Shweta Mahale Patil (born 27 March 1983) is an Indian politician from

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. She represents the

Buldhana District Buldhana district (Marathi pronunciation: ulɖʰaːɳa is located in the Amravati division of Maharashtra, India. It is situated at the western border of Vidarbha region and is 500 km away from the state capital, Mumbai. The district ha ...

in the

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(MLA).

Early life and education

Smt. Shweta Mahale was born in

Lonar Lonar is a town, just 79 km from Buldhana city and municipal council in Buldhana district of Vidarbha region of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The town is the headquarter of Lonar taluka and is located near Mehkar. Lonar is famous for Lonar ...

, Buldhana District, Maharashtra. She completed her

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at Amravati Board in 1999 and later completed her Diploma in Pharmacy from Anuradha Pharmacy College Chikhli,

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, Amravati in 2002. She married Vidhyadhar Mahale (the

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of Maharashtra

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Career

Shweta is a first-time member of the MLA. She won the

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from Chikhali Assembly Constituency defeating two-time MLA member Rahul Bondre of

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by a margin of 6,810 votes. In 2022, Mahale was honored with the Best MLA Award by Six Sigma Excellence. In 2023, Mahale received the

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candidate Rahul Bondre by a margin of 3201 votes.

References

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