Suresh Narayan Dhanorkar, also called Balubhau Dhanorkar or Balu Dhanorkar, was an Indian politician who was the elected member of the

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past ...

from Chandrapur constituency. He was a member of 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 ...

political party. He was the only candidate for the INC to be elected as MP from

Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...

. He was nominated as the

candidate after resigning as MLA from

Shiv Sena Shiv Sena ( IAST: ''Śiva Sēnā'') () was a right-wing to far-right Marathi regionalist and Hindu ultranationalist political party in India founded in 1966 by cartoonist Bal Thackeray. Originally emerging from nativist movements in Bom ...

and had joined the

Party.

Political career

In 2006, Dhanorkar became the

president for the Chandrapur District. In 2014 he became the Shiv Sena MLA from Warora-Bhadrawati. In the

2019 Indian general election General elections were held in India in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to elect the members of the 17th Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 23 May. Around 912 million people were eligible to vote, and voter ...

, Dhanorkar became the

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MP from

Chandrapur Lok Sabha constituency Chandrapur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency is spread over Chandrapur and Yavatmal districts. Assembly segments At present, Chandrapur L ...

, becoming the only elected INC MP from Maharashtra in the Lok Sabha. He served as MP until his death. His wife was Maharashtra MLA

Pratibha Dhanorkar Pratibha Suresh Dhanorkar is an Indian politician from Maharashtra and a member of the Indian National Congress. She was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra The Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha or the Maharashtra Legis ...

Death

Dhanorkar died from kidney stone complications on 30 May 2023, at the age of 47.

References

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website

Shiv Sena Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dhanorkar, Suresh 1975 births 2023 deaths Indian National Congress politicians from Maharashtra People from Chandrapur district Marathi politicians Maharashtra MLAs 2014–2019 India MPs 2019–present Shiv Sena politicians