{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Kalidas Kolambkar | image = | office = Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | term_start = 2009 | term_end = | constituency = Wadala | predecessor = Constituency Established | successor = | term_start1 = 1990 | term_end1 = 2009 | constituency1 = Naigaon Assembly constituency (Mumbai Region) | predecessor1 = | successor1 = Abolished | birth_date = | birth_place = | occupation = Politician | children = | party = Bharatiya Janata Party | other_party = *Indian National Congress *Shiv Sena | alma_mater = | profession = | sibling = | website = }} '''Kalidas Nilkanth Kolambkar''' is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is an eight-term Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newsreporter.in/kalidas-nilkanth-kolambkar-of-inc-wins-the-wadala-constituency-maharastra-maharastra-assembly-election-2014-548726 | title=Kalidas Nilkanth Kolambkar of INC WINS the Wadala constituency Maharastra Assembly Election 2014 | work=newsreporter.in | accessdate=16 April 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023014553/https://www.newsreporter.in/kalidas-nilkanth-kolambkar-of-inc-wins-the-wadala-constituency-maharastra-maharastra-assembly-election-2014-548726 | archive-date=23 October 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.indiavotes.com/ac/details/30/35530/241 | title=Wadala 2014 | work=indiavotes.com | accessdate=16 April 2016}}</ref>
Kolambkar was elected from Naigaon (Former Vidhan Sabha constituency) as Shiv Sena candidate in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/maharashtra/assembly-constituencies/2004-election-results.html|title=Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 2004}}</ref> He then joined Congress and was elected from the Wadala (Vidhan Sabha constituency) of Mumbai, Maharashtra to the assembly in 2009 and 2014.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/locality/mumbai-south-central/1-year-mla-report-card-kalidas-kolambkar-wadala-76883 | title=1 year MLA report card: Kalidas Kolambkar from Wadala | work=dnaindia.com | accessdate=16 April 2016}} {{dead link|date=September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.electiontrends.in/live-assembly-election-results-2014/wadala-election-results | title=Wadala Election Result | work=electiontrends.in | accessdate=16 April 2016}}</ref> Later he joined Bharatiya Janata Party, and was elected again to the assembly in 2019 from Wadala.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indianballot.com/news/kalidas-nilkanth-kolambkar-of-inc-wins-the-wadala-constituency---maharastra---maharastra-assembly-election-2014 | title=Kalidas Nilkanth Kolambkar of INC WINS the Wadala constituency | work=.indianballot.com | accessdate=16 April 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428120343/https://www.indianballot.com/news/kalidas-nilkanth-kolambkar-of-inc-wins-the-wadala-constituency---maharastra---maharastra-assembly-election-2014 | archive-date=28 April 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.elections.in/maharashtra/assembly-constituencies/wadala.html | title=Wadala (Maharashtra) Assembly Constituency Elections | work=elections.in | accessdate=16 April 2016}}</ref><ref>[https://www.firstpost.com/politics/wadala-naigaon-mla-kalidas-kolambkar-set-to-join-bjp-second-deflection-in-maharashtra-from-congress-ahead-of-lok-sabha-election-6249911.html Wadala-Naigaon MLA Kalidas Kolambkar set to join BJP]</ref> He is also elected as Protem Speaker of 14th Maharashtra Assembly & 15th Maharashtra Assembly. Currently he is one of the most senior MLA in Maharashtra.
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