Malti Maheshwari (born 1988) is a politician from

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, India. She was a member of 14th and 15th

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representing the

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from Gandhidham constituency which is reserved for Scheduled Caste community in Kutch district.

Early life and education

Maheshwari is from

Gandhidham Gandhidham, initially known as Sardarganj, located in the eastern part of Kutch district, in the state of Gujarat. It is the largest and most populous city in (Kachchh) Kutch District, Gujarat, India. It was created in the early 1950s for the res ...

Kutch district Kutch district (), officially spelled Kachchh is a district of Gujarat state in western India, with its headquarters (capital) at Bhuj. Covering an area of 45,674 km2, it is the largest district of India. The area of Kutch is larger than ...

, Gujarat. She married Kishor Maheshwari, an employee of Deendayal Port Authority. She completed her post graduate diploma in HRM at KSKV, Bhuj in 2010. Earlier, she did her BCom also at KSKV, Bhuj in 2009. She is into logistics business.

Career

Maheshwari won from

Gandhidham Assembly constituency Gandhidham is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India. It is part of Kachchh district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and was created after the 2008 delimitation, and is num ...

representing the Bharatiya Janata Party in the

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. She polled 83,760 votes and defeated her nearest rival, B. T. Maheshwari of the

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, by a margin of 37,831 votes. She became an MLA for the first time winning the

2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election The 14th Gujarat Legislative Assembly election, 2017 was held on 9 December 2017 and 14 December 2017 in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Gujarat to elect the Member of Legislative Assembly (India), Members of Legislat ...

where she polled 80,121 votes and defeated her nearest rival, Kishor Gangjibhai Pingol of the

, by a margin of 37,281 votes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maheshwari, Malti 1988 births Living people People from Kutch district Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat Women members of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly Gujarat MLAs 2017–2022 Gujarat MLAs 2022–2027 21st-century Indian women politicians Year of birth missing (living people)