Nilkant Halarnkar is an Indian politician who was elected to the Goa Legislative Assembly from Tivim in the 2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Nationalist Congress Party , 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Indian National Congress and 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was one of the ten members of Indian National Congress who joined Bharatiya Janata Party in July 2019.