Constituency
262. Ratnagiri
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 2004
IN-RATNAGIRI
SHS 59.7%won by 26.6%NCP 33.1%
What changed here
DerivedShiv Sena held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.6% to 26.6%.
- Safe seatShiv Sena won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,14,770
Turnout
61.3%
Valid votes
5,60,976
Margin
1,48,968
26.56%
Candidates
4 contested · winner SHS- 1ANANT GEETEShiv Sena · SHS3,34,69059.7%
- 2GOVINDRAO NIKAMNationalist Congress Party · NCP1,85,72233.1%
- 3ADV. PANKAJ KOWLIPWPI · PWPI25,9514.6%
- 4AYARE RAJENDRA LAHUBahujan Samaj Party · BSP14,6132.6%
Since 1999
Derived- Winner then
- SHS
- Winner now
- SHS
- SHS–NCP swing
- +5.0%
- SHS share
- 55.0% → 59.7%
- NCP share
- 33.4% → 33.1%
- Turnout
- 61.3% → 61.3%