Babubhai Bokhiria (born 12 March 1953) is an Indian politician and member of BJP. He was twice elected as an MLA in the
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 ...
in 2012 and 2017.
Education
Babubhai Bokhiria holds a B.Sc. in chemistry from Saurashtra University, which he graduated from in 1974.
MLA
He was twice elected as an MLA in the
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 ...
in 2012 and 2017 from
Porbandar Assembly constituency.
He was a member of the Council of Ministers of Gujarat in 13th
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 ...
of 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 ...
. Between 7 August 2016 and 26 December 2017 he held the post of cabinet minister of Water Resources (except Kalpsar project), Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Cow protection in the 13th Gujarat Legislative Assembly.
He contested
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 Assembl ...
from Porbandar as a BJP candidate but was defeated by his nearest rival and INC candidate
Arjun Modhwadia.
Family
Babubhai Bokhiria has two sons.
References
Living people
State cabinet ministers of Gujarat
Place of birth missing (living people)
Gujarat MLAs 2012–2017
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat
1953 births
Gujarat MLAs 2017–2022
{{Gujarat-BJP-politician-stub