page_title: Sunil Deshmukh
section_title: Vidhan Sabha Elections, 2014
hierarchical_section_title: Sunil Deshmukh / Vidhan Sabha Elections, 2014
caption_attribution_description: English: Deshmukh on his way to file his nomination from Amravati during the Maharashtra Vidhansabha elections, 2014
context_page_description: Sunil Panjabrao Deshmukh is the Member of Legislative Assembly from the constituency of Amravati, Maharashtra, India. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. Earlier he belonged to the Indian National Congress which he quit in 2009 when he was denied a ticket to contest for Vidhansabha election from his Amravati constituency. He was also the Minister of State for Finance and Planning, Public Works and Energy in the cabinet of the Government of Maharashtra. He was also the guardian minister for Amravati and Bhandara Districts of Vidarbha, Maharashtra from 2004-2009. Additionally, he also served as the ex-officio Vice-Chairman of the Maharashtra State Electricity Board's holding company and as the co-chairman of Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Ltd.
  From October 2004 to December 2008, he held the portfolios for Water Resources, Command Area Development and Parliamentary Affairs in addition to Finance and Planning in former Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh's cabinet. He was also the Vice-Chairman of the Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation Ltd. from 1999 to 2004.
  He is a formerly practising radiologist.
context_section_description: In the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha Elections which were held on 15 October 2014, Deshmukh contested from Amravati constituency on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket. Nitin Gadkari was reportedly very keen to make Deshmukh the BJP candidate from Amravati. On 26 September 2014, Deshmukh officially joined BJP in the presence of Nitin Gadkari in Nagpur and filled his nomination from Amravati Vidhan Sabha constituency the next day. He defeated sitting MLA, Raosaheb Shekhawat, by 35072 votes.
  In 2017 his party won another 45 seats in Amravati Municipal Council election.
caption: Deshmukh on his way to file his nomination papers from Amravati during the Maharashtra Vidhansabha elections, 2014
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