Bala Sawant

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
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office 2009–2015
Succeeded by	Trupti Sawant
Constituency	Vandre East
Personal details
Died	(2015-01-15)January 15, 2015 Bandra, Mumbai
Citizenship	Indian
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Shiv Sena
Spouse	Trupti Sawant
Occupation	Politician

Political career

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.

Personal life

Bala Sawant was married to Trupti Sawant with whom he had a daughter. After his death his wife Trupti Sawant won the election from Bandra East constituency the seat he held and that was vacated after his death.^[4][5][6]

Positions held

• Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 2009 & 2014