[1] Previously he was with the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi, he started his political career with the Rashtriya Samaj Paksha.

[4] Gopichand Padalkar belongs to Tribal Dhangar community from Maharashtra,[2] He is a Higher Secondary School graduate.

[5] He started his political career with the Rashtriya Samaj Paksha of Mahadev Jankar.

[2] In 2014 he joined Bhartiya Janata Party and contested 2014 assembly election from Atpadi-Khanapur constituency, subsequently he left the party and he joined Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi contesting Sangali Lok Sabha seat in the summer of 2019.

As a losing candidate he gave a tough fight securing over three lakh votes,[2] after his loss he rejoined BJP in October 2019 and contested Vidhan Sabha elections from Baramati against Ajit Pawar.