Bhimrao Tapkir is an Indian politician and member of the

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 ...

. Tapkir is a 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 ...

in 2011 (Bypoll), 2014, 2019 & 2024 from the Khadakwasla constituency assembly constituency in

Pune Pune ( ; , ISO 15919, ISO: ), previously spelled in English as Poona (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1978), is a city in the state of Maharashtra in the Deccan Plateau, Deccan plateau in Western ...

Political career

MLA Bhimrao Tapkir started his career in 2001 local body election of

Pune Municipal Corporation Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is the civic body that governs the inner limits of Pune, India. It is in charge of the civic needs and infrastructure of the metropolis, which is spread over an area of 500 sq. km. and has 3.4 million resident ...

. He was elected as the Corporator in 2001 election and was re-elected as the corporator in 2006

election. In 2011 after the death of the

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 ...

firebrand MLA Ramesh Wanjale he was elected as MLA from Khadakwasala Assembly constituency from the

BJP The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's Bharatiya Jana Sangh. Since 2014, ...

. In

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election The 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election was held on 15 October 2014 to elect all 288 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. After a 63.38% turnout in the election as hung verdict has occurred with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ...

he was elected 2nd time by defeating NCP Candidate Dilip Barate. In 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, he was elected 3rd time by defeating the NCP Candidate Sachin Dodke. In 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, he was elected 4th time by defeating the NCP-SP Candidate Sachin Dodke.

References

Politicians from Pune Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra Maharashtra MLAs 2014–2019 Maharashtra MLAs 2019–2024 Maharashtra MLAs 2024–2029 Living people Marathi politicians 1960 births {{Maharashtra-BJP-politician-stub