Mansinh Chauhan
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Mansinh Chauhan (born 1950){{Cite web |title=Mansinh Kohyabhai Chauhan(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- BALASINOR(MAHISAGAR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: |url=https://www.myneta.info/Gujarat2022/candidate.php?candidate_id=6141 |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=www.myneta.info}} is an Indian politician from Gujarat. He is a six time member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Balasinor Assembly constituency in Mahisagar district. He won the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election representing the Bharatiya Janata Party.{{Cite web |last=Live |first=A. B. P. |date=2022-12-08 |title=Balasinor Election 2022 Final Results LIVE: BJP Candidate MANSINH KOHYABHAI CHAUHAN wins from Balasinor , Details Inside |url=https://news.abplive.com/elections/balasinor-election-result-2022-live-updates-constituency-vote-counting-result-winner-loser-tally-bjp-congress-aap-gujarat-assembly-election-result-news-1568263 |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=news.abplive.com |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2022-11-07 |title=Balasinor assembly constituency |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/balasinor-assembly-constituency/articleshow/95354039.cms |access-date=2025-01-26 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}{{Cite web |title=Gujarat election 2022: Balasinor Assembly seat results |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/elections/gujarat-assembly-election/balasinor-121 |access-date=26 January 2025 |website=Hindustan Times}}
Early life and education
Chauhan is from Balasinor, Mahisagar district, Gujarat. He is the son of Kohyabhai Chauhan. He completed his B.A. in 1973 and later did B.Ed. in 1975 at a college affiliated with Gujarat University.
Career
Chauhan won from Balasinor Assembly constituency representing the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. He polled 92,501 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Ajitsinh Chauhan of the Indian National Congress, by a margin of 51,422 votes.{{Cite web |title=Election Commission of India |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenDec2022/ConstituencywiseS06121.htm?ac=121 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230131165035/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenDec2022/ConstituencywiseS06121.htm?ac=121 |archive-date=2023-01-31 |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=results.eci.gov.in}} He first became an MLA winning the 1990 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election as a BJP candidate.{{Cite web |title=Balasinor Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency |url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/balasinor-gujarat-assembly-constituency |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=resultuniversity.com}} Later, he retained the Balasinor seat in the 1995 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election representing Rashtriya Janata Party and won for a third time in 1998 but on the Indian National Congress ticket. He regained the seat for the Congress winning the 2007 and 2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly elections. In 2012, he beat Pathak Rajeshbhai Gajanan of the BJP by a margin of 17,171 votes. Later, he returned to the BJP and lost the 2017 election to Ajitsinh Parvatsinh Chauhan of the Congress by a margin of 10,602 votes.{{Cite web |title=Balasinor Election Result 2022 LIVE Updates: Mansinh Kohyabhai Chauhan Of BJP Wins |url=https://www.news18.com/news/elections/balasinor-election-result-2022-live-updates-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-6563437.html |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=News18 |language=en}} He won for a sixth time in the 2022 Assembly election retaining the seat for the BJP.{{Cite web |title=Gujarat Election Result 2022: Constituency Wise Winning Candidates List |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/gujarat-election-results-2022-constituency-wise-winning-candidates-list |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=India Today |language=en}}
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Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Gujarat
Category:Rashtriya Janata Party politicians
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Category:Gujarat MLAs 1998–2002
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