Ravi S Naik was born on 18 September 1946 and is an Indian politician who is a former Chief Minister of Goa and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
12 Facts About Ravi Naik
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Ravi Naik started his political career as a member of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party.
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Ravi Naik was born on 18 September 1946 in Ponda, Goa.
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Ravi Naik has been the lone legislator in Goa who was a national volleyball player.
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Ravi Naik has been chief minister for just a six-day stint in 1994.
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Ravi Naik plays badminton, and according to the Times of India he "began his career by owning a bar and restaurant in Ponda".
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Ravi Naik has been a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly since 1984, but not continuously.
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Ravi Naik lost the 2012 elections to Lavoo Mamledar of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party.
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Ravi Naik received 9972 votes, and won by a margin of 1656 votes.
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Ravi Naik won the 2002 Assembly elections, and the 1989 elections.
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Ravi Naik was elected again to the Goa Assembly in the state election of 2017, this time with a margin of 3000 votes.
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Ravi Naik is a member of five member Congress Legislative Party of Goa and remained with the party during the two-thirds split in the CLP in 2019 where 10 MLAs defected to the ruling BJP.