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Ajit Pawar

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Ajit Pawar

Ajit Anantrao Pawar (Marathi pronunciation: [əd͡ʒit̪ pəʋaːɾ]; born 22 July 1959) is an Indian politician serving as the 8th Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra along with Eknath Shinde under Devendra Fadnavis since December 2024. He is the longest serving Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra non-consecutively. He has served in this position for 6 terms within various governments. He has worked as deputy chief minister in the cabinets of Prithviraj Chavan, Devendra Fadnavis, Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde. He served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 2022 to 2023 and represented Baramati Lok Sabha constituency in 1991.

Infobox

Governor
Mohammed Fazal S. M. Krishna S. C. Jamir
Chief Minister
Vilasrao Deshmukh
Ministry and Departments
Water Resources Excluding Krishna Valley Corporation
Preceded by
Sharad Pawar
Succeeded by
Sharad Pawar
Deputy
Subhash Desai
Speaker of the House
Zirwal Narhari Sitaram (acting) Rahul Narwekar
Chairman
Shivajirao Deshmukh
Constituency
Baramati, Maharashtra
Born
Ajit Anantrao Pawar (1959-07-22) 22 July 1959 (age 66)Deolali Pravara, Bombay State, India (present-day Maharashtra)
Political party
Nationalist Congress Party
Other politicalaffiliations
National Democratic Alliance (2023–present)United Progressive Alliance (2004–2019, 2019–2022)
Spouse
mw- Sunetra Pawar (m. 1985)
Children
2
Residence
9, Premcourt Churchgate, Mumbai
Occupation
Politician
Website
www.ajitpawar.org
Party
Nationalist Congress Party

Tables

Election candidature history · Electoral performance
Loksabha
Loksabha
Election
Loksabha
Year
1991
Party
INC
Constituency
Baramati
Opponent
BJP
Opponent
Kanta Nalawade
Result
Won
Margin
336,831
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Election
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Year
1991^
Party
INC
Constituency
Baramati
Opponent
BJP
Opponent
K.H.Khanderao
Result
Won
Margin
86,915
1995
1995
Election
1995
Party
INC
Constituency
IND
Opponent
Kakade Ratanrao Bhagwanrao
Opponent
Won
Opponent
77,335
1999
1999
Election
1999
Party
NCP
Constituency
IND
Opponent
Taware Chandrarao Krishnarao
Opponent
Won
Opponent
50,366
2004
2004
Election
2004
Party
NCP
Constituency
SS
Opponent
Popatrao Mansingrao Tupe
Opponent
Won
Opponent
66,157
2009
2009
Election
2009
Party
NCP
Constituency
IND
Opponent
Taware Ranjankumar Shankarrao
Opponent
Won
Opponent
102,797
2014
2014
Election
2014
Party
NCP
Constituency
BJP
Opponent
Prabhakar Dadaram Gawade
Opponent
Won
Opponent
89,792
2019
2019
Election
2019
Party
NCP
Constituency
BJP
Opponent
Gopichand Padalkar
Opponent
Won
Opponent
165,265
2024
2024
Election
2024
Party
NCP
Constituency
NCP-SP
Opponent
Yugendra Pawar
Opponent
Won
Opponent
100,899
Election
Year
Party
Constituency
Opponent
Result
Margin
Loksabha
1991
INC
Baramati
BJP
Kanta Nalawade
Won
336,831
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
1991^
INC
Baramati
BJP
Khanderao
Won
86,915
1995
INC
IND
Kakade Ratanrao Bhagwanrao
Won
77,335
1999
NCP
IND
Taware Chandrarao Krishnarao
Won
50,366
2004
NCP
SS
Popatrao Mansingrao Tupe
Won
66,157
2009
NCP
IND
Taware Ranjankumar Shankarrao
Won
102,797
2014
NCP
BJP
Prabhakar Dadaram Gawade
Won
89,792
2019
NCP
BJP
Gopichand Padalkar
Won
165,265
2024
NCP
NCP-SP
Yugendra Pawar
Won
100,899

References

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    https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/not-accepted-happily-sharad-pawar-on-devendra-fadnaviss-number-2-post-3116614
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    https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ajit-pawars-move-a-major-loss-of-face-for-sharad-pawar-ahead-of-2024-4170701
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    https://www.thehindu.com/elections/maharashtra-assembly/ajit-pawar-breaks-records-as-deputy-cm-but-his-long-quest-for-the-top-job-remains-unfulfilled/article68950996.ece
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    https://www.indiatv.in/elections/maharashtra-vidhan-sabha-chunav-2019-baramati-vidhan-sabha-results-live-updates-gopichand-kundlik-padalkar-ajit-667784
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    https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/tough-times-ahead-for-sharad-pawar-after-bjp-lures-away-ajit-pawar-in-ncp-split/article67053068.ece
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    https://www.timesnowmarathi.com/maharashtra/ajit-pawar-explains-what-happen-at-2019-morning-oath-ceremony-with-devendra-fadnavis-watch-video-article-101514066&ved=2ahUKEwiV74Xjhvz_AhXr8TgGHRy1CvgQu7wFegQIMBAG&usg=AOvVaw0VdTIwiZkX7mDgo8ARYN7C
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