Dhananjay Bhimrao Mahadik is an Indian politician from

Kolhapur Kolhapur () is a city on the banks of the Panchganga River in the southern part of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Kolhapur is one of the most significant cities in South Maharashtra and has been a hub of historical, religious, and cultural a ...

district in

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state. He is a Member of Parliament in the

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as a candidate of the

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. He was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha (2014–2019) from

as an NCP candidate. Dhananjay Mahadik is a Nephew of Mahadevrao Mahadik alias Appa Mahadik.

Political career

In 2004, Mahadik contested Lok Sabha election as a candidate of

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 ...

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against NCP's Sadashivrao Mandlik but lost. He parted ways with Shiv Sena and joined

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(NCP). But NCP did not consider him as the party's candidate for the

2009 Indian general election General elections were held in India in five phases between 16 April 2009 and 13 May 2009 to elect the members of the fifteenth Lok Sabha. With a registered electorate of 716 million and a turnout of 417 million voters, it was the l ...

. He unsuccessfully contested the election as an Independent candidate. He entered Lok Sabha as member of NCP in 2014. On 10 January 2017, Mahadik, along with NCP MLA

Hasan Mushrif Hasan Miyalal Mushrif is an Indian politician. He is leader of the Nationalist Congress Party and a cabinet minister in the Eknath Shinde Government of Maharashtra. He is a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Kolhapur's Kagal a ...

, former NCP MP Nivedita Sambhajirao Mane, Kolhapur mayor Hasina Faras, and 400 others were arrested for blocking traffic on the Pune-Bengaluru National Highway as part of a protest against the effects of demonetization. He received Sansad Ratna Award for his outstanding performance in 2017 and 2018. After representing Kolhapur in Lok Sabha (2014–2019), he unsuccessfully contested from the same seat in 2019 elections. He lost 2019 LokSabha election against Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Mandalik. In September 2019, he along with his NCP colleagues joined BJP. In 2022, he became a

Member from Maharashtra state.

References

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