Ravisheth Patil Dagadu (born 11 February 1950) is an Indian politician from

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. He is a three time member of the

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. He was last elected from Pen Assembly constituency representing the

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in the

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. He served as a minister of state from 2004 to 2007 and as a cabinet minister from 2008 to 2009.

Early life and education

Patil is from

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, Raigad district, Maharashtra. He is the son of Dagadu Patil. He passed Class 12 and later while studying BA at JSM College, Alibag he dropped out in 1972.

Career

Patil was first elected as an MLA in the year

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representing the Indian National Congress. Later, he contested on the Indian National Congress ticket, and lost twice to the

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(PWPI) candidates in the 2009 and

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. In 2009, he polled 53,141 votes against 60,757 votes polled by Dhairyashil Patil and lost by a margin of 7,616 votes. In 2014, he polled 60,496 while Dhairyashil got 64,616 votes for a victory by a margin of 4,120 votes. He regained the seat in the

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on the Bharatiya Janata Party ticket. In 2019, he got 112,380 votes and beat his closest opponent and two time sitting MLA, Dhairyashil Patil of the PWPI, by a margin of 24,051 votes. He won for a third time in the

. In 2024, he polled 124,631 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Prasad Dada Bhoir of

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by a margin of 60,810 votes.

References

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