Bala Sawant
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Bala Sawant | |
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| Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2009–2015 | |
| Succeeded by | Trupti Sawant |
| Constituency | Vandre East |
| Personal details | |
| Died | January 15, 2015 |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Party | Shiv Sena |
| Spouse | Trupti Sawant |
| Occupation | Politician |
Prakash Sawant (1950 – January 15, 2015), better known as Bala Sawant, was an Indian politician and a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly & a senior Shiv Sena leader. He was first elected to the Assembly in the 2009 election to the Bandra East constituency. He died on 9 Jan 2015.[1][2]
Bala Sawant was first elected to the Bombay Municipal Corporation BMC as a corporator from Kherwadi in 1997.[3] He served two more terms as a corporator in the BMC. He was re-elected to Vidhan Sabha as a Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 2014. Sawant headed the BMC's law panel for two consecutive terms.