MLA Sandeep Naik (born August 4, 1978), Sandeep Naik son of Nationalist Congress party heavyweight and state Excise Minister and Non-conventional Energy Minister Shri Ganesh Naik and younger brother of Thane NCP and NCP Chief Whip MP Sanjeev Naik.

Vidhan Sabha election 2014

Congress, NCP, BJP, Shiv Sena – all four parties contested these elections by their own. Naik and Vijay Chougule ran from their respective parties again. Naik’s cousin Vaibhav ran on a BJP ticket. He had joined the Sena in the build-up to the Lok Sabha elections a few months ago, but he switched to the BJP, because he was denied a ticket by the Sena.