Palghar Parliamentary Constituency Election and Results Update

Palghar Parliamentary Constituency, formed after the 2008 delimitation of constituencies, is one of the 48 Lok Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state and has six segments. According to Election Commission of India 2009 data the total electorates in the Palghar Parliamentary constituency (constituency number 22) were 1,523,061 of which 738,744 are females and 784,317 are males. The city of Palghar lies in the Thane District about 87 kms from the city of Mumbai. It has an average elevation of 7 metres and covers a total area of 64 sqkms. According to India Census 2001, the town has a population of over 52,600 with about 13% under 6 years old. Males constitute about 54% of the population and the city has a sex ratio of 880 females for every 1,000 males. It is mostly a catholic community.

Marathi, Gujarati, Hindi and English are the languages prevalent in the city. It has an average literacy rate of 74% with male literacy at 78% and female literacy at 72%. Palghar has emerged as an important centre for education, both at the school and college levels and has facilities for education in Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati and English. The city has many hospitals as well. Economically, Palghar is mostly agro based although it has many industries of electronics, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, steel and healthcare. National Highway NH-8 connects it to several major towns and cities.

Palghar Lok Sabha Election Results 2019

In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.

In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.

In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.

List of winner/current and runner up MPs Palghar Parliamentary Constituency.

The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Palghar parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Palghar constituency is Shri Adv. Chintaman Navasha Wanga of BJP.

Year	PC No.	PC Name	Category	Winner	Gender	Party	Vote	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Vote
2014	22	Palghar	(ST)	Adv. Chintaman Navasha Wanga	M	BJP	533201	Baliram Sukur Jadhav	M	BVA	293681
2009	22	Palghar	(ST)	Jadhav ,Shri Baliram Sukur	M	BVA	223234	Adv. Chintaman Vanga	M	BJP	210874

List of Assembly Constituencies in Palghar Parliamentary Constituency

The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Palghar parliamentary constituency.

Names of Assembly Constituencies
Dahanu (ST)	Vikramgad (ST)	Palghar (ST)
Boisar (ST)	Nalasopara	Vasai