Jyoti Gaikwad

Jyoti Gaikwad
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
2024
Preceded byVarsha Gaikwad
ConstituencyDharavi
Personal details
Political partyIndian National Congress
ProfessionPolitician

Jyoti Eknath Gaikwad is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. She is a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 2024, representing Dharavi Assembly constituency as a member of the Indian National Congress.[1][2][3][4][5]

Jyoti Eknath Gaikwad elected to the 15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for the first time from the Dharavi Assembly Constituency reserved for Scheduled Castes in the 2024 Assembly Elections. Earlier, Jyoti Gaikwad's sister and sitting MP Varsha Gaikwad was elected for four consecutive terms from Dharavi assembly constituency. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Varsha Gaikwad became an MP from the Mumbai North constituency.[6]

Jyoti Gaikwad belongs to the Ambedkarite Buddhist community.[7] His father Eknath Gaikwad was also a three-time MP. She is the only Buddhist woman MLA in the 15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. Apart from this, she is also the only woman MLA of Maha Vikas Aghadi. In the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections, Jyoti Gaikwad secured 70,727 votes and defeated Shinde faction's Shiv Sena candidate Rajesh Shivdas Khandare by 23,459 votes.

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References

  1. ^ "Dharavi, Maharashtra Assembly Election Results 2024 Highlights: INC's Jyoti Gaikwad with 70727 defeats SHS's Rajesh Khandare". India Today. 2024-11-23. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
  2. ^ Chitnis, Purva (2024-11-23). "Congress's Jyoti Gaikwad wins by 23,459 votes in Dharavi amid land grab charges against Adani, Mahayuti". ThePrint. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
  3. ^ The Hindu (29 November 2024). "Maharashtra assembly to have 78 first-time MLAs". Archived from the original on 29 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Dharavi election results 2024: Congress' Jyoti Gaikwad wins seat with 23,459 margin". CNBCTV18. 23 November 2024. Archived from the original on 29 December 2024. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Maharastra Assembly Election Results 2024 - Dharavi". Election Commission of India. 23 November 2024. Archived from the original on 29 December 2024. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  6. ^ https://dhammabharat.com/buddhist-mlas-from-maharashtra-2024/
  7. ^ https://dhammabharat.com/buddhist-mlas-from-maharashtra-2024/


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