# Sawantwadi Assembly constituency

Sawantwadi-Vengurla-Dodamarg Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.

## Overview

Sawantwadi constituency is one of the three Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Sindhudurg district. It comprises the entire Vengurla, Sawantwadi and Dodamarg tehsils of the district.
Sawantwadi is part of Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha constituencies, namely Kankavli and Kudal (part of Sindhudurg district) and Chiplun, Ratnagiri and Rajapur (part of Ratnagiri district).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1962 | Shivram Sawant Bhonsle | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Shivram Sawant Bhonsle | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Prataprao Bhonsle | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Jayanand Mathkar | Janata Party |
| 1980 | Shivram Sawant Bhonsle | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1985 | Shivram Sawant Bhonsle | Indian National Congress |
| 1990 | Pravin Bhonsle | Indian National Congress |
| 1995 | Pravin Bhonsle | Indian National Congress |
| 1999 | Shivram Dalvi | Shiv Sena |
| 2004 | Shivram Dalvi | Shiv Sena |
| 2009 | Deepak Kesarkar | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 2014 | Deepak Kesarkar | Shiv Sena |
| 2019 | Deepak Kesarkar | Shiv Sena |
| 2024 | Deepak Kesarkar | Shiv Sena |

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Sawantwadi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SHS | Deepak Kesarkar | 81,008 | 48.77 |
| | SS(UBT) | Rajan Teli | 41,109 | 24.75 |
| | Independent | Vishal Parab | 33,281 | 20.04 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 2,385 | 1.44 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 39,899 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,66,090 | |
| | SHS gain from SS(UBT) | SHS gain from SS(UBT) | Swing | |

### 2019

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Sawantwadi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SS | Deepak Kesarkar | 69,784 | 48.52% |
| | Independent | Rajan Teli | 56,556 | 39.32% |
| | NCP | Baban Salgaonkar | 5,396 | 3.75% |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 3,524 | 2.45% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,228 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,43,833 | 63.84% |
| | SS gain from Independent | SS gain from Independent | Swing | |

### 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Sawantwadi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SS | Deepak Kesarkar | 70,902 | 48.60 |
| | BJP | Rajan Teli | 29,710 | 20.37 |
| | INC | Chandrakant Dattaram Gawade | 25,376 | 17.40 |
| | NCP | Suresh Yashawant Dalvi | 9,029 | 6.19 |
| | MNS | Parshuram(JIJI) Uparkar | 6,129 | 4.20 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,511 | 1.04 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 41,192 | 28.53 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,45,874 | 66.03 |
| | SS gain from BJP | SS gain from BJP | Swing | |

### 2009

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Sawantwadi :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | NCP | Deepak Kesarkar | 63,430 | 48.28 | NEW |
| | SS | Shivram Gopal Dalvi | 45,012 | 34.26 | 14.96 |
| | Independent | Pravin Prataprao Bhonsle | 19,364 | 14.74 | 44.46 |
| | JD(S) | Baburao Dattaram Dhuri | 1,792 | 1.36 | NEW |
| | BSP | Yashwant Vasant Pednekar | 1,781 | 1.36 | NEW |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18,418 | 14.02 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,31,379 | 64.74 | |
| | NCP gain from SS | NCP gain from SS | Swing | | |