Palghar (Lok Sabha constituency)
Palghar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 Lok Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency was created on 19 February 2008 as a part of the implementation of the Presidential notification based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted on 12 July 2002. The seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribes. It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament was Baliram Sukur Jadhav of Bahujan Vikas Aghadi. As of the 2014 election, Chintaman Vanaga of the Bharatiya Janata Party represented this constituency in the Lok Sabha. After sudden demise of Chintaman Vanaga, Bharatiya Janata Party gave ticket to Rajendra Gavit for by-elections.
Assembly segments
Palghar Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha segments. These segments are:Constituency number | Reserved for | Name | Name of incumbent MLA | Party |
128 | ST | Dahanu | Vinod Nikole | CPM |
129 | ST | Vikramgad | Sunil Bhusara | Nationalist Congress Party |
130 | ST | Palghar | Shrinivas Vanga | Shiv Sena |
131 | ST | Boisar | Rajesh Patil | BVA |
132 | - | Nalasopara | Kshitij Thakur | BVA |
133 | - | Vasai | Hitendra Thakur | BVA |