Prakash Uttamrao Dahake was a member of the

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly The Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha or the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the legislature of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated in the Nariman Point area of South Mumbai in the capital Mumbai. Presently, 288 mem ...

, representing Karanja. He belongs to the

Nationalist Congress Party The Nationalist Congress Party ( NCP) is one of the nine national parties in India. The party generally supports Indian nationalism and Gandhian secularism. It is the largest opposition party in Maharashtra and is also a significant party ...

. He defeated the incumbent MLA,

Rajendra Patni Rajendra Sukhanand Patni (19 June 1964 – 23 February 2024) was an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly from Karanja constituency from Washim District in Maharashtra. He was also t ...

, by 30,000 votes in the 2009 elections. In the 2014 elections, Rajendra Patni defeated him again for the second time after the 2004 assembly elections. Prakash Dahake could not even get the NCP party ticket despite being the incumbent MLA. He therefore slipped to third place in the 2014 elections. Prakash Dahake lost 4 of the 5 assembly elections he contested and could win only once. Died :

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