,025 |percentage = 42.92% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Prabhakar Tukaram Shinde |party=Shiv Sena |votes = 6,394 |percentage = 5.71% |change={{decrease}}44.18 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Udeg Pradeep Shantaram |party=Independent politician |votes = 1,828 |percentage = 1.63% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Gopal Rambhau Khapre |party=Peasants And Workers Party of India |votes = 1,515 |percentage = 1.35% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Hemant Vasant Kamble |party=Bahujan Samaj Party |votes = 811 |percentage = 0.72% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 5,286 |percentage = 4.72% |change= {{increase}}2.80 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 111,888 |percentage = 74.24% |change= {{increase}}6.14 }}{{Election box total valid |votes= 111,884}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 150,721|ref = |change= {{increase}}11.48 }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Nationalist Congress Party |loser = Shiv Sena |swing= {{decrease}}2.24 }} {{Election box end}} ===Assembly Election 1999=== {{Election box begin|title = 1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chiplun<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1999 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1999/StatisticalReport-MH99.pdf|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120117044316/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1999/StatisticalReport-MH99.pdf|archive-date=17 January 2012|format=pdf}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate=Bhaskar Jadhav |party=Shiv Sena |votes = 45,926 |percentage = 49.89% |change={{increase}}1.09 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Rameshbhai Kadam |party=Nationalist Congress Party |votes = 44,150 |percentage = 47.96% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Dabholkar Sudhir Sakharam |party=Indian National Congress |votes = 1,720 |percentage = 1.87% |change={{decrease}}39.76 }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 1,776 |percentage = 1.93% |change= {{decrease}}5.24 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 95,062 |percentage = 70.32% |change= {{decrease}}9.70 }}{{Election box total valid |votes= 92,054}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 135,194|ref = |change= {{increase}}3.07 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Shiv Sena |loser = Shiv Sena |swing= {{increase}}1.09 }} {{Election box end}} ===Assembly Election 1995=== {{Election box begin|title = 1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chiplun<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1995 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1995/StatisticalReport-MH95.pdf|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120117121534/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1995/StatisticalReport-MH95.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2012|format=pdf}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate=Bhaskar Jadhav |party=Shiv Sena |votes = 49,795 |percentage = 48.80% |change={{increase}}11.30 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Balasaheb Bendu Mate |party=Indian National Congress |votes = 42,476 |percentage = 41.63% |change={{increase}}18.07 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Burate Shantaram Vithoba |party=Independent politician |votes = 6,948 |percentage = 6.81% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Prabhakar Jadhav |party=Independent politician |votes = 1,440 |percentage = 1.41% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Kadam Shantaram Ganpat |party=Bahujan Samaj Party |votes = 797 |percentage = 0.78% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 7,319 |percentage = 7.17% |change= {{increase}}6.40 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 104,333 |percentage = 79.54% |change= {{increase}}11.12 }}{{Election box total valid |votes= 102,030}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 131,164|ref = |change= {{increase}}5.45 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Shiv Sena |loser = Shiv Sena |swing= {{increase}}11.30 }} {{Election box end}} ===Assembly Election 1990=== {{Election box begin|title = 1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chiplun<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1990/StatRep_MT_90.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120117080722/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1990/StatRep_MT_90.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2012|format=pdf}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate=Bapu Khedekar |party=Shiv Sena |votes = 31,103 |percentage = 37.51% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Balasaheb Mate |party=Independent politician |votes = 30,460 |percentage = 36.73% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Nishikant Madhao |party=Indian National Congress |votes = 19,539 |percentage = 23.56% |change={{decrease}}29.34 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Salvi Shankar |party=Janata Dal |votes = 1,820 |percentage = 2.19% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 643 |percentage = 0.78% |change= {{decrease}}31.93 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 84,462 |percentage = 67.90% |change= {{increase}}6.49 }}{{Election box total valid |votes= 82,922}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 124,387|ref = |change= {{increase}}30.67 }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Shiv Sena |loser = Indian National Congress |swing= {{decrease}}15.39 }} {{Election box end}} ===Assembly Election 1985=== {{Election box begin|title = 1985 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chiplun<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1985/Statistical%20Report%20Maharashtra%201985.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120117075119/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1985/Statistical%20Report%20Maharashtra%201985.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2012|format=pdf}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate=Joshi Nishikani Madhao |party=Indian National Congress |votes = 30,300 |percentage = 52.90% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Vasantrao Balwantrao Shinde |party=Independent politician |votes = 11,565 |percentage = 20.19% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Abu Dalvai |party=Janata Party |votes = 10,026 |percentage = 17.50% |change={{decrease}}26.20 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=R. B. Gaikwad |party=Independent politician |votes = 4,416 |percentage = 7.71% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Lalmani Dube |party=Independent politician |votes = 509 |percentage = 0.89% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Saadat Alli Abdul Kadir Kadiri |party=Independent politician |votes = 460 |percentage = 0.80% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 18,735 |percentage = 32.71% |change= {{increase}}19.15 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 58,560 |percentage = 61.52% |change= {{increase}}3.05 }}{{Election box total valid |votes= 57,276}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 95,189|ref = |change= {{increase}}6.82 }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = Janata Party |swing= {{increase}}9.20 }} {{Election box end}} ===Assembly Election 1980=== {{Election box begin|title = 1980 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chiplun<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/Statistical%20Report%201980%20Maharashtra.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120117083555/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/Statistical%20Report%201980%20Maharashtra.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2012|format=pdf}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate=Rajaram Shinde |party=Janata Party |votes = 22,245 |percentage = 43.70% |change={{decrease}}3.24 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Shinde Raghunath Gopalrao |party=Indian National Congress (I) |votes = 15,340 |percentage = 30.14% |change={{increase}}28.67 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Govindrao Nikam |party=Independent politician |votes = 13,110 |percentage = 25.75% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 6,905 |percentage = 13.57% |change= {{decrease}}1.64 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 52,156 |percentage = 58.53% |change= {{decrease}}12.66 }}{{Election box total valid |votes= 50,903}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 89,111|ref = |change= {{increase}}3.16 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Janata Party |loser = Janata Party |swing= {{decrease}}3.24 }} {{Election box end}} ===Assembly Election 1978=== {{Election box begin|title = 1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chiplun<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1978/Statistical%20Report%201978%20Maharashtra.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629182050/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1978/Statistical%20Report%201978%20Maharashtra.pdf|archive-date=29 June 2017|format=pdf}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate=Shinde Rajaram Keshav |party=Janata Party |votes = 28,293 |percentage = 46.94% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Shinde Vasantrao Balwantrao |party=Indian National Congress |votes = 19,128 |percentage = 31.73% |change={{decrease}}53.90 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Betkar Krishna Laxman |party=Independent politician |votes = 11,974 |percentage = 19.87% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Shinde Appasaheb Bapujirao |party=Indian National Congress (I) |votes = 881 |percentage = 1.46% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 9,165 |percentage = 15.21% |change= {{decrease}}56.06 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 62,234 |percentage = 72.05% |change= {{increase}}20.71 }}{{Election box total valid |votes= 60,276}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 86,381|ref = |change= {{increase}}5.58 }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Janata Party |loser = Indian National Congress |swing= {{decrease}}38.70 }} {{Election box end}} ===Assembly Election 1972=== {{Election box begin|title = 1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chiplun<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_MT_72.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519183024/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_MT_72.pdf|archive-date=19 May 2017|format=pdf}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate=Parashuram Krishnaji Sawant |party=Indian National Congress |votes = 34,379 |percentage = 85.63% |change={{increase}}32.52 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Rajaram Gangaram Ghag |party=Bharatiya Jana Sangh |votes = 5,767 |percentage = 14.37% |change={{decrease}}10.29 }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 28,612 |percentage = 71.27% |change= {{increase}}42.82 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 42,011 |percentage = 51.35% |change= {{decrease}}10.38 }}{{Election box total valid |votes= 40,146}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 81,817|ref = |change= {{increase}}14.68 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = Indian National Congress |swing= {{increase}}32.52 }} {{Election box end}} ===Assembly Election 1967=== {{Election box begin|title = 1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chiplun<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra |url=https://www.eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Maharashtra%201967.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926233227/https://www.eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Maharashtra%201967.pdf|archive-date=26 September 2018|format=pdf}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate=Parashuram Krishnaji Sawant |party=Indian National Congress |votes = 22,528 |percentage = 53.11% |change={{decrease}}2.47 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=R. G. Ghag |party=Bharatiya Jana Sangh |votes = 10,459 |percentage = 24.66% |change={{increase}}8.64 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=S. B. Mohite |party=Independent politician |votes = 5,472 |percentage = 12.90% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=A. M. Dalawai |party=Praja Socialist Party |votes = 3,956 |percentage = 9.33% |change={{decrease}}8.47 }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 12,069 |percentage = 28.45% |change= {{decrease}}9.33 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 45,347 |percentage = 63.56% |change= {{increase}}5.63 }}{{Election box total valid |votes= 42,415}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 71,346|ref = |change= {{increase}}15.65 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = Indian National Congress |swing= {{decrease}}2.47 }} {{Election box end}} ===Assembly Election 1962=== {{Election box begin|title = 1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election : Chiplun<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Maharastra_1962.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117085627/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Maharastra_1962.pdf|archive-date=17 January 2012|format=pdf}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate=Parashuram Krishnaji Sawant |party=Indian National Congress |votes = 18,452 |percentage = 55.58% |change={{increase}}37.91 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Abubakarkhan Mahamadkhan Dalwai |party=Praja Socialist Party |votes = 5,909 |percentage = 17.80% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Raghunath Bhavrao Shinde |party=Bharatiya Jana Sangh |votes = 5,317 |percentage = 16.02% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Shankar Ganu Tambitkar |party=Communist Party of India |votes = 3,521 |percentage = 10.61% |change={{decrease}}24.6 }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 12,543 |percentage = 37.78% |change= {{increase}}34.66 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 36,130 |percentage = 58.57% |change= {{decrease}}27.04 }}{{Election box total valid |votes= 33,199}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 61,690|ref = |change= {{decrease}}42.36 }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = Communist Party of India |swing= {{increase}}20.37 }} {{Election box end}} ===Assembly Election 1957=== {{Election box begin|title = 1957 Bombay State Legislative Assembly election : Chiplun<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of Bombay |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Bombay_1957.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114093455/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Bombay_1957.pdf|archive-date=14 January 2012|format=pdf}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate=Tambitkar Shankar Ganu |party=Communist Party of India |votes = 30,469 |percentage = 35.21% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate=Kambale Gangaram Bhikaji (Sc) |party=Scheduled Castes Federation |votes = 27,769 |percentage = 32.09% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Khedekar Sudkoji Baburao (Sc) |party=Indian National Congress |votes = 15,294 |percentage = 17.67% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate=Sawant Parsharam Krishnarao |party=Indian National Congress |votes = 13,015 |percentage = 15.04% |change= ''New'' }} {{Election box margin of victory |votes = 2,700 |percentage = 3.12% |change= }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 86,547 |percentage = 80.86% |change= }}{{Election box total valid |votes= 86,547}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 107,033|ref = |change= }} {{Election box new seat win |winner = Communist Party of India |loser = |swing= }} {{Election box end}}
==See also== * Chiplun * List of constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha * Walope
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Ratnagiri district topics}} {{Assembly constituencies of Maharashtra}}
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