Kankavli is assembly constituency number 268 in Maharashtra, in Sindhudurg district, and one of the segments of the Ratnagiri- Sindhudurg Lok Sabha seat. In the 2024 election Nitesh Narayan Rane of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 66.4% of the vote, 58,007 votes ahead of Sandesh Bhaskar Parkar (SHSUBT).
- 01Nitesh Narayan RaneBJP1,08,36966.43%
- 02Sandesh Bhaskar ParkarSS(UBT)50,36230.87%
- 03Ganesh Arvind ManeIndependent1,1440.70%
- 04Sandesh Sudam ParkarIndependent9010.55%
- 05Chandrakant Abaji JadhavBSP8870.54%
- 1 other candidate · 455 votesNOTA · 1,011 (0.62%)
Margin 58,007 votes · 35.56% of valid votes
All 6 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,63,129 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nitesh Narayan RaneMale · 42 yrs | BJP | 1,08,369 | 66.43% |
| 2 | Sandesh Bhaskar ParkarMale · 56 yrs | SS(UBT) | 50,362 | 30.87% |
| 3 | Ganesh Arvind ManeMale · 47 yrs | Independent | 1,144 | 0.70% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,011 | 0.62% |
| 4 | Sandesh Sudam ParkarMale · 44 yrs | Independent | 901 | 0.55% |
| 5 | Chandrakant Abaji JadhavMale · 59 yrs | BSP | 887 | 0.54% |
| 6 | Nawaz Alias Bandu KhaniMale · 42 yrs | Independent | 455 | 0.28% |
BJP held the seat: it also won in 2019.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Kankavli result 2019
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nitesh Narayan Rane | BJP | 84,504 | 56.16% |
| 2 | Satish Jagannath Sawant | Shiv Sena | 56,388 | 37.48% |
| 3 | Sushil Amrutrao Rane | INC | 3,355 | 2.23% |
| 4 | Adv. Manali Sandeep Vanjare | VBA | 2,054 | 1.37% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,945 | 1.29% |
| 5 | Rajan Shankar Dabholkar | MNS | 1,421 | 0.94% |
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| 6 | Vijay Suryakant Salkar | BSP | 416 | 0.28% |
| 7 | Prof. Vasantrao Bhausaheb Bhosale | BMUP | 378 | 0.25% |
Kankavli result 2014
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nitesh Narayan Rane | INC | 74,715 | 47.91% |
| 2 | Jathar Pramod Shantaram | BJP | 48,736 | 31.25% |
| 3 | Subhash Mayekar | Shiv Sena | 12,863 | 8.25% |
| 4 | Atul Suresh Raorane | NCP | 8,196 | 5.26% |
| 5 | Vijay Krishnaji Sawant | Independent | 7,215 | 4.63% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,381 | 0.89% |
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| 6 | Dr.tulshiram Vasudeo Raorane | PWPI | 1,326 | 0.85% |
| 7 | Chandrakant Aabaji Jadhav | BSP | 827 | 0.53% |
| 8 | Vijay Shridhar Sawant (viju Patel) | Independent | 700 | 0.45% |
Kankavli result 2009
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jathar Pramod Shantaram | BJP | 57,651 | 39.90% |
| 2 | Phatak Ravindra Sadanand | INC | 57,617 | 39.88% |
| 3 | Kuldeep Pednekar | JSS | 24,566 | 17.00% |
| 4 | Prin. Mahendra Natekar | Independent | 2,935 | 2.03% |
| 5 | Vasudev Sitaram Jadhav | BSP | 1,717 | 1.19% |
Kankavli outlined in orange among the other Maharashtra seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2024. Click any seat to open its page.
Other seats in Sindhudurg district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Kankavli is one of the assembly segments of Ratnagiri- Sindhudurg. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Ratnagiri- Sindhudurg candidates.
- Narayan Tatu RaneBJP92,419 62.1%
- Vinayak Bhaurao RautSS(UBT)50,424 33.9%
- Vinayak Lavu RautIndependent1,848 1.2%
- Aayare Rajendra LahuBSP939 0.6%
- Maruti Ramachandra JoshiVBA850 0.6%
In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 41,995 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Kankavli.
Who won the Kankavli assembly seat in 2024?
Nitesh Narayan Rane of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Kankavli in the 2024 Maharashtra assembly election with 1,08,369 votes, which was 66.43% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Kankavli?
The margin was 58,007 votes (35.56% of valid votes). The runner-up was Sandesh Bhaskar Parkar of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) with 50,362 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Kankavli in 2024?
Turnout was 70.47%: 1,63,350 of 2,31,788 registered electors voted, across 332 polling stations. That is 5.0 points higher than in 2019.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Kankavli part of?
Kankavli is an assembly segment of the Ratnagiri- Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Narayan Tatu Rane got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Kankavli a reserved constituency?
No. Kankavli is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Kankavli?
The Maharashtra assembly elected in 2024 completes its five-year term in 2029, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.
Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Maharashtra assembly elections of 2024 and 2019 and 2014 and 2009 (2024 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.
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