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Vishal Prakashbapu Patil is an Indian politician and
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MP representing
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since 2024. He is a member of the
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and was elected as an Independent from Sangli.


Personal life

Patil is the grandson of former Chief Minister
Vasantdada Patil Vasantrao Banduji Patil (13 November 1917 – 1 March 1989) was an Indian politician from Sangli, Maharashtra. He was known as the first modern Maratha strongman and first mass leader in Maharashtrian politics. Patil served as Chief Ministe ...
. He is the son of former MP Prakashbapu Vasantdada Patil and Mahila Pradesh Congress leader Shailja Patil, while former Union Minister of State for Coal Pratik Prakashbapu Patil is his elder brother. His wife's name is Pooja, and he has two daughters, Ehita and Aritra.


Career

In 2019, Patil contested in the Sangli Lok Sabha constituency under the
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party banner. However, he lost against
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's
Sanjaykaka Patil Sanjay Ramchandra Patil is a politician from Tasgaon of Sangli district of Maharashtra state in India. Biography He was member of Legislative Council of Maharashtra from Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). He is present Member of Parliament fo ...
by a margin of 164,352 votes.


2024 Lok Sabha Election and Independent Victory

In 2024, Patil ran as an independent candidate after the Indian National Congress party could not reach an agreement with its ally in the Sangli constituency,
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, to have him run under their ticket as they had fielded wrestler Chandrahar Patil. Vishal Patil won the election and was elected to the
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. Vishal Patil extended his support to the INDIA coalition more specifically the Indian National Congress and thus claims to be the 100th Member of Parliament of the Indian National Congress.


See also

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18th Lok Sabha The 18th Lok Sabha was formed after general elections were held in India over seven phases from 19 April to 1 June 2024, to elect all members from 543 constituencies of the Lok Sabha. The votes were counted, and the results were declared on 4 ...
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