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State: Maharashtra
Constituency: Dahanu (ST)
Total Votes Polled: 558156
Winner: BJP Chintaman Wanaga 226388
Runner Up: INC Damodar Barku Shingada 153870
Margin: 72518 (13.46%)

The CPI and the CPI-M won from here once each, but apart from that this is a staunch Congress constituency. Congressman Damodar Shingda won from 1980 to 1991, but in 1996 the BJP's Chintaman Wanaga easily overhauled the sitting MP.

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