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Shamji Chauhan
Shamji Chauhan (born 1960) is an Indian politician from Gujarat. He is a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Chotila Assembly constituency in Surendranagar district. He won the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election representing the Bharatiya Janata Party. Early life and education Chauhan is from Rajkot, Gujarat. Hes is the son of Chauhan Bhimajibhai. He passed Class 11 in 1981 at Shree Vallabhbhai Patel Vidyalaya, Sant Kabir Road, Beri Para, Rajkot. Career Chauhan won from Chotila Assembly constituency representing the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. He polled 71,039 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Raju Karpada of the Aam Aadmi Party, by a margin of 25,642 votes. He first became an MLA winning the 2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. In 2012, he polled 72,11 votes and defeated Devjibhai Govindbhai Fatepara Devjibhai Govindbhai Fatepara (born 20 November 1959, Kankot) is a member of the 16th Lok Sabha ...
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Gujarat
Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the List of states and union territories of India by area, fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the List of states and union territories of India by population, ninth-most populous state, with a population of 60.4 million in 2011. It is bordered by Rajasthan to the northeast, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu to the south, Maharashtra to the southeast, Madhya Pradesh to the east, and the Arabian Sea and the Pakistani province of Sindh to the west. Gujarat's capital city is Gandhinagar, while its largest city is Ahmedabad. The Gujarati people, Gujaratis are indigenous to the state and their language, Gujarati language, Gujarati, is the state's official language. The state List of Indus Valley civilisation sites#List of Indus Valley sites discovered, ...
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Gujarat Legislative Assembly
The Gujarat Legislative Assembly or Gujarat Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Gujarat, in the state capital Gandhinagar. Presently, 182 members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected from single-member constituencies (seats). It has a term of 5 years unless it is dissolved sooner. 13 constituencies are reserved for scheduled castes and 27 constituencies for scheduled tribes. From its majority party group or by way of a grand coalition cabinet of its prominent members, the state's Executive namely the Government of Gujarat is formed. Since 1995, the Gujarat Legislative Assembly has been controlled by the Bharatiya Janata Party with an absolute majority in the House. History Bhavsinhji Gohil, ruler of Bhavnagar State, established ''The Peoples' Representative Assembly'' consisting of 38 members appointed by him. His succeeding son, Krishnakumar Sinhji, formed the Bhavnagar legislative assembly in 1941 having 55 members, consisting of 3 ...
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Surendranagar District
Surendranagar is an administrative district in Saurashtra region of Gujarat state in India. It has a population of approximately 1.7 million people. Surendranagar, along with the twin city of Wadhwan, has a total of 400,000 inhabitants, and is known as "Camp". Etymology Surendranagar district takes its name from its headquarters Surendranagar. Originally it was the place where the British political agent for Wadhwan lived and became known as Wadhwan Camp. After the agent left in 1946, Wadhwan Camp was renamed after Surendrasinhji Jorawarsinhji (1922–1983), then-ruler of Wadhwan, and became known as Surendranagar. Even today the city is still called the 'Camp' locally from its old name. The district overall, when the various princely states had been merged, was known as 'Jhalavad', the land of the Jhala Rajputs, who held many of the states. Their name derives from an apocryphal incident in the palace of Harpaldev, their ancestor. A wild elephant had burst into a courty ...
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2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Elections in Gujarat, Gujarat from 2022 elections in India, 1 to 5 December 2022 in two phases, to elect List of constituencies of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly, 182 members of 15th Gujarat Assembly, 15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 8 December 2022. The Bharatiya Janata Party won a landslide victory of 156 seats, the most ever won by any party in Gujarat's history. The Indian National Congress fell to its lowest count in the state for 3 decades, and the Aam Aadmi Party gained five seats. Background The tenure of 14th Gujarat Assembly, 14th Gujarat Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 18 February 2022. The 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election, previous assembly elections were held in December 2017. After the election, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) formed the Government of Gujarat, state government, with Vijay Rupani becoming List of chief ministers of Gujarat, Ch ...
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Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's Bharatiya Jana Sangh. Since 2014, it has been the List of ruling political parties by country, ruling political party in India under the incumbent Prime Minister of India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP is aligned with right-wing politics and has close ideological and organisational links to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Far-right politics, far-right Paramilitary organization, paramilitary organisation. Its policies adhere to Hindutva, a Hindu nationalism, Hindu nationalist ideology. it is the country's biggest political party in terms of representation in the Parliament of India as well as State legislature (India), state legislatures. The party's origins lie in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, which was founded in 1951 by In ...
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Rajkot
Rajkot () is the fourth-largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the List of states and union territories ... after Ahmedabad, Surat, and Vadodara, and is in the centre of the Saurashtra (region), Saurashtra region of Gujarat. Rajkot is the 35th-largest metropolitan area in India, with a population of more than 2 million as of 2021. Rajkot is the 6th cleanest city of India, and it is the 22nd fastest-growing city in the world as of March 2021.10L Population cities) in India according to 'Swachh Vayu Survekshan 2024 Results' Demographics As of the 2011 Census of India, Rajkot recorded a total population of 1,390,640. Rajkot city has an average literacy rate of 82.20%, higher than the national average. The population is 52.43% male and 47.47% female. Most of the po ...
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Chotila Assembly Constituency
Chotila is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India. It is a part of Surendranagar district. List of segments This assembly seat represents the following segments # Chotila Taluka # Muli Taluka Members of Legislative Assembly Election results 2022 2017 2012 See also * List of constituencies of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly * Surendranagar district Surendranagar is an administrative district in Saurashtra region of Gujarat state in India. It has a population of approximately 1.7 million people. Surendranagar, along with the twin city of Wadhwan, has a total of 400,000 inhabitants, an ... References External links * {{coord, 22.43, 71.2, display=title Assembly constituencies of Gujarat Surendranagar district Politics of Gujarat Constituencies established in 1972 1972 establishments in Gujarat ...
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Aam Aadmi Party
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP, ) is a List of political parties in India, political party in India. It was founded on 26 November 2012 by Arvind Kejriwal and his then-companions, following the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement against then government of Indian National Congress. The AAP is currently the Ruling party, governing party in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab. On 10 April 2023, the AAP was officially granted the status of List of political parties in India#National parties, national party by the Election Commission of India, ECI. The party's election symbol is a broom. The party was formerly part of the coalition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, INDIA, but left it in 2025. The party came into existence following a difference of opinion between Kejriwal and activist Anna Hazare regarding the incorporation of electoral politics into the popular 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, which had been demanding a ...
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2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sports, where it commonly denotes the first, leading, or top thing in a group. 1 is the unit of counting or measurement, a determiner for singular nouns, and a gender-neutral pronoun. Historically, the representation of 1 evolved from ancient Sumerian and Babylonian symbols to the modern Arabic numeral. In mathematics, 1 is the multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number. In digital technology, 1 represents the "on" state in binary code, the foundation of computing. Philosophically, 1 symbolizes the ultimate reality or source of existence in various traditions. In mathematics The number 1 is the first natural number after 0. Each natural numbe ...
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Devjibhai Govindbhai Fatepara
Devjibhai Govindbhai Fatepara (born 20 November 1959, Kankot) is a member of the 16th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Surendranagar constituency of Gujarat and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ... political party. He was the Member for the Halvad constituency of the Gurarat Legislative Assembly from 2007 to 2012. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Fatepara, Devjibhai Govindbhai Living people 1958 births People from Surendranagar district Lok Sabha members from Gujarat India MPs 2014–2019 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat ...
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1960 Births
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