Raksha Nikhil Khadse (born 13 May 1987) is a politician from Maharashtra and of the Bhartiya Janata Party. She represents the Raver Loksabha seat in the lower house of the Indian parliament and is a Minister of State in the Government of India.
Khadse was born in Khetia,Madhya Pradesh. [1] Raksha Khadse is the daughter-in-law of senior NCP leader of Maharashtra Eknath Khadse. She is the widow of his son Nikhil Khadse. [1] [2] She comes from the Leva Patel agrarian community.
Khadse was elected as Sarpanch of Kothadi village. Later she was elected to the Jalgaon Zila Parishad. [2] In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections,she defeated Manish Jain of the Nationalist Congress Party by a margin of 318608 votes. She obtaining 605452 while Jain received 287384 votes. [3] At the age of 26,she,along with Heena Gavit,became the youngest MP in the 16th Lok Sabha. [4]
She was re-elected in 2019 for a second term as MP of Raver Loksabha. [5] She has been named for a third time by the Bharatiya Janata Party as a candidate for the upcoming 2024 Indian general election. [6]
Election | Year | Party | Constituency | Opponent | Result | Margin | |||
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Loksabha | 2014 | BJP | Raver | NCP | Manish Jain | Won | 318,068 | ||
2019 | BJP | INC | Dr. Ulhas Patil | Won | 3,35,882 | ||||
2024 | BJP | NCP-SP | Shriram Patil | Won | 2,72,183 |
Bharatiya Janata Party (22) |
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Shiv Sena (18) | |
Nationalist Congress Party (5) | |
Indian National Congress (2) | |
Swabhimani Paksha (1) | |
GE 2014 result summary |
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2014 bye-election |
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2018 bye-election |
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See also Rajya Sabha members from MH for | |