Elections 98

State:	Maharashtra
Constituency:	Dahanu (ST)
Total Votes Polled:	580793
Winner: INC	Nam Shankar Sakharam	245567
Runner Up: BJP	Adv. Chintaman Wanaga	211009
Margin: 34558 (14%)

Elections 96

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.