Palghar Lok Sabha Constituency of Maharashtra: Full list of candidates, polling dates

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Palghar Lok Sabha Constituency, is one of 48 Lok Sabha constituencies in the western state of Maharashtra and cast its vote in the 2019 election on April 29.

Palghar registered 63.72 per cent voter turnout in 2019, a gain of 0.23 per cent. The total number of electors in the constituency is 1885297 while the total voter turnout is 1201298. While in 2014, the constituency registered 63.49 per cent voter turnout. The total number of electors in the constituency was 1577837 while the total voter's turnout was 1001708.

Rajendra Dhedya Gavit of Shivsena, Sanjay Laxman Tambda of Bahujan Samaj Party and Baliram Sukur Jadhav of Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi are few prominent candidates contesting general election 2019 from Palghar Lok Sabha Constituency of Maharashtra.

Votings for Lok Sabha election happened in 4 phases in Maharashtra – April 11, April 18, April 23 and April 29 and the counting will be held on May 23.

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Palghar Lok Sabha Constituency of Maharashtra.

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	Rajendra Dhedya Gavit	Shivsena
2	Sanjay Laxman Tambda	Bahujan Samaj Party
3	Devram Zipar Kurkute	Ambedkarite Party of India
4	Baliram Sukur Jadhav	Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi
5	Comrad Shankar Badade	Marxist Leninist Party of India (Red Flag)
6	Suresh Arjun Padavi	Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi
7	Sanjay Rama Kohkera	Bahujan Mukti Party
8	Dattaram Jayram Karbat	Independent
9	Bhondave Tai Maruti	Independent
10	Raju Damu Lade	Independent
11	Vishnu Kakadya Padavi	Independent
12	Swapnil Mahadev Koli	Independent

Palghar constituency came into existence following delimitation in 2008. It covers six assembly segments –  Dahanu, Vikramgad, Palghar, Boisar, Nalasopara and Vasai.  Dahanu, Vikramgad, Palghar, Boisar constituencies are reserved for the members of Scheduled Castes.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Chintaman Vanaga of the Bharatiya Janata Party – won with a huge margin of over 2.39 lakh votes. He had defeated Baliram Jadhav of the Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi. While Vanaga had secured 533201 votes Jadhav got 293681 votes.