Babasaheb Mohanrao Patil

Babasaheb Mohanrao Jadhav (Patil) (born 5 December 1958) is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Ahmedpur Assembly constituency in Latur District. He won the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election representing the Nationalist Congress Party.

Early life and education

Jadhav is from Shirur (Taj.), Ahmedpur, Latur District, Maharashtra. His father Mohanrao Kishanrao Jadhav is a farmer. He completed his BA in 2000 at Swami Vivekanand College, Shirur Tajband, Ahmedpur, which is affiliated with Swami Ramanand Tirth Marathwada University, Nanded.

Career

Jadhav won the Ahmedpur Assembly constituency representing the Nationalist Congress Party in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election. He polled 84,636 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Vinayakrao Kishanrao Jadhav Patil of the Bharatiya Janata Party, by a margin of 29,191 votes. He first became an MLA winning the 2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election. In 2009, he polled 69,460 votes and defeated his closest opponent, Vinayakrao Kishanrao Jadhav Patil of the Indian National Congress, by a margin of 2,252 votes.