[2] He is an MLA from Rajapur Assembly constituency in Ratnagiri District.
He won the 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election representing Shiv Sena.
He is the brother of state minister Uday Samant.
[5] He studied engineering diploma in civil and passed the technical examinations in 1992, conducted by the Board of Technical Examination, Bangalore.
He polled 80,256 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Rajan Prabhakar Salvi of Shiva Sena (UBT), by a margin of 19,677 votes.