Rais Shaikh
Rais Kasam Shaikh (born 1 June 1974) is an Indian politician from Mumbai, India. He is a 2 term member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly representing the constituency of Bhiwandi East. He has been the Municipal Councilor and also the Group Leader of the Samajwadi Party. He contested and won the BMC elections from Govandi in 2012 and Nagpada in 2017. Shaikh was also amongst the top 10 corporators in Mumbai as per a survey by Mumbai Mirror.
In 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election Rais Shaikh won the Bhiwandi East seat by 45,133 votes. He defeated Rupesh Laxman Mhatre of Shiv Sena and Santosh Shetty of Congress.
In the 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, Rais Shaikh was re-elected from the Bhiwandi East constituency, securing 119,687 votes (62.44%) and defeating Shiv Sena candidate Santosh Shetty by a margin of 52,015 votes. This marked his second consecutive term as MLA from the constituency.
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