| Rajapur | |
|---|---|
| Former Lok Sabha constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Western India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| Established | 1952 |
| Abolished | 2009 |
| Reservation | None |
Rajapur was a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituencyofMaharashtra. It was abolished in 2008 and merged with some other Vidhan to form a new Lok Sabha seat territorially, called Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
1952 : See Ratnagiri Lok Sabha constituency
| |||
| 1957 | Nath Pai | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | |||
| 1971 | Madhu Dandavate | ||
| 1977 | Janata Party | ||
| 1980 | |||
| 1984 | |||
| 1989 | Janata Dal | ||
| 1991 | Sudhir Sawant | Indian National Congress | |
| 1996 | Suresh Prabhu | Shiv Sena | |
| 1998 | |||
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | |||
2008 onwards : See Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHS | Suresh Prabhu | 264,001 | 54.94 | +3.87 | |
| INC | Sudhir Sawant | 183,102 | 38.10 | +14.23 | |
| BSP | Mohan Parab | 12,616 | 2.62 | ||
| Independent | Mahendra Natekar | 9,303 | 1.94 | ||
| Majority | 80,899 | 16.84 | |||
| Turnout | 480,610 | 57.51 | −0.2 | ||
| SHS hold | Swing | +3.87 | |||
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