{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2024}}
'''Shankar Hiraman Mandekar''' (born 1973)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Shankar Hiraman Mandekar(Nationalist Congress Party(NCP)):Constituency- BHOR(PUNE) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://myneta.info/Maharashtra2024/candidate.php?candidate_id=1273 |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=myneta.info}}</ref> is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is an MLA from Bhor Assembly constituency in Pune District. He won the 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election representing the Nationalist Congress Party.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-23 |title=Bhor (Maharashtra) Assembly Election Results 2024 Live: NCP's Shankar Hiraman Mandekar wins |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/bhor-maharashtra-assembly-election-results-2024-live-winner-runner-up-candidates-9684938/ |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
== Early life and education == Mandekar is from Mulshi taluk, Pune District, Maharashtra.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Urunkar |first=Salil |date=2024-11-23 |title=NCP's Shankar Mandekar Ends Congress's Fifteen-Year Hold in Bhor Constituency |url=https://www.thebridgechronicle.com/news/ncps-shankar-mandekar-ends-congresss-fifteen-year-hold-in-bhor-constituency |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=The Bridge Chronicle |language=en}}</ref> He is the son of Hiraman Vishnu Mandekar. He passed Class 12 at Sant Gora Kumbhar High School and Junior College, Pashan and later discontinued his studies.<ref name=":0" />
== Career == Mandekar won from Bhor Assembly constituency representing the Nationalist Congress Party in the 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election. He polled 126,455 votes and defeated his nearest rival and three time MLA, Sangram Anantrao Thopate of the Indian National Congress, by a margin of 19,638 votes.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-11-23 |title=Bhor election result 2024: NCP's Shankar Hiraman Mandekar wins against Congress's Sangram Anantrao Thopate |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/maharashtra/bhor-election-result-2024-live-updates-india-elections-maharashtra-election-result/articleshow/115595868.cms |access-date=2024-12-02 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> It ended Congress Party's 15 year hold on the constituency.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Shankar Hiraman Mandekar, NCP Candidate from Bhor Assembly Election 2024 Seat: Electoral History & Political Journey, Winning or Losing - News18 Assembly Election 2024 Result News |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/assembly/maharashtra/shankar-hiraman-mandekar-s13aed2008a203e2024c001/ |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=www.news18.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Maharashtra Assembly election results 2024 {{!}} Who won in Pune?">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1=Sruthi |date=23 November 2024 |title=Maharashtra Assembly election results 2024 {{!}} Who won in Pune? |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/maharashtra-assembly/maharashtra-assembly-election-results-2024-who-won-in-pune/article68901246.ece |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241124060803/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/maharashtra-assembly/maharashtra-assembly-election-results-2024-who-won-in-pune/article68901246.ece |archivedate=24 November 2024 |accessdate=12 December 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref>
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Category:1973 births Category:Living people Category:Nationalist Congress Party politicians from Maharashtra Category:Maharashtra MLAs 2024–2029 Category:People from Pune district