Chandrakant Sonawane

Indian politician

Chandrakant Sonawane

Member of Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra
In office
2014–2019
Preceded by| Latabai Sonawane
Constituency| Chopda
Personal details
Nationality| Indian
Political party| Shiv Sena

Chandrakant Baliram Sonawane is a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Chopda Assembly Constituency.[1] He belongs to the Shiv Sena party.[2]

## Early life

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Chandrakant Sonawane was born in a Agriculturist Koli family of Jalgaon district of Maharashtra in 1961.[3]

## Political career

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Further information: Jalgaon housing scam

He was convicted by Dhule District Court for his involvement in Jalgaon housing scam (Marathi: घरकुल घोटाळा) of 1996. Then MLA Suresh Jain was mastermind of that scam and he got seven years imprisonment. [4][5]

## Positions held

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* 2013: Elected as Corporator in Jalgaon Municipal Corporation [6]
* 2014: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly[7]
* 2015: Elected as Director of Jalgaon District Central Co-operative Bank [8]

## See also

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* Raver Lok Sabha constituency
* Jalgaon Lok Sabha constituency

## References

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1. ^ "Shiv Sena MLAs 2014". Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
2. ^ "Results of Maharashtra Assembly polls 2014". India Today. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
3. ^ "Shinde group MLA in trouble as SC dismisses plea against Bombay HC ruling". The Times of India. 11 September 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
4. ^ "Two former Maharashtra ministers convicted in Rs 110-crore Jalgaon housing scam case - the Economic Times".
5. ^ "Maharashtra ex-ministers, 46 others sentenced in multi-crore housing scam". September 2019.
6. ^ "Jalgaon City Municipal Corporation Election Results 2013". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
7. ^ India Today (19 October 2014). "Results of Maharashtra Assembly polls 2014". Archived from the original on 20 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
8. ^ "जळगाव जिल्हा बँकेवर सहकार पॅनल".