Bala Nandgaonkar (b 1957) is an Indian politician 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 ...

. He started with Shiv Sena, and later joined Raj Thackeray's

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (translation: Maharashtra Reformation Army; MNS) is a Regionalist Indian organisation based in the state of Maharashtra and operates on the ideology of Hindutva and Marathi Manus. It was founded on 9 March 2006 ...

. He is a three term Member of the

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 ...

from Usroli ( Murud Janjira)and Shivadi Assembly Constituency. He got the ticket for 4 th time from Shivadi to contest against Ajay Chaudhari of

Shiv Sena(UBT) Shiv Sena (1966–2022) (; ; SS) was a right-wing politics, right-wing Marathi people, Marathi Regionalism (politics), regionalist Hindutva-based political party in India founded in 1966 by Bal Thackeray, who was later succeeded by Uddhav T ...

on 2024

Vidhan Sabha The State Legislative Assembly, also known as the Vidhan Sabha or the Saasana Sabha, is a legislative body in each of the states and certain union territories of India. Members of the legislative assembly are often directly elected to serve fiv ...

Elections.

Early political life

Bala Nandgaonkar was first elected to the

on a

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 ...

ticket in 1995 from Mazgaon, and won again in 1999 and 2004. He was elected to

in 2009 from Shivadi on MNS ticket, but lost in 2014.

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena

Bala Nandgaonkar was one of the driving forces along with

Raj Thackeray Raj Shrikant Thackeray (Marathi pronunciation: �aːd͡ʒ ʈʰaːkɾeː born Swararaj Shrikant Thackeray; 14 June 1968) is an maharashtra politician and the founding chairperson of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), a regional political party ...

to form the

Positions held

* Maharashtra Legislative Assembly MLA *Terms in office:1995 to 1999,1999–2004,2004–2009 and 2009–2014.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nandgaonkar, Bala Living people Maharashtra MLAs 2009–2014 Maharashtra Navnirman Sena politicians Marathi politicians 1957 births Shiv Sena politicians