Rajapur Assembly Constituency is one of the 288 constituencies of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. This constituency is part of Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency. Shiv Sena’s Rajan Prabhakar Salvi is the current MLA of Rajapur Assembly constituency. He defeated Avinash Shantaram Lad of Indian National Congress by a margin of 11876 votes.
Members of the Legislative Assembly Election Year Name of MLA Party 2019 Rajan Prabhakar Salvi Shiv Sena 2014 Rajan Prabhakar Salvi Shiv Sena 2009 Rajan Prabhakar Salvi Shiv Sena 2006 (Bye-Election) Ganpat Daulat Kadam Indian National Congress 2004 Ganpat Daulat Kadam Shiv Sena 1999 Ganpat Daulat Kadam Shiv Sena 1995 Vijayrao alias Appa Salvi Shiv Sena 1990 Laxman Rangnath Hatankar Indian National Congress 1985 Laxman Rangnath Hatankar Indian National Congress 1980 Narayan Sakharam Tavade Janata Party (JP) 1978 Laxman Rangnath Hatankar Janata Party 1972 Sahdev Mukund Thakare Indian National Congress 1967 Laxman Rangnath Hatankar Praja Socialist Party 1962 Sahdev Mukund Thakare Indian National Congress
Election Results 2019: No. Candidate Party Votes 1 Rajan Prabhakar Salvi Shiv Sena 65433 2 Avinash Shantaram Lad Indian National Congress 53557 3 Avinash Dhondu Soundalkar Maharashtra Navnirman Sena 6150 4 Vilas Rajaram Khanvilkar Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha 1862 5 Mahendra Dharma Pawar Bahujan Samaj Party 1454 6 Raj Bhargav Padhye Independent 710 7 Sandeep Shantaram Thukarul Independent 650 8 None of the Above NOTA 2576
2014: No. Candidate Party Votes 1 Rajan Prabhakar Salvi Shiv Sena 76266 2 Rajendra alias Rajan Yashwant Desai Indian National Congress 37204 3 Ajit Ramesh Yashwantrao Nationalist Congress Party 11923 4 Sanjay Atmaram Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party 9953 5 Anand Babu Kamble Bahujan Samaj Party 2193 6 Pramila Gambhirrai Bharati Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha 1875 7 Ramesh Dhakata Pajave Bahujan Mukti Party 895 8 Ganpat Ramchandra Jadhav (Panhalekar) Independent 753 9 None of the Above NOTA 1935
2009: No. Candidate Party Votes 1 Rajan Prabhakar Salvi Shiv Sena 72574 2 Ganpat Daulat Kadam Indian National Congress 48433 3 Avinash Dhondu Soundalkar Maharashtra Navnirman Sena 5390 4 Shantaram Keshav Matkar Independent 4599 5 Hemant Shankar Agre Bahujan Samaj Party 3529 6 Yuyutsu Ramakant Arte Janata Dal (Secular) 3119 7 Pramila Gambhirrai Bharati Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha 1809
2006 (Bye-Election): No. Candidate Party Votes 1 Ganpat Daulat Kadam Indian National Congress 45778 2 Rajan Prabhakar Salvi Shiv Sena 42070 3 Vilasrao Rajaram Khanvilkar Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha 2518 4 Mahadeo Krishnaji Gothankar Independent 3502
2004: No. Candidate Party Votes 1 Ganpat Daulat Kadam Shiv Sena 52231 2 Harish Sitaram Rogye Indian National Congress 35952 3 Pramila Gambhirrai Bharati Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha 4963
1999: No. Candidate Party Votes 1 Ganpat Daulat Kadam Shiv Sena 32619 2 Laxman Rangnath Hatankar Indian National Congress 22441 3 Arvind Shirsekar Nationalist Congress Party 9415 4 Vijayrao alias Appa Salvi Independent 5800 5 Ramesh Dhakata Pajave Independent 1562 6 Vamanrao Ramchandra Vishwasrao Independent 515
1995: No. Candidate Party Votes 1 Vijayrao alias Appa Salvi Shiv Sena 58550 2 Laxman Rangnath Hatankar Indian National Congress 27935 3 Ramakant Shantaram Malapekar Janata Dal 8670 4 Raghunath Tanu Bhitale Independent 1738 5 Bhagaji Hari Pawar Samajwadi Janata Party (Maharashtra) 1634 6 Ramesh Krishnarao Vichare Independent 1246 7 Adv Babaji Atmaram Bane Independent 569
1990: No. Candidate Party Votes 1 Laxman Rangnath Hatankar Indian National Congress 41197 2 Chandrakant Balkrishna Narvekar Shiv Sena 29543 3 Suhas Kaviskar Janata Dal 13445 4 Kamaluddin Shamsuddin Wadekar Independent 892 5 Anant Ramchandra Ayare Independent 678
1985: No. Candidate Party Votes 1 Laxman Rangnath Hatankar Indian National Congress 32726 2 Bhikajirao Chavan Janata Party 23977 3 Manmohan Pandurang Khanvilkar Independent 2989 4 Ramesh Krishnarao Vichare Independent 1579 5 Ramdas Namdeo Rumde Independent 925 6 Kamaluddin Shamsuddin Wadekar Independent 741
1980: No. Candidate Party Votes 1 Narayan Sakharam Tavade Janata Party (JP) 17875 2 Sahdev Mukund Thakare Indian National Congress (I) 13865 3 Laxman Rangnath Hatankar Independent 12265 4 Ramdas Namdeo Rumde Independent 1131
1978: No. Candidate Party Votes 1 Laxman Rangnath Hatankar Janata Party 46099 2 Sahdev Mukund Thakare Indian National Congress 14693 3 Ramdas Namdeo Rumde Independent 2224 4 Anant Ramchandra Ayare Indian National Congress (I) 1217 5 Fakir Mohammad Kazi Independent 996
1972: No. Candidate Party Votes 1 Sahdev Mukund Thakare Indian National Congress 22006 2 Laxman Rangnath Hatankar Praja Socialist Party 19761 3 Sadanand Shivram Chavan Independent 770
1967: No. Candidate Party Votes 1 Laxman Rangnath Hatankar Praja Socialist Party 23156 2 Sahdev Mukund Thakare Indian National Congress 11443 3 B R Kinare Bharatiya Jana Sangh 3748 4 K F M Daood Independent 1174
1962: No. Candidate Party Votes 1 Sahdev Mukund Thakare Indian National Congress 8408 2 Laxman Rangnath Hatankar Praja Socialist Party 6574 3 Purshottam Anant Shetye Jan Sangh 4667 4 Vasudev Pandurang Chavan Peasants and Workers Party 1669
