Nilesh Narayan Rane is an Indian Politician. He is from

Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...

, a state in

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. He is a son of

Narayan Rane Narayan Tatu Rane (born 10 April 1952) is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg. He was the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He formerly served as Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in th ...

Ex Chief Minister of Maharashtra & Ex Cabinet Minister of Ministry of MSME.

Personal life

Nilesh is the son of union cabinet minister

. His brother,

Nitesh Narayan Rane Nitesh Narayan Rane (born 23 June 1982) is Cabinet minister in Government of Maharastra and a member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for the Kankavli vidhansabha constituency. He is the head of the non-governmental organisation "Swabhiman ...

, represents

Kankavli Kankavli is a city in Sindhudurg district in the southwest of the Indian state of Maharashtra, in the center of the Sindhudurg district. It has an elevation of 42 metres and is on the banks of two rivers, the Gad River and the Janavli River. ...

constituency in

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (ISO: ''Mahārāṣṭra Vidhāna Sabhā'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Maharashtra state in western India. It consists of 288 members directly elected from single-seat constituenci ...

Political career

Nilesh Rane was elected to 15th Lok Sabha of India from Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg constituency of Maharashtra as a member of

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

(INC). As part of the 15th Lok Sabha, Rane served on the Committee on Home Affairs and the Rules Committee. Rane contested from same constituency for a seat in

16th Lok Sabha Members of the 16th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2014 Indian general election. The elections were conducted in 9 phases from 7 April 2014 to 12 May 2014 by the Election Commission of India. The results of the election were declared on 16 May ...

, but lost to Sena's candidate Vinayak Raut. As of 2019 he is a member of

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

(BJP). In 2024 he switched over to

Shiv Sena Shiv Sena (1966–2022) (; ; SS) was a right-wing Marathi regionalist Hindutva-based political party in India founded in 1966 by Bal Thackeray, who was later succeeded by Uddhav Thackeray. The party is split into two parties: the Uddha ...

from BJP to contest as

Maha Yuti The Maha Yuti (; abbreviated as MY), formed in 2014, is a political coalition in Maharashtra, India. Currently the alliance consists of three major parties—the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shiv Sena (2022–Present; SHS) and Nationalist ...

candidate in

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election The 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections were held on 2024 elections in India, 20 November 2024 to elect all 288 members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, state's Legislative Assembly. The turnout for the election was 66.05%, ...

from Kudal Assembly constituency which he won that seat by a margin of 8,176 votes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rane, Nilesh Narayan 1981 births Living people India MPs 2009–2014 Indian National Congress politicians from Maharashtra Marathi politicians Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra People from Sindhudurg district Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra Shiv Sena politicians