Anand Prakash Paranjpe () is an Industrialist and an elected member of the 15th Lok Sabha elections from

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, then representing the Shiv Sena Party. He joined

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before 2014 general elections.

Background

Anand Prakash Paranjpe was born on 16 May 1970 to Mother Supriya Paranjpe and Father Paranjape Prakash Vishvanath, who was also a member of the Shiv Sena party and served as a member of the Lok Sabha from 1996 until his death in 2008 due to cancer.

Education

Anand Paranjpe has a B.E in Mechanical and has done his

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in Marketing, both from Pune University. He is fluent in Marathi, English and Hindi languages.

Career

Anand Paranjpe won the

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seat from

, Maharashtra, India in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections defeating

candidate Vasant Davkhare. He was the only Shiv Sena Member of Parliament to be elected from the Mumbai Thane region in the 15th Lok Sabha and since his election has been appointed as the

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of the Shiv Sena party. He was also member of 14th Lok Sabha by winning by-elections in May 2008 from

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He lost 2014 general election from Kalyan constituency on Nationalist Congress Party's ticket against Shiv Sena's Shrikant Shinde with the margin of 250,749 votes. He got 190,143 votes and Shrikant Shinde got 440,892 votes.

Personal life

Anand Paranjpe married Sonal Paranjpe in January 1999 and they both live in Naupada,

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Footnotes and citations

References

Profile on Parliament of India
1973 births Living people India MPs 2004–2009 India MPs 2009–2014 People from Thane Marathi politicians Shiv Sena politicians Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra People from Kalyan-Dombivli United Progressive Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election Politicians from Thane Nationalist Congress Party politicians from Maharashtra {{Maharashtra-SS-politician-stub