Raigad is one of the 48

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(lower house of Indian parliament) constituencies of

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state in western

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. It is a new constituency, created in 2008 as a part of the implementation of the

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of the parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the

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constituted on 12 July 2002. The constituency first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament was Anant Geete of

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who was also re-elected in the

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. In the 2019 General Elections Sunil Tatkare of NCP won the seat by margin of 31,438 votes defeating the incumbent Geetee who was also a Union Cabinet minister.

History

Raigad was historically called Kolaba, and was the capital of the

Maratha The Marathi people (; Marathi: , ''Marāṭhī lōk'') or Marathis (Marathi: मराठी, ''Marāṭhī'') are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are native to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-A ...

origin Indian king Chhatrapati Shivaji.

Assembly segments

At present, Raigad Lok Sabha constituency comprises six

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(legislative assembly) segments in 2 district's. These segments are: Pen, Alibag and Shrivardhan Vidhan Sabha segments were earlier part of the former Kolaba Lok Sabha constituency. Mahad was earlier part of the

Ratnagiri Ratnagiri (IAST:Ratnāgirī ; �ət̪n̪aːɡiɾiː is a port city on the Arabian Sea coast in Ratnagiri District in southwestern Maharashtra, India. The district is part of Konkan division of Maharashtra. The city is known for the Hapus or ...

Lok Sabha Constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election results

2024

2019

General election 2014

General election 2009

References

External links

Raigad lok sabha constituency election 2019 results details
{{DEFAULTSORT:Raigad Lok Sabha constituency Lok Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra Lok Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra created in 2008 Politics of Raigad district Ratnagiri district