Pratap Narayanrao Sonawane

{{Short description|Indian politician (1948)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}

{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Pratap Sonawane

| office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

| term_start = 2009

| term_end = 2014

| predecessor = Bapu Hari Chaure

| successor = Subhash Bhamre

| constituency = Dhule

| office1 = Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council

| term_start1 = January 1998

| term_end1 = 26 May 2009

| predecessor1 =

| successor1 =

| constituency1 = Nashik Graduates

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1948|12|22}}

| birth_place = Manur, Nashik district, Bombay Province, India

| death_date = 22 December 2023

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| spouse = {{marriage|Shobha|1974}}

| children = 1 son, 2 daughters

| father = Narayan Sonawane

| mother = Sudha Sonawane

| education = Bachelor of Engineering (Civil)

| source = http://164.100.47.194/LOKSABHA/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4369&lastls=15

}}

Pratap Narayanrao Sonawane (22 December 1948 - 22 December 2023) was an Indian politician who was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha. He represented the Dhule constituency of Maharashtra and was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party.

Sonawane was civil engineer by education and beginning on 31 August 2009 a member of the Committee on Urban Development from Lok Sabha.{{cite web| url = http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4369| title=Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Member's Profile|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|accessdate=2010-01-18}}

Sonawane was elected as member of Maharashtra Legislative Council from Nashik Division Graduates' constituency for the term 6 December 2004 to 5 December 2010, but had resigned on 26 May 2009 due to election as MP for the 15th Lok Sabha.{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/press/current/pn171109.pdf | title=Press note dated 17 November 2009, ECI, New Delhi|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=2010-01-18}}

Pratap Narayanrao Sonawane died on 22 December 2023, his 75th birthday.[https://saamtv.esakal.com/maharashtra/bjp-former-mp-pratap-sonwane-passed-away-at-75-in-dhule-ssd92 Pratap Sonwane Passed Away: भाजपच्या माजी खासदाराचं वाढदिवशीच निधन; कुटुंबियांवर शोककळा] {{in lang|mr}}