C.R. Patil is a member of the 17th Lok Sabha of India, elected from Navsari in Gujarat. In 2019, he won election with a record margin of 689,668 votes. In 2014, won election with a record margin of 5,58,116 votes- the 3rd highest of votes across entire India.

He is India's first Member of Parliament to obtain an ISO certification 9001: 2015 for office. The ISO certificate was issued for his office for quality management system applicable for monitoring and administration of the government services for the constituency.

He has played a pivotal role in the development of Surat. Be it policy making for Textiles and Diamond industries or Infrastructure development in Surat or development of Surat airport into a fully functioning one with multiple flights giving air connectivity to Surat with the rest of India and also initiation of International flights from Surat.