| Palghar Lok Sabha | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
 Dark Area of Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Western India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| Assembly constituencies | Dahanu Vikramgad Palghar Boisar Nalasopara Vasai |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 21,48,514 |
| Reservation | ST |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
| Preceded by | Rajendra Dhedya Gavit, SHS |
Palghar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian parliament) 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.[1][2] The seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribes. It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) 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.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
delimitwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Delimitation notification comes into effect". The Hindu. 20 February 2008. Archived from the original on 28 February 2008.