He has the distinction of wresting the Kalamnuri Assembly seat in Marathwada region from the Shiv Sena after 20 years in the 2009 elections.
Some issues by Mr. Satav include the demand for allowing admission to girl cadets in NDA, Farmers issue in Maharashtra, Need for a law to protect journalists, CAG report on Lack of Ammunition, anomalies in EPFO data, Demand for financial assistance to farmers affected due to drought, Need to review the increase in amount towards school development fund charged from students of Navodaya Vidyalayas & Demand of Loan Waiver for farmers in Maharashtra.
His demand in the Lok Sabha resulted in an increase in the number of examination centers in Maharashtra for NEET Exams.
[12][10] Rajeev Satav is a four-time consecutive winner of the Sansad Ratna Award, an honour given to the top-performing Indian MPs.
He has the second highest overall tally of initiated Debates, Private Members Bills and Questions among the First time MPs in the Lok Sabha.
[13] Rajeev Satav was also conferred the "Bharat Asmita Jana Pratinidhi Shreshtha-2018 - Best Young Exponent of Parliamentary Practices" by MIT School of governance, Pune.
[17][18] He died in Pune, Maharashtra, India after spending 23 days in hospital due to post-COVID-19 complications with a cytomegalovirus infection.