Ameet Subhashrao Zanak is a member of

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly The Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha or the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the legislature of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated in the Nariman Point area of South Mumbai in the capital Mumbai. Presently, 288 memb ...

. He represents the constituency of

Risod Risod is a city and a municipal council in Washim district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Risod is also a major market place for the people from Hingoli district as well as Risod tahsil. Penganga is major River flowing from Risod taluk ...

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. He belonged to the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

(INC). He was all set to embark on the engineering profession until his father's sudden death on 28 October 2014 that forced him to take a plunge into the world of politics at the age of 28. But he performed exceedingly well after winning the by-polls on a Congress ticket from Risod constituency in Washim district. The seat was left vacant after his father Subhash Zanak, former minister state minister for women and child development, died due to a cardiac arrest. Zanak is from the third generation Zanak family dynasty of politicians. He claimed to provide the many facilities in his constitution including construction of substation and many small irrigation projects, providing potable water to villagers, starting a training centre for UPSC and MPSC examinations and also a gymnasium for the youths. On 22 March 2017, Zanak was suspended along with 18 other MLAs until 31 December for interrupting Maharashtra Finance Minister

Sudhir Mungantiwar Sudhir Sachchidanand Mungantiwar (born 30 July 1962) is a legislator from the state of Maharashtra, India. He served as the Cabinet Minister of Finance & Planning and Forests departments in the Government of Maharashtra, Previously, he was the ...

during a state budget session and burning copies of the budget outside the assembly four days earlier.

Vidhan Sabha Elections, 2014

In the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha Elections which were held on 15 October 2014, Ameet Zanak contested from

constituency on an

Party ticket.

Ashok Chavan Ashokrao Shankarrao Chavan (born 28 October 1958) is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is one of the most influential leaders of Indian National Congress in Maharashtra. He has served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra state from 8 D ...

was reportedly very keen to offer Ameet Zanak the Congress candidate from Risod. Ameet Zanak defeated Mr. Vijay Jadhav of BJP, the Ex-MLA of same constituency. Ameet Zanak got 73,391 votes in this election where as his challenger Mr. Vijay Jadhav has to satisfy with 61,285.

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Maharashtra MLAs 2014–2019 People from Washim district Living people Marathi politicians Year of birth missing (living people) Indian National Congress politicians from Maharashtra {{Maharashtra-INC-politician-stub