# Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency

Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian parliament) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency was created on 19 February 2008 as a part of the implementation of the Presidential notification based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted on 12 July 2002. It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Nilesh Rane of the Indian National Congress. As of the 2024 elections, its current MP is Narayan Rane of Bharatiya Janata Party

## Assembly segments

At present, Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These segments are:
| # | Name | District | Member | Party | Leading (in 2024) |
| 265 | Chiplun | Ratnagiri | Shekhar Nikam | NCP | SS(UBT) |
| 266 | Ratnagiri | Ratnagiri | Uday Samant | SHS | SS(UBT) |
| 267 | Rajapur | Ratnagiri | Kiran Samant | SHS | SS(UBT) |
| 268 | Kankavli | Sindhudurg | Nitesh Rane | BJP | BJP |
| 269 | Kudal | Sindhudurg | Nilesh Rane | SHS | BJP |
| 270 | Sawantwadi | Sindhudurg | Deepak Kesarkar | SHS | BJP |

## Members of Parliament

| Year | Name | Party |
| Before 2008 : See Ratnagiri and Rajapur ||||
| 2009 | Nilesh Rane | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Vinayak Raut | Shiv Sena |
| 2019 | Vinayak Raut | Shiv Sena |
| 2024 | Narayan Rane | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Narayan Rane | 448,514 | 49.07 | 49.07 |
| | SS UBT | Vinayak Raut | 4,00,656 | 43.83 | New |
| | Independent | Vinayak Lavu Raut | 15,826 | 1.73 | N/A |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 11,643 | 1.27 | 0.26 |
| | VBA | Maruti Ramachandra Joshi | 10,039 | 1.10 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 47,858 | 5.23 | 14.56 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,14,038 | 62.97 | 0.98 |
| | BJP gain from SS | BJP gain from SS | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SS | Vinayak Raut | 458,022 | 50.83 | −4.19 |
| | MSHP | Nilesh Narayan Rane | 2,79,700 | 31.04 | |
| | INC | Navinchandra Bandivadekar | 63,299 | 7.02 | −31.25 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 13,777 | 1.53 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,78,322 | 19.79 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,02,355 | 61.99 | |
| | SS gain from MSHP | SS gain from MSHP | Swing | | |

### General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | MSHP | Vinayak Raut | 493,088 | 55.02 | +12.28 |
| | INC | Nilesh Rane | 3,43,037 | 38.27 | −10.97 |
| | BSP | Aayre Rajendra Lahu | 13,088 | 1.46 | −0.69 |
| | AAP | Abhijit Shriram Hegshetye | 12,700 | 1.42 | N/A |
| | IND | Sunil Alias Yashwant Vasant Pednekar | 7,328 | 0.82 | N/A |
| | IND | Arun Harishchandra Manjrekar | 5,999 | 0.67 | N/A |
| | Socialist | Dipak Dattaram Nevgi | 2,904 | 0.32 | N/A |
| | IND | Ajinkya Dhondu Gawade | 2,332 | 0.26 | N/A |
| | BMP | Birje Yashwant Anant | 1,992 | 0.22 | N/A |
| | ABHM | Vinod Sawant | 1,395 | 0.16 | −0.18 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 12,393 | 1.38 | N/A |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,50,051 | 16.75 | +10.25 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,96,409 | 65.56 | +8.17 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,67,362 | | |
| | MSHP gain from INC | MSHP gain from INC | Swing | +11.63 | |

### General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Nilesh Rane | 353,915 | 49.24 | |
| | SS | Suresh Prabhu | 3,07,165 | 42.74 | |
| | IND | Surendra Borkar | 18,858 | 2.62 | |
| | BSP | Jayendra Parulekar | 15,469 | 2.15 | |
| | Kranti Kari Jai Hind Sena | Ajay Alias Aaba Dada Jadhav | 7,405 | 1.03 | |
| | BBM | Siraj Abdulla Kauchali | 6,587 | 0.92 | |
| | IND | Khalape Akbar Mahammad | 4,516 | 0.63 | |
| | ABHM | Vilasrao Khanvilkar | 2,448 | 0.34 | |
| | RSPS | Rajesh Purushottam Surve | 2,358 | 0.33 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 46,750 | 6.50 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,18,721 | 57.39 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,52,345 | | |
| | INC gain from SS | INC gain from SS | Swing | | |