Sawantwadi seat is also included in the 288 assembly seats of Maharashtra. Last Assembly Election held in 2014 where total vote percentage was 66.04%. The total number of voters were 220928, out of which male voters were 111316 and female voters were 109612. Incumbent MLA DEEPAK VASANT KESARKAR contested from SHS party and got 70902 votes from total votes polled and won the election. The tug-of-war to prove political supremacy has already started gaining pace in Maharashtra as the state goes to polls on October 21, along with Haryana. The counting of votes will be done on October 24 to find out whether people are content with the work done by the Devendra Fadnavis government or they have decided to give the Congress-NCP alliance a chance.