He was a one term Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the Magathane (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and former leader of Opposition in Maharashtra legislative council.

Pravin Darekar lost the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections 2014.

Pravin Darekar was one of the driving forces along with Raj Thackeray to form the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena.

[1][2] After his loss in the 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election he left the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena[3] to join the Bharatiya Janata Party.

[4][5][6] He was booked in the rupees 123 crore Mumbai District Cooperative Bank scam.