Prataprao Govindrao Chikhalikar

Prataprao Govindrao Chikhalikar (Marathi: प्रतापराव गोविंदराव चिखलीकर) is an Indian politician and Shiv Sena leader from Nanded district. He is a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Loha Assembly Constituency.

Chikhalikar has been described as close to Shankarrao Chavan, but later has become an opponent of his son Ashok Chavan becoming a close junior associate of former Maharashtra Chief Minister the late Vilasrao Deshmukh. He won assembly elections in 2004. In 2007, Chikhalikar, set up “Pratap Patil Chikhalikar Mitra Mandal” a political outfit in Nanded during municipality elections there, contesting elections against the Indian National Congress. In 2012 Chikhalikar joined the Nationalist Congress Party, in August 2014, Chikhalikar joined the Shiv Sena.

• 2004: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• 2014: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• 2015: Elected as Director of Nanded District Central Co-operative Bank

• "जिल्हा बँक निवडणूक: प्रत्येक जिल्हा, प्रत्येक निकाल".