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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Heena Gavit
| native_name = हीना गावित
| native_name_lang = Marathi
| honorific-suffix =
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| order =
| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| term_start = May 2014
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| constituency = [[Nandurbar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nandurbar]]
| majority =
| succeeding = 
| predecessor = [[Manikrao Hodlya Gavit]]
| successor =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|06|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Nandurbar]]
| nationality = {{flag|India|name=Indian}}
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| children =
| parents =
| residence = Plot No.6, Viral Vihar Colony, Khodai Mata Road, Nandurbar Maharashtra Pin-425412
| education =
| alma_mater =M.B.B.S M.D. General Medicine L.L.B
| profession = Doctor, Politician
| cabinet =
| relations = [[Vijaykumar Krishnarao Gavit]] (father)
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| footnotes =
| date = 28 February
| year = 2015
}}
'''Dr. 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 (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nandurbar constituency]].She is a National Spokesperson of the BJP.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/bjp-s-new-team-mukul-roy-tejasvi-surya-promoted-ram-madhav-gets-replaced-11601118571938.html | title=BJP's new team: Mukul Roy, Tejasvi Surya promoted; Ram Madhav gets replaced | publisher=Livemint | date=26 September 2020 | accessdate=8 July 2021}}</ref>

==Professional career==
Dr. Heena Gavit is the daughter of Dr [[Vijaykumar Gavit]], a [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] & Ex-[[Nationalist Congress Party]] (NCP) [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from the [[Nandurbar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nandurbar Assembly constituency]]. She is a doctor by profession.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/BJP-fields-NCP-leaders-daughter-Heena-Gavit-in-Congress-bastion/articleshow/32386912.cms | title = BJP fields NCP leader's daughter Heena Gavit in Congress bastion | newspaper = The Times of India | date = 2014-03-21 }}</ref>

==Political career==
In the [[2014 Lok Sabha elections]], she defeated [[Manikrao Hodlya Gavit]], a nine-time [[Member of Parliament|MP]] from Nandurbar. Manikrao's [[Indian National Congress]] held the seat since 1981. Heena's victory of margin was 106905 votes.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS131.htm?ac=1 | title = Constituency-wise results for Lok Sabha Elections 2014 | publisher = Election Commission of India | access-date = 2014-05-16 | url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140517121627/http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS131.htm?ac=1 | archive-date = 17 May 2014 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>

Along with [[Raksha Khadse]], she became the youngest MP in the [[16th Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Youngest-winners-Heena-Gavit-and-Raksha-Khadse/articleshow/35220772.cms | title = Youngest winners: Heena Gavit and Raksha Khadse | newspaper = The Times of India | date = 2014-05-16 }}</ref>

==Controversy==
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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/maratha-protesters-attack-bjp-mp-heena-gavits-car-in-dhule-5293056|title=Maratha protesters attack BJP MP Heena Gavit's car in Dhule|author=Staff Reporter|date=6 August 2018|newspaper=The Indian Express|language=en-US|access-date=12 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/maratha-protesters-damage-bjp-mps-car-in-dhule/articleshow/65281175.cms|title=Maratha protesters damage BJP MP's car in Dhule|author=Staff Reporter|date=5 August 2018|newspaper=The Times of India|language=en-US|access-date=12 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/bandh-in-nandurbar-to-protest-attack-on-local-mp-s-car-118080600849_1.html|title=Bandha in Nandurbar to protest attack on local MP's car|author=Staff Reporter|date=6 August 2018|newspaper=The Business Standard|language=en-US|access-date=12 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/pune/crime/maratha-protesters-damage-bjp-mp-heena-gavits-car-in-dhule/articleshow/65281563.cms|title=Maratha protesters damage BJP MP Heena Gavit's car in Dhule|author=Staff Reporter|date=5 August 2018|newspaper=Pune Mirror|language=en-US|access-date=12 August 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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{{16th LS members from Maharashtra}}
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