| Political Journey | - In 1967 for the first time, Pawar was elected to State Assembly of Maharashtra representing as a member of Congress Party.
- In 1978 he formed a coalition government with Janata Party, breaking away from the Congress Party.
- Pawar took over the presidency of the Indian National Congress (Socialist) in 1983.
- In 1984, he was elected to Lok Sabha for the first time from Baramati Constituency.
- In 1985, he became the leader of opposition in the state assembly of Maharashtra when Congress Socialist won 54 seats out of 288 seats.
- In 1987 Pawar returned to Congress to stop Shiv Sena. In June 1988, Pawar was chosen as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra by then Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi.
- In 1989 State Assembly Election Congress received 141 seats out of 288, fell short of an absolute majority in the state assembly. With the support of 12 independent or unaffiliated members of the legislative assembly (MLAs), Pawar was sworn in as Chief Minister of Maharashtra second time.
- Pawar became the Defence Minister in 1991 in the government of Narasimha Rao.
- On 6 March 1993, Pawar was sworn in as chief minister of Maharashtra for the fourth time.
- In 1999, Pawar along with P.A. Sangma laid the foundation of the Nationalist Congress Party.
- Pawar joined the UPA after 2004 and managed the portfolio of the Ministry of Agriculture. He retained this portfolio when the UPA coalition government was reelected in 2009.
- In the 2014 Maharashtra Assembly Elections, his party (NCP) lost the power in Maharashtra. In the same year, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Maharshtra.
- On 2 May 2023, he announced that he was stepping down from the post of NCP President.
- In March 2026, Pawar was elected to the Rajya Sabha for his third term, representing the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance with support from Congress and other opposition parties.
- In 2023, after a split in the NCP, he began leading the Sharadchandra Pawar faction of the party.
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