Chaitanya Desai (born 1973) is an Indian politician from

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. He is a member of 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 ...

from Akota Assembly constituency in

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. He won the

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representing the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Early life and education

Desai is from

Akota Akota is one of the 182 assembly constituencies of Gujarat. It is located in Vadodara district. This seat came into existence after 2008 delimitation. List of segments This assembly seat represents the following segments, # Vadodara Taluka (P ...

, Vadodara district, Gujarat. He is the son of Makarandbhai Desai. He studied Class 11 at Vidyakunj High School, Vadodara and passed the examinations in the science stream in 1992. Later, he discontinued the studies. He is a businessman and his wife is also into business.

Career

Desai won from Akota Assembly constituency representing

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in the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. He polled 113,359 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Rutvij Patel of the

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, by a margin of 77,753 votes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Desai, Chaitanya 1973 births Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat Gujarat MLAs 2022–2027 People from Vadodara district