Vijaybhai Patel
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Vijaybhai Rameshbhai Patel (born 1974){{Cite web |title=Vijaybhai Rameshbhai Patel(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- DANGS (ST)(DANGS) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: |url=https://www.myneta.info/Gujarat2022/candidate.php?candidate_id=5159 |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=www.myneta.info}} is an Indian politician from Gujarat. He is a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Dangs Assembly constituency, which is reserved for Scheduled Tribe community, in Dang district. He won the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election representing the Bharatiya Janata Party.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-07 |title=Dangs Election Result 2022 LIVE: BJP's Vijaybhai Rameshbhai Patel wins by 19,674 votes - CNBC TV18 |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/politics/dangs-election-result-2022-live-how-to-check-election-winners-losers-vote-margin-news-updates-15349741.htm |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=CNBCTV18 |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2022-12-08 |title=Gujarat assembly election results 2022: Full list of AAP winners |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/elections/gujarat-assembly-election/gujarat-assembly-election-results-2022-gujarat-polls-latest-news-gujarat-elections-results-full-list-of-aap-winners-aap-candidates-details-101670478194379.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240408045026/https://www.hindustantimes.com/elections/gujarat-assembly-election/gujarat-assembly-election-results-2022-gujarat-polls-latest-news-gujarat-elections-results-full-list-of-aap-winners-aap-candidates-details-101670478194379.html |archive-date=2024-04-08 |access-date=2025-01-21 |work=Hindustan Times |language=en-us}}{{Cite web |date=2022-12-09 |title=Gujarat Assembly Election Results 2022: Full list of winners |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/gujarat-assembly-elections-2022-winning-candidates-constituency-8312674/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}
Early life and education
Patel is from Dang district, Gujarat. He is the son of Rameshbhai Dangyabhai. He studied Class 10 at Shramjivi Secondary School, Valsad and passed the SSC examinations in 1989. He later did his Diploma in mechanical engineering in 1998 at Sarkari Polytechnic, Bhuj.
Career
Patel won from Dangs Assembly constituency representing the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. He polled 62,533 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Mukesh Patel of the Indian National Congress, by a margin of 19,674 votes.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Dangs Gujarat Election Result 2022 LIVE: BJP's Vijaybhai Patel wins against INC’s Mukeshbhai Patel |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/dang-gujarat-election-result-live-2022-bjp-congress-aap-vote-counting-updates-winner-loser-candidate-news-article-96070431 |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=Times Now |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Gujarat Election 2022: Winning candidates from BJP, Congress, AAP |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/gujarat-assembly-polls-2022/story/gujarat-election-results-2022-full-list-of-winning-candidates-parties-across-182-seats-2306611-2022-12-08 |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=India Today |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Election Commission of India |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenDec2022/ConstituencywiseS06173.htm?ac=173 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230131170102/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenDec2022/ConstituencywiseS06173.htm?ac=173 |archive-date=2023-01-31 |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=results.eci.gov.in}} He first became an MLA winning the 2007 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. Later, he lost the next two elections in 2012 and 2017 to Mangalbhai Gavit of the Indian National Congress.
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Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat
Category:Gujarat MLAs 2007–2012