Name of Member: Shri Sandipan Bhagwan Thorat
Political Party: Indian National Congress
Constituency & State: Pandharpur-SC (Maharashtra)
Lok Sabha Experience: 6,7,8,9,10,11,12
THORAT, SHRI SANDIPAN [INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS - PANDHARPUR-SC (MAHARASHTRA) ]
Father's Name Late Shri Bhagwan Laxman Thorat
Date of Birth 6 December 1932
Place of Birth Nimgaon(M), Taluk Madha, Distt. Solapur
(Maharashtra)
Marital Status Married on 22 May 1954
Spouse's Name Smt. Prabhawati
Children Four sons and three daughters
Educational Qualifications
B.A., LL.B.
Educated at Sangameshwar College, and Dayanand Law
College, Solapur, Shivaji University, Kolhapur
(Maharashtra)
Profession
Lawyer, Agriculturist, Political and Social Worker
Permanent Address
6/1, Yashwant Cooperative Housing Society,
Kumathanaka, Solapur-413001
Tel. (0217) 601025
Present Address
112, V.P. House, New Delhi-110001
Tel. (011) 3717626
Positions Held
1977 Elected to 6th Lok Sabha
1977-78 and Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled
1980-81 Castes and Scheduled Tribes
1978-84 Vice-President, District Congress Committee
(D.C.C.), Solapur
1980 Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1981-83 Member, Executive Committee, Pradesh Congress
Committee (Indira) [P.C.C.(I)], Maharashtra
General Secretary, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee
(M.P.C.C.), Maharashtra
1984 Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled
Castes and Scheduled Tribes
1989 Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (4th term)
1990-91 Member, Committee on Official Language
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
Home Affairs
1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (5th term)
1991-92 Member, Committee on Public Accounts
Member, Committee on Offices of Profit
Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled
Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Member, Committee on Labour
Member, Rajbhasha Samiti
Member, Consultative Committees, Ministries of Home
Affairs; Agriculture; Defence; and Non-Conventional
Energy Sources
1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (6th term)
1996-97 Member, Committee on Energy
1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (7th term)
1998-99 Member, Committee on Finance
Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and
Scheduled Tribes
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
Industry
Special Interests
Reading religious and spiritual books
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Watching television and listening to radio
Other Information
For the welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes organising
people in cooperative movement such as Cooperative Spinning Mills,
Cooperative Sugar Factories, Cooperative Urban Banks, Cooperative
Weaving Societies, Cooperative Housing Societies, etc.; and Founder
Chairman, (i) Madeshwari Urban Development Cooperative Bank, Madha;
and (ii) Shri Jagdamba Anusuchit Jati Cooperative Spinning Mill, Madha,
Distt. Solapur
Election Result of
Pandharpur-SC Lok Sabha Constituency
Total electorate 10,93,414
Total votes polled 5,87,626
Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates
(1) Shri Sandipan Thorat (I.N.C.) 3,13,676
(2) Prof. Chagdeo Sukhdeo Kamble (B.J.P.) 2,16,244
(3) Shri Lalit Parsu Babar (J.D.) 35,253
(4) Shri Shamrao Piraji Kadam (A.B.H.M.) 2,984
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