Amit Subhashrao Zanak is a member of

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 ...

. He represents the constituency of Risod,

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. He belonged to the

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(INC). He was all set to embark on the engineering profession until his father's sudden death on 28 October 2014 that forced him to take a plunge into the world of politics at the age of 28. But he performed exceedingly well after winning the by-polls on a Congress ticket from Risod constituency in Washim district. The seat was left vacant after his father

Subhash Zanak Subhash Zanak was the MLA from Risod Constituency and Ex-Cabinet Minister of Women and Child Development in the Government of Maharashtra in India. He was leader from the Indian National Congress Party. Political career He was elected as me ...

, former minister state minister for women and child development, died due to a cardiac arrest. Zanak is from the third generation Zanak family dynasty of politicians. He claimed to provide the many facilities in his constituency including construction of substation and many small irrigation projects, providing potable water to villagers, starting a training centre for UPSC and MPSC examinations and also a gymnasium for the youths. On 22 March 2017, Zanak was suspended along with 18 other MLAs until 31 December for interrupting Maharashtra Finance Minister

Sudhir Mungantiwar Sudhir Sachchidanand Mungantiwar (born 30 July 1962) is a legislator from the state of Maharashtra, India. He was cabinet Minister for Forests, Cultural Affairs and Fisheries in Maharashtra Government from 2022-24.He has earlier served as th ...

during a state budget session and burning copies of the budget outside the assembly four days earlier.

Vidhan Sabha Elections, 2014

In the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha Elections which were held on 15 October 2014, Ameet Zanak contested from Risod constituency on an

Party ticket.

Ashok Chavan Ashok Shankarrao Chavan (born 28 October 1958) 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 Ma ...

was reportedly very keen to offer Ameet Zanak the Congress candidate from Risod. Ameet Zanak defeated Mr. Vijay Jadhav of BJP, the Ex-MLA of same constituency. Ameet Zanak got 73,391 votes in this election whereas his challenger Mr. Vijay Jadhav had to be satisfied with 61,285.

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