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{{Infobox officeholder
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| constituency = [[Nandurbar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nandurbar]]
| office = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of 7th,8th,9th,10th 11th,12th,13th,14th and 15th Lok Sabha]]
| term = 1980–2014
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'''Manikrao Hodlya Gavit''' ({{lang-mr|माणिकराव होडल्या गावित}}) (born 29 October 1934) is an Indian politician from [[Nandurbar district]] of [[Maharashtra]], India. A member of the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC), he represented the [[Nandurbar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nandurbar]] from 1980 to 2014, winning the [[Elections in India|Indian general elections]] consecutive nine times, marking a record.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/young-india-votes/news/Lok-Sabha-veterans-with-a-difference/articleshow/636425.cms| title=Lok Sabha veterans with a difference | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=23 April 2004 | accessdate=12 December 2020}}</ref>

Gavit served as a member of the [[7th Lok Sabha|7th]], [[8th Lok Sabha|8th]], [[9th Lok Sabha|9th]], [[10th Lok Sabha|10th]], [[11th Lok Sabha|11th]], [[12th Lok Sabha|12th]], [[13th Lok Sabha|13th]] and [[14th Lok Sabha|14th]] [[Lok Sabha]]. In his 14th parliamentary term, he was [[Minister of State]] in the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] in the Manmohan Singh government until 6 April 2008, when he was asked to resign.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=1946|title = English Releases}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Eight-term MP Gavit threatens to leave Congress|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/mar/29/eight-term-mp-gavit-threatens-to-leave-congress-1957659.html|access-date=2021-03-30|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> He alleges that [[Indian National Congress]] President [[Sonia Gandhi]] told him that she was under pressure to remove him.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} He was elected for the consecutive ninth time from the [[Nandurbar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nandurbar]] constituency in the [[2009 Indian general election]].

Gavit had been appointed as a pro tem Speaker of 15th Lok Sabha by President [[Pratibha Patil]]. As pro tem speaker, he performed the Speaker's duties until the election of a new Speaker.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090601100839/http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/31/stories/2009053150270100.htm ] Gavit appointed as pro tem Speaker.</ref> He served as Minister of State for the Social Justice department.

==Positions held==
Following are some of the Political Affiliations and Representations of Manikrao Gavit.<ref>http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=133</ref>

* 1965-71 Member, Navapur Village Panchayat, District. Dhule, Maharashtra
* 1971-78 Chairman, Social Welfare Committee, Zila Parishad, Dhule, Maharashtra
* 1978-84 Vice-President, District Congress Committee (Indira) [D.C.C.(I)], District. Dhule, Maharashtra
* 1980-81 Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly; Chairman, Committee on Social Welfare
* [[1981 Nandurbar by-election|1981]] Elected to the 7th Lok Sabha
* 1984 Re-elected to the 8th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
* 1989 Re-elected to the 9th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
* 1990-91 Member, Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House
* 1990-96 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Chemicals
* 1991 Re-elected to the 10th Lok Sabha (4th term)
* 1991-93 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways (two terms)
* 1996 Re-elected to the 11th Lok Sabha (5th term)
* 1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (6th term)
* 1998-99 Member, Committee on Labour and Welfare
* Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
* 1999 Re-elected to the 13th Lok Sabha (7th term)
* 1999-2000 Member, Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House
* Member, Committee on Railways
* 1999-2001 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
* 2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
* 2004 Re-elected to the 14th Lok Sabha (8th term)
* 23 May 2004 Union Minister of State, Home Affairs
* 2009 Re-elected to the 15th Lok Sabha (9th term)
* 1 June 2009 Pro-tem Speaker
* 31 August 2009 Member, Committee on Rural Development
* 7 October 2009 Chairman, Committee on Ethics
* 22 July 2013 Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment.<ref>http://punarbhava.in/index.php/legal-instruments/schemes-and-initiatives/the-national-trust/uddyam-prabha/1394-shri-manikrao-h-gavit-takes-charge-as-minister-of-state-for-social-justice-a-empowerment.html</ref>
In the [[2014 Lok Sabha elections|2014 general elections]], Manikrao Gavit lost the Nandurbar seat to [[Heena Gavit]] by a margin of 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 | accessdate = 2014-05-16 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140517121627/http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS131.htm?ac=1 | archivedate = 17 May 2014 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040902104834/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=133 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]

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