Dhananjay Bhimrao Mahadik is an Indian politician from Kolhapur district in Maharashtra state.

[1] He is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

In 2004, Mahadik contested Lok Sabha election as a candidate of Shiv Sena from Kolhapur against NCP's Sadashivrao Mandlik but lost.

He parted ways with Shiv Sena and joined Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

[2] On 10 January 2017, Mahadik, along with NCP MLA Hasan Mushrif, former NCP MP Nivedita Sambhajirao Mane, Kolhapur mayor Hasina Faras, and 400 others were arrested for blocking traffic on the Pune-Bengaluru National Highway as part of a protest against the effects of demonetization.