Mahesh Baliram Sawant (born 1972) [1] is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is an MLA from Mahim Assembly constituency in Mumbai City District. He won the 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election representing the Shiv Sena (UBT). [2] [3]
Sawant is from Mahim, Mumbai City District, Maharashtra. He is the son of Baliram Shankar Sawant, a mill worker. [4] He completed his B.Com. in 1992 at RM Bhatt College, Parel, Mumbai, which is affiliated with Mumbai University. He runs his own business along with his wife. [1] He is a Shiv Sainik who contested elections for the first time. [4]
Sawant won from Mahim Assembly constituency representing Shiv Sena (UBT) in the 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election. He polled 50,313 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Sada Sarvankar of the Shiv Sena, by a margin of 1,316 votes. [5] Sarvankar of Shiv Sena, the sitting MLA, came second while Amit Thackeray, the son of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray, making his electoral debut could only finish third. [6] Thus, he is credited of bagging Thackeray's legacy seat. [7]
Uddhav Bal Thackeray is an Indian politician who served as the 19th Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 2019 to 2022 and the Leader of the House, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 2019 to 2022. He is a member of Maharashtra Legislative Council since 2020, the president of Maha Vikas Aghadi since 2019 and the president of Shiv Sena (UBT) since 2022. He was also the leader (pramukh) of Shiv Sena from 2013 to 2022, working President from 2003 to 2013 and the editor-in-chief of Saamana from 2006 to 2019. During his tenure from 2019 to 2022, he was ranked as the most popular Chief Minister in India in a survey conducted out of 13 states.
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