# Chiplun Assembly constituency

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.
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.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1957 | Shankar Tambitkar | Communist Party of India |
| 1957 | Gangaram Kamble | Scheduled Castes Federation |
| 1962 | P. K. Sawant | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | P. K. Sawant | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | P. K. Sawant | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Rajaram Shinde | Janata Party |
| 1980 | Rajaram Shinde | Janata Party |
| 1985 | Nishikant Joshi | Indian National Congress |
| 1990 | Bapu Khedekar | Shiv Sena |
| 1995 | Bhaskar Jadhav | Shiv Sena |
| 1999 | Bhaskar Jadhav | Shiv Sena |
| 2004 | Rameshbhai Kadam | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 2009 | Sadanand Chavan | Shiv Sena |
| 2014 | Sadanand Chavan | Shiv Sena |
| 2019 | Shekhar Nikam | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 2024 | Shekhar Nikam | Nationalist Congress Party |

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Chiplun :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | NCP | Shekhar Govindrao Nikam | 96,555 | 50.15% |
| | NCP-SP | Prashant Baban Yadav | 89,688 | 46.58% |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 2,320 | 1.20% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,867 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,92,532 | |
| | NCP gain from NCP-SP | NCP gain from NCP-SP | Swing | |

### 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Chiplun :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | NCP | Shekhar Govindrao Nikam | 101,578 | 57.09% |
| | SS | Sadanand Chavan | 71654 | 40.27% |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 2297 | 1.29% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 29924 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 177921 | 65.81% |
| | NCP gain from SS | NCP gain from SS | Swing | |

### 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Chiplun :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SS | Sadanand Chavan | 75,695 | 45.17 | −4.96 |
| | NCP | Shekhar Govindrao Nikam | 69,627 | 41.55 | +3.61 |
| | BJP | Madhav Bhujang Gawali | 9,143 | 5.46 | N/A |
| | INC | Rashami Rajendra Kadam | 3,702 | 2.21 | N/A |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 2,013 | 1.20 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,068 | 3.62 | −8.57 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 167,559 | 67.08 | −0.24 |
| | SS gain from NCP | SS gain from NCP | Swing | -3.15 | |

### 2009

2009 Maharashtra state assembly elections: Chiplun :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SS | Sadanand Chavan | 76,015 | 50.13 | +44.42 |
| | NCP | Ramesh Bhai Kadam | 57,531 | 37.94 | −9.70 |
| | MNS | Suryakant Salunke | 10,642 | 7.02 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18,484 | 12.19 | +7.47 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,51,636 | 67.32 | −6.91 |
| | SS gain from NCP | SS gain from NCP | Swing | +39.57 | |

### 2004

2004 Maharashtra state assembly elections: Chiplun :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | NCP | Ramesh Bhai Kadam | 53,311 | 47.64 |
| | Independent | Bhaskar Jadhav | 48,025 | 42.92 |
| | SS | Prabhakar Shinde | 6,394 | 5.71 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,286 | 4.72 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 111,888 | 74.23 |
| | NCP gain from Independent | NCP gain from Independent | Swing | |