Vasantrao Balwantrao Chavan

Indian politician (1954–2024)

V.B. Chavan

Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 24 June 2024 – 26 August 2024
Preceded by	Prataprao Govindrao Chikhalikar
Constituency	Nanded
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office 2009–2019
Constituency	Naigaon Assembly constituency

Personal details
Born	(1954-08-15)15 August 1954 Naigaon taluka, Nanded, Bombay State (now Maharashtra State), India
Died	26 August 2024(2024-08-26) (aged 70) Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Sundarbai Chavan
Residence(s)	Chavan Gali, Taluka Naigaon(Khirgaon) Nanded
Education	B.Com (II Year)

Vasantrao Chavan (15 August 1954 – 26 August 2024) was an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He was elected as an independent member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly representing Naigaon Assembly constituency in 2009. In May 2014, he was appointed to the Legislative Assembly's Public Accounts Committee.^[1] He joined the Indian National Congress party in September 2014 and was re-elected to the 13th Maharashtra Assembly as a Congress party member.^[2]^[3]

In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, he was elected to the 18th Lok Sabha representing Nanded constituency.^[4] He was trustee and Chairperson of Janta Highschool and College of Agriculture in Naigaon.^{[citation needed]}

Chavan died on 26 August 2024, at the age of 70.^[5]

References

^ "विधानसभा लोकलेखा समितीवर आ. चव्हाण". Dainik Ekmat (in Marathi). 19 May 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
^ Waghmode, Vishwas (10 September 2014). "Four independent MLAs join Maharashtra Congress in major boost to the party". First Post. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
^ "Results of Maharashtra Assembly polls 2014". India Today. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
^ India Today (13 July 2024). "Ex-legislators | In the major league now". Archived from the original on 6 August 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
^ Vasantrao Chavan, Congress veteran and Nanded MP, dies due to prolonged illness