Kirit Somaiya is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party who represented Mumbai North-East in the 16th Lok Sabha and the 13th Lok Sabha. He is currently appointed as the vice president of Bharatiya Janata Party's Maharashtra unit.
Jayant Rajaram Patil is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He has been representing Islampur in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for more than three decades. He was the Cabinet minister of the Water Resources Department in Uddhav Thackeray ministry. Earlier,he served as the Rural Development Minister,the Finance Minister and the Home Minister of Maharashtra.
Prem Kumar Dhumal is an Indian politician who has twice served as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh,from March 1998 to March 2003 and again from 1 January 2008 to 25 December 2012. He was the Bharatiya Janata Party's Chief Ministerial candidate for the 2017 Himachal Assembly Election,in which he lost his seat.
Sunil Panjabrao Deshmukh is the Member of Legislative Assembly from the constituency of Amravati,Maharashtra,India. He is a member of Indian National Congress (INC). He is a former Minister of State for Finance and Planning,Public Works and Energy in Government of Maharashtra and was also the guardian minister for Amravati and Bhandara districts of Vidarbha,Maharashtra from 2004–2009. He has also served as the ex-officio Vice-Chairman of the Maharashtra State Electricity Board's holding company and was the co-chairman of Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Ltd.
Ashok Shankarrao Chavan is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is the son of the late former Maharashtra Chief Minister Shankarrao Chavan. He was one of the most influential leaders of Indian National Congress in Maharashtra but joined Bhartiya Janata Party on 13 February 2024. He has served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra state from 8 December 2008 to 9 November 2010. Also,he has served as Minister for Cultural Affairs,Industries,Mines and Protocol in the Vilasrao Deshmukh government and he is also the former PWD Minister of Maharashtra.
Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav is an Indian politician serving as the minister of AYUSH since 2024. He is a member of the Shinde's Shiv Sena and has been elected to the Lok Sabha for four consecutive terms since 2009,representing the Buldhana constituency in Maharashtra . Jadhav began his political career in 1986 and served three terms as a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 1995 to 2009. During this period,he also held the position of minister of state for Sports,Youth Welfare,and Irrigation in the Shiv Sena-BJP government of Maharashtra from 1997 to 1999. In addition to his political roles,Jadhav is actively involved in various community initiatives and social welfare programmes.
Maharashtra is India's third largest state by area and has over 112 million inhabitants. Its capital,Mumbai,has a population of approximately 18 million;Nagpur is Maharashtra's second,or winter,capital. Government in the state is organized on the parliamentary system. Power is devolved to large city councils,district councils,subdistrict (taluka) councils,and village parish councils. The numerically strong Maratha–Kunbi community dominates the state's politics. The state has national and regional parties serving different demographics,such as those based on religion,caste,and urban and rural residents.
Chikhali is one of the 288 constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and one of the seven which are located in Buldhana district.
Ramesh Hiraman Wanjale was a Maharashtra politician. He was fondly known as the "gold man" in the Pune district because of his habit of sporting gold jewellery. He died on 10 June 2011 due to heart attack.
Nana Falgunrao Patole also known as Nanabhau,is an Indian politician and a member of the Indian National Congress Party and the President of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee.
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.
Kumar Ailani is an Indian politician and member of Bharatiya Janata Party. Ailani was elected in 2009 &2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly representing the Ulhasnagar 141 constituency. He has been actively involved in Maharashtra politics and has served as a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for two terms,in 2009 and 2019. Ailani represents the Ulhasnagar 141 constituency in the legislative assembly.
Ranjeet Arvindbabu Deshmukh was an Indian politician and Senior Congress leader. He held the position as state unit president of the party on two occasions was the president of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC). He was first elected to the MLA in 1985 from the Savner constituency.
Snehalata Bipindada Kolhe,is an Indian politician,social worker,and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She served as the first female Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the Kopargaon constituency in Maharashtra,after winning the 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election. She also held the position of State Secretary for the BJP in Maharashtra. Kolhe hails from a prominent political family,being the daughter-in-law of Shankarrao Genuji Kolhe,a former minister in Maharashtra.
Rohit Rajendra Pawar is a member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the Karjat-Jamkhed constituency in Maharashtra,India. He belongs to the politically influential Pawar family.
Ramesh Kashiram Karad,commonly known as Ramesh Appa Karad,is an Indian politician from Maharashtra state and a member of Maharashtra Legislative Council from Bharatiya Janata Party and district president of Bharatiya Janata Party Latur.
The 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election was held on 20 November 2024 to elect all 288 members of the state's Legislative Assembly to elect 288 members of the 15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. The turnout for the election was 66.05%,the highest since 1995. The ruling Maha Yuti won a landslide victory,winning 235 seats and none of the parties in the Maha Vikas Aghadi had sufficient seats to get the position of leader of opposition,the first time in six decades this has occurred. The elections were held under first-past-the-post voting.
Shweta Mahale is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. She is the Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Buldhana District.
Namita Mundada is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elected from Kaij Assembly constituency in Beed city. Despite having no prior political background,she has established herself as a capable legislator focused on addressing her constituency's issues and advocating for its development.
Ravindra Dhangekar is an Indian National Congress politician from Pune,was a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the Kasba Peth Assembly constituency. He won the seat in a by-election in March 2023,which was necessitated by the death of the incumbent BJP MLA Mukta Tilak. Dhangekar's victory on a Congress ticket was seen as a significant upset,ending the BJP's 28-year hold on the constituency.
