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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.