Heena Gavit
Appearance
Heena Vijaykumar Gavit | |
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हीना गावित | |
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
Assumed office May 2014 to till Date | |
Preceded by | Manikrao Hodlya Gavit |
Constituency | Nandurbar |
Personal details | |
Born | Nandurbar | 28 May 1987
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Residence(s) | Plot No.6, Viral Vihar Colony, Khodai Mata Road, Nandurbar Maharashtra Pin-425412 |
Profession | Doctor, Politician |
As of 28 February, 2015 |
Heena Gavit is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Maharashtra. She is a member of the 16th Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian Parliament) from the Nandurbar constituency.
Professioanl Career
Heena Gavit is the daughter of Dr Vijaykumar Gavit, a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA from the Nandurbar Assembly constituency. She is a doctor by profession.[1]
Political Career
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, she defeated Manikrao Hodlya Gavit, a nine-time MP from Nandurbar. Manikrao's Indian National Congress held the seat since 1967. Heena's victory of margin was 106905 votes.[2]
Along with Raksha Khadse, she became the youngest MP in the 16th Lok Sabha.[3]
References
- ^ "BJP fields NCP leader's daughter Heena Gavit in Congress bastion". The Times of India. 21 March 2014.
- ^ "Constituency-wise results for Lok Sabha Elections 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
- ^ "Youngest winners: Heena Gavit and Raksha Khadse". The Times of India. 16 May 2014.
Categories:
- People from Nandurbar district
- Marathi politicians
- Maharashtra politicians
- 16th Lok Sabha members
- Women in Maharashtra politics
- Indian women medical doctors
- 20th-century Indian women
- Living people
- Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra
- Bharatiya Janata Party politicians
- Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra
- 20th-century Indian medical doctors