Jyoti Eknath Gaikwad is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. She is a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from

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, representing Dharavi Assembly constituency as a member of the

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. Jyoti Eknath Gaikwad elected to the 15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for the first time from the Dharavi Assembly Constituency reserved for Scheduled Castes in the 2024 Assembly Elections. Earlier, Jyoti Gaikwad's sister and sitting MP

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was elected for four consecutive terms from Dharavi assembly constituency. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections,

became an MP from the Mumbai North constituency. Jyoti Gaikwad belongs to the Ambedkarite

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community. Her father

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was also a three-time MP. She is the only Buddhist woman MLA in the 15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. Apart from this, she is also the only woman MLA of

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. In the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections, Jyoti Gaikwad secured 70,727 votes and defeated Shinde faction's Shiv Sena candidate Rajesh Shivdas Khandare by 23,459 votes.

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Living people Maharashtra MLAs 2024–2029 Indian National Congress politicians from Maharashtra Indian Buddhists Year of birth missing (living people) Women members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly {{Maharashtra-INC-politician-stub

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