Jitubhai Chaudhary
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Jitubhai Harjibhai Chaudhary (born 1964){{Cite web |title=Jitubhai Harjibhai Chaudhari(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- KAPRADA (ST)(VALSAD) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: |url=https://www.myneta.info/Gujarat2022/candidate.php?candidate_id=4941 |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=www.myneta.info}} is an Indian politician from Gujarat. He is a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Kaparada Assembly constituency, which is reserved for Scheduled Tribe community, in Valsad district. He won the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election representing Bharatiya Janata Party.{{Cite news |date=2022-12-09 |title=Gujarat Election Results 2022: Full list of winners & constituencies |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/gujarat-election-results-2022-full-list-of-winners-constituencies/articleshow/96105904.cms |access-date=2025-01-02 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}
Early life and education
Career
Chaudhary first became an MLA winning from Mota Pondha constituency representing the Indian National Congress in the 2007 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. After the delimitation, it became Kaprada Assembly constituency and he retained the seat for Congress in the 2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election.{{Cite web |title=Kaprada Election Result 2022 LIVE Updates: Jitubhai Harjibhai Chaudhari of BJP Wins |url=https://www.news18.com/news/elections/kaprada-election-result-2022-live-updates-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-6561529.html |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=News18 |language=en}} He won for a third time winning the 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election.{{Cite web |title=Kaprada Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency |url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/kaprada-gujarat-assembly-constituency |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=resultuniversity.com}} Later, he resigned for Congress and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and won the by-election in 2020 defeating Babubhai Jivlabhai Patel of Congress by a margin of 47, 066 votes.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-07 |title=Kaprada Election Result 2022 LIVE: Jitubhai Harjibhai wins again by margin of over 32,900 votes - CNBC TV18 |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/politics/kaprada-election-result-2022-live-how-to-check-election-winners-losers-vote-margin-news-updates-15348611.htm |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=CNBCTV18 |language=en}} He won the election for a fifth time and got his fourth term in the assembly as he retained the seat in the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. In 2022, he polled 90,399 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Vasant Patel of the Indian National Congress, by a margin of 32,968 votes.https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenDec2022/ConstituencywiseS06181.htm?ac=181{{Cite web |title=Kaprada Assembly Seat, Gujarat Election 2022 – Get Kaprada constituency news updates and complete details {{!}} Hindustan Times |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/elections/gujarat-assembly-election/kaprada-181 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203045610/https://www.hindustantimes.com/elections/gujarat-assembly-election/kaprada-181 |archive-date=2023-02-03 |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en-us}}
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Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat
Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Gujarat
Category:Gujarat MLAs 2007–2012
Category:Gujarat MLAs 2012–2017
Category:Gujarat MLAs 2017–2022