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Vijay Bhausaheb Thorat (Marathi pronunciation: Maharashtra state. He also served as the Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. Thorat is a senior member of the Congress Party. He was an MLA from Sangamner constituency.
Thorat is a key figure in the cooperative movement and is the founder of a milk co-operative and former president of the Sangamner District and State Cooperative Bank.
He is recognised for his work in Sangamner taluka and Akole taluka. He has founded cooperative educational institutions in Sangamner. He is currently (as of July 2024) President of Amrutvahini College of Engineering. Previously, he served as Minister of Agriculture and as Minister of Revenue, and Khar Lands in the Government of Maharashtra.
He was the Minister of State for agriculture in the first Vilasrao Deshmukh's government. Later in 2004 he was elevated to the rank of cabinet minister along with Anil Deshmukh of NCP. He was one of those few leaders in Maharashtra who served as ministers in the 15-year Congress-NCP alliance. He served as the minister of Agriculture, Water Conservation, Employment Guarantee Scheme and Additional charge of School Education in Prithviraj Chavan's cabinet. He is a well-known and a leading face in the cooperative movement of Maharashtra. His nephew Satyajeet Tambe Patil is also a politician in Ahmadnagar district and a two-time member of Ahmadnagar Municipality.
Thorat was made the MPCC chief in 2019 when Ashok Chavan resigned following the weak performance of the party in the Lok Sabha elections. Thorat had to battle with the large-scale defections from his party to the ruling alliance. Due to defections the Congress's tally in the assembly fell down decisively.
Under his leadership the party improved its tally from 31 legislators in the assembly to 44 legislators. After the 2019 political turmoil in Maharashtra with the formation of a post-poll alliance called Maha Vikas Aghadi by the Congress, NCP and Shiv Sena, Thorat was sworn in as a minister in the Uddhav Thackeray administration.
Thorat resigned as the leader of the Congress in Legislature in 2023.
He suffered his first electoral defeat in 2024 as he lost from his seat.
| 1. | 1985 | Sangamner | Shakuntala Khanderao Horat (INC) | 40218-30059 | 10159 | |
| 2. | 1990 | Vasantrao Sakharam Gunjal (BJP) | 57465-52603 | 4862 | ||
| 3. | 1995 | Bapusaheb Namdeo Gulave (Independent) | 73611-58957 | 14654 | ||
| 4. | 1999 | Bapusaheb Namdeo Gulave (Shiv Sena) | 61975-40524 | 21451 | ||
| 5. | 2004 | Sambhajirao Ramchandra Thorat (Shiv Sena) | 120058-44301 | 75757 | ||
| 6. | 2009 | Babasaheb Dhondiba Kute (Shiv Sena) | 96686-41310 | 55376 | ||
| 7. | 2014 | Janardan Mhatarba Aher (Shiv Sena) | 103564-44759 | 58805 | ||
| 8. | 2019 | Sahebrao Ramchandra Navale (Shiv Sena) | 125380-63128 | 62252 | ||
| 9. | 2024 | Amol Khatal (Shiv Sena) | 101826-112386 | - 10560 |
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