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{{Short description|Indian real estate developer and politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date= October 2019}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Parag Kishorchandra Shah
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|office = [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|08|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Mumbai, Maharashtra
| nationality = {{flag|India|name=Indian}}
| parliament = Indian
| term_start = November 2019
| term_end = Incumbent
| predecessor = [[Prakash Mehta]]
| successor =
|constituency=[[Ghatkopar East (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ghatkopar East]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| website = {{URL|http://paragkshah.com}}
| date =
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}}
'''Parag Kishorchandra Shah''' is an Indian real estate developer and politician belonging to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/elections/news/bjps-parag-shah-the-richest-candidate-in-maharashtra-election-result/articleshow/71738932.cms|title=BJP's Parag Shah, the richest candidate in Maharashtra, wins with more than half the vote share in Ghatkopar East|date=October 24, 2019|work=[[Business Insider India]]}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> In 2019, he was elected as Member of [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]] representing [[Ghatkopar East (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ghatkopar East]] constituency.

== Political career ==
In 2017, Shah contested [[2017 Brihanmumbai Mahanagar Palika election|Brihanmumbai Mahanagar Palika (BMC) election]] from ward 132 and won from there later.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/richest-candidate-in-mumbai-bharatiya-janata-party-s-parag-shah-declares-assets-of-690-crore/story-emD16fv24iXAfo0CYca35L.html|title=Richest candidate Parag Shah from BJP wins BMC elections|date=2017-02-08|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref> He declared movable assets worth {{INRConvert|670|c}} and immovable assets worth {{INRConvert|20|c}} on his and his wife's name.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jain|first=Bhavika|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bmc-polls-bjps-parag-shah-is-richest-candidate-worth-rs-690-crore/articleshow/57055753.cms?from=mdr|title=BMC polls: BJP's Parag Shah is richest candidate, worth Rs 690 crore|date=2017-02-09|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref> He was the richest contesting candidate in the election.<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Press Trust of India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/meet-parag-shah-richest-bmc-candidate-with-rs-690cr-assets-117020900730_1.html|title=Meet Parag Shah: Richest BMC candidate with Rs 690cr assets|date=2017-02-09|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref>

Shah contested in [[2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election]] from [[Ghatkopar East (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ghatkopar East]] constituency.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/with-rs-500-crore-bjps-parag-shah-is-maharashtras-richest-contestant/articleshow/71450164.cms|title=With Rs 500 crore, BJP's Parag Shah is Maharashtra's richest contestant|date=October 5, 2019|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref> At this time, he declared his property worth {{INRConvert|500.62|c}} and he was richest candidate in the election.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/maha-polls-at-500-62-crore-parag-shah-is-mumbai-s-richest-candidate/story-jF14KDEI2TXst9us544TwJ.html|title=At Rs 500.62 crore, BJP's Parag Shah is Mumbai's richest candidate|date=2019-10-05|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref> He won the election with margin of 53319 votes.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Deshpande|first=Alok|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/richest-candidate-wins-by-over-50000-votes/article29791362.ece|title=Richest candidate wins by over 50,000 votes|date=2019-10-25|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-03-24|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1969 births]]
[[Category:Politicians from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Maharashtra MLAs 2019–2024]]
[[Category:Gujaratis from Mumbai]]

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