Dr. Heena Gavit | |
Office: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
Term Start: | 16 May 2014 |
Term End: | 4 June 2024 |
Constituency: | Nandurbar |
Predecessor: | Manikrao Hodlya Gavit |
Successor: | Gowaal Kagada Padavi |
Birth Date: | 28 June 1987 |
Birth Place: | Nandurbar |
Nationality: | Indian |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Residence: | Plot No.6, Viral Vihar Colony, Khodai Mata Road, Nandurbar Maharashtra Pin-425412 |
Alma Mater: | M.B.B.S M.D. General Medicine L.L.B |
Profession: | Doctor, Politician |
Relations: | Vijaykumar Krishnarao Gavit (father) |
Date: | 28 February |
Year: | 2015 |
Heena Gavit is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Maharashtra. She is a member of the 17th Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian Parliament) from the Nandurbar constituency. She is a National Spokesperson of the BJP.[1] Gavit is also a physician.
Heena Gavit is the daughter of Vijaykumar Gavit, a Bharatiya Janata Party & Ex-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA from the Nandurbar Assembly constituency. She is a doctor by profession.[2]
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, she defeated Manikrao Hodlya Gavit, a nine-time MP from Nandurbar. Manikrao's Indian National Congress held the seat since 1981. Heena's victory of margin was 106905 votes.[3]
Along with Raksha Khadse, she became the youngest MP in the 16th Lok Sabha.[4]
During 2024 Indian General Elections, She was defeated by Adv. Goval Padvi of Indian National Congress by 1,59,120 votes.
On 5 August 2018, the protesters who were observing a dharna outside the Dhule Collector's office for the past 16 days attacked Heena Gavit's car.[5] [6] [7] [8]