Sada Sarvankar is an Indian politician and

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 ...

leader from

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, Mumbai. He is a member of the 13th

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 ...

. He represents the

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Assembly Constituency. He had been elected to Vidhan Sabha for three terms in 2004, 2014 and 2019. Before that he served as Corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for three terms from 1992 to 2004 till he was asked to contest Dadar Constituency in 2004.

Defection from the Shiv Sena to the Indian National Congress in 2009

Sada Sarvankar had defected from the

to the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

because he was denied a ticket by the Shiv Sena for the

2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election The 13th Assembly elections were held in Maharashtra, India on October 13, 2009. The ruling Democratic Front (Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)) contested the elections against the alliance of Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party ( ...

. Sarvankar joined Congress in the presence of

Narayan Rane Narayan Tatu Rane (born 10 April 1952) is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg. He was the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He formerly served as Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in th ...

who is claimed to have engineered Sarvankar's defection. The Congress fielded Sada Sarvankar from the

Assembly seat for the

, a move which had upset many members of the Congress in Maharashtra.

Rejoined the Shiv Sena in 2012

Sada Sarvankar returned to the Shiv Sena before the

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) ...

, contested and won in Mahim Assembly constituency.

Positions held

* 1992: Elected as Corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (1st term) * 1997: Re-elected as Corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (2nd term) * 2002: Re-elected as Corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (3rd term) * 2002-04: Standing Committee Chairman * 2004: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly * 2014: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly * 2019: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

References

External links

Shiv Sena official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sarvankar, Sada Living people Maharashtra MLAs 2004–2009 Maharashtra MLAs 2014–2019 Shiv Sena politicians Marathi politicians Year of birth missing (living people)