Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar was an Indian politician. He has served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for four terms and has also served in the Union Council of Ministers as the Minister of Defence in the Cabinet of P.V. Narsimha Rao and Minister of Agriculture in the Cabinet of Manmohan Singh. He is the first and former president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP),"which he founded in 1999,after separating from the Indian National Congress". His faction of the NCP was split by his nephew,Ajit Pawar. He leads his faction of the NCP in the Rajya Sabha,the upper chamber of the Indian parliament. He is the chairperson of Maha Vikas Aghadi,a regional Maharashtra-based political alliance.His NCP was split by his nephew,Ajit Pawar
The Nationalist Congress Party is one of the state parties in India. It refers to the Ajit Pawar faction after the 2023 split in the party when the Supreme Court of India granted the original party name and symbol to the Nationalist Congress Party. It was one of the major political parties in Maharashtra and was a recognised state party in Nagaland and Kerala. In July 2023,majority of the elected MLAs and MLCs of the party led by Ajit Pawar joined the National Democratic Alliance government,however,all MPs except two remained loyal to Sharad Pawar. This caused a direct split between the Ajit Pawar-led faction and the founder and president Sharad Pawar who formed the Nationalist Congress Party after EC recognised the Ajit Pawar faction as the original party.
The Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWP) is a Marxist political party in Maharashtra,India. The party was founded in 1948,having its roots from the pre-Independence period and has around 10,000 members. The influence of the party is largely limited to three districts. The party was founded in Maharashtra by Keshavrao Jedhe of Pune,Shankarrao More,Bhausaheb Raut of Mumbai,Nana Patil of Satara,Tulshidas Jadhav of Solapur,Dajiba Desai of Belgaum,Madhavrao Bagal of Kolhapur,P K Bhapkar and Datta Deshmukh of Ahmednagar,Vithalrao Hande and others.
Omprakash Babarao Kadu is a Founder of Prahar Janshakti Party and also a Member of the Legislative Assembly from Achalpur,Maharashtra,India. Achalpur assembly constituency is a part of Amravati. He has been elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for four consecutive terms from 2004 to 2019.
Gangapur is one of the six constituencies of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly,that are located in the Aurangabad district.
Assembly elections 1995 was held in Maharashtra,India in two phases on February 12,1995,and March 9,1995. Election results were declared on March 13,1995. The major parties were Bharatiya Janata Party - Shiv Sena Yuti (alliance) against the Congress.
Kasba Peth Assembly constituency is one of the constituencies of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly,in India. It is constituency is located in the Pune district and is a segment of Pune.
Dindori Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. It is reserved for the Scheduled Tribes (ST) community.
Katol Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.
The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Maharashtra state in western India. It consists of 288 members directly elected from single-seat constituencies. The Assembly meets at Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai,though the winter session is held in Nagpur. Along with the Maharashtra Legislative Council,it comprises the legislature of Maharashtra. The presiding officer of the Assembly is the Speaker. Members of the Assembly are directly elected by the people of Maharashtra through elections held every five years,unless the Assembly is dissolved earlier. The current Assembly was elected in October 2019.
Pankaja Munde,also known by her married name Pankaja Munde-Palwe,is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra and National Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She is currently an MLC in the Maharashtra Legislative Council.
Kolhapur South is one of the 274 Vidhan Sabha (Assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in Western India. The constituency was established by the 2008 delimitation. It comprises parts of Karvir tehsil and parts of Kolhapur Municipal Corporation,both in Kolhapur district,and is a segment of the Kolhapur Lok Sabha constituency. As of 2019,it is represented by Ruturaj Patil of the Indian National Congress party.
Yevla (or Yeola) Assembly constituency is one of the fifteen constituencies of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha located in Nashik district.
Eknath Sambhaji Shinde is an Indian politician who is serving as the 20th and current Chief Minister of Maharashtra since 30 June 2022. He is also serving as the Leader of Shiv Sena since February 2023 and the Leader of the House,Maharashtra Legislative Assembly since July 2022. He is also the Member of Legislative Assembly for the Kopri-Pachpakhadi constituency of Thane,Maharashtra since 2009 and was formerly the MLA of Thane constituency from 2004 to 2009.
Partur Assembly constituency is one of 288 assembly constituencies of Maharashtra state of India. It comes under Parbhani Lok Sabha constituency for Indian general elections.
Tirora Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state,western India. This constituency is located in Gondia district. The delimitation of the constituency happened in 2008. As of 2019,its representative is Vijay Bharatlal Rahangdale of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
The 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election was held on 21 October 2019 to elect all 288 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. After a 61.4% turnout in the election,the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena (SHS) won a majority. Following differences over the government formation,the alliance was dissolved,precipitating a political crisis.
Aditi Sunil Tatkare is an Indian politician belonging to Nationalist Congress Party,who was State Minister of Maharashtra by Shinde government since 2023 and Thackeray Government 2019 - 2022. She is from Roha and she was elected as a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Shrivardhan on 24 October 2019. She took the oath as an MLA on 26 November 2019.
The Maha Vikas Aghadi,is a state-level political coalition formed after the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election under the leadership of Uddhav Thackeray of SHS (UBT),Sharad Pawar of the NCP and Sonia Gandhi of the INC,along with the support from the Samajwadi Party,PWPI,CPI(M) and several other political parties including Independent MLAs. MVA is currently the official opposition in Maharashtra Legislature.
