| Prataprao Govindrao Chikhalikar | |
| Children: | Dr Pramod Chikhalikar,Pravin Chikhalikar,Pranita Chikhalikar-Deore, |
| Birth Date: | 2 August 1960 |
| Office: | Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha |
| Term Start: | 2019 |
| Term End: | 2024 |
| Constituency: | Nanded |
| Predecessor: | Ashok Chavan |
| Successor: | Vasantrao Balwantrao Chavan |
| Office2: | Maharashtra Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start2: | (2004-2009), (2014 |
| Term End2: | 2019) |
| Constituency2: | Loha (Vidhan Sabha constituency) |
| Party: | Nationalist Congress Party (Oct 2024-Present) |
| Otherparty: | Bharatiya Janata Party(2019-2024)Congress(I), Lok Bharati, NCP, Shiv Sena |
| Occupation: | Politician |
Prataprao Govindrao Chikhalikar (born 2 August 1960) is an Indian politician and Bharatiya Janata Party leader from Nanded district. He is a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Loha Assembly Constituency.[1]
Chikhalikar has been described as close to Shankarrao Chavan, but later has become an opponent of his son Ashok Chavan becoming a close junior associate of former Maharashtra Chief Minister the late Vilasrao Deshmukh. He won assembly elections in 2004.[2] In 2007, Chikhalikar, joined Lok Bharati political outfit during municipality elections there, contesting elections against the Indian National Congress.[3] In 2012 Chikhalikar joined the Nationalist Congress Party and in August 2014, Chikhalikar joined the Shiv Sena.[4] [5] In 2024 Chikhalikar joined the Nationalist Congress Party Ajit Pawar to get a ticket from loha kandhar Assembly Constituency.