Sawantwadi Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha

Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha

The Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha or the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated in the Nariman Point area of South Mumbai in the capital Mumbai...

 (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

 state in western India

India

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Sawantwadi constituency is one of the three Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Sindhudurg district

Sindhudurg district

Sindhudurg is an administrative district in the state of Maharashtra in India, which was carved out of the erstwhile Ratnagiri District. The district headquarters are located at Oros . The district occupies an area of 5207 km² and has a population of 868,825 of which 9.47% were urban...

. It comprises the entire Vengurla, Sawantwadi and Dodamarg tehsils of the district.

Sawantwadi is part of Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency

Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg (Lok Sabha constituency)

Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 Lok Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of the Presidential notification on delimitation of parliamentary constituencies, based on the...

 along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Kankavli

Kankavli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Kankavli Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in Western India. This Vidhan Sabha constituency is located in Sindhudurg district....

 and Kudal

Kudal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Kudal Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in Western India. This Vidhan Sabha constituency is located in Sindhudurg district.-Members of Legislative Assembly:...

 in Sindhudurg district

Sindhudurg district

Sindhudurg is an administrative district in the state of Maharashtra in India, which was carved out of the erstwhile Ratnagiri District. The district headquarters are located at Oros . The district occupies an area of 5207 km² and has a population of 868,825 of which 9.47% were urban...

 and Chiplun, Ratnagiri

Ratnagiri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Ratnagiri is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in Western India.-Members of Assembly:* 1995: Shivaji Gotad, Bharatiya Janata Party* 1999: Bal Mane, Bharatiya Janata Party...

 and Rajapur

Rajapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Rajapur Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.-Overview:Rajapur constituency is one of the five Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Ratnagiri district...

 in Ratnagiri district

Ratnagiri District

Ratnagiri district is one of the 35 districts of Maharashtra state in western India. Ratnagiri is the district headquarters of the district. The district is 11.33% urban. The district is bounded by the Arabian Sea to the west, Sindhudurg district to the south, Raigad district to the north and...

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