Murji Patel

Patel is from Andheri, Mumbai Suburban district, Maharashtra. He is the son of Kanji Patel. He passed Class 8 in 1989 and later, while studying Class 9 at Y.J.S. Gujarati Night High School, Tardeo, Mumbai, he discontinued his studies in 1990.^[1]

Patel won as an MLA for the first time.^[4] He won from Andheri East Assembly constituency representing Shiv Sena in the 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election. He polled 94,010 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Rutuja Latke of the Shiv Sena (UBT), by a margin of 25,486 votes.^[5] He unsuccessfully contested as an independent candidate in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election and lost to Ramesh Latke of the Shiv Sena by a margin of 16,965 votes.^[6]