Sumit Godara (born 11 December 1973) is an Indian politician who is a

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in Food & Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs Department in

government of Rajasthan The Government of Rajasthan is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Rajasthan and its 33 districts. It consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Rajasthan, a judiciary and a legislative. Jaipur is the capital of Raja ...

. He was elected in the

15th 15 (fifteen) is the natural number following 14 (number), 14 and preceding 16 (number), 16. Mathematics 15 is: * A composite number, and the sixth semiprime; its proper divisors being , and . * A deficient number, a smooth number, a lucky ...

16th 16 (sixteen) is the natural number following 15 and preceding 17. 16 is a composite number, and a square number, being 42 = 4 × 4. It is the smallest number with exactly five divisors, its proper divisors being , , and . In English speech, ...

Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from

Lunkaransar Lunkaransar is a town, near city of Bikaner in the Bikaner district of Indian state of Rajasthan. Lunkaransar lake in Rajasthan is a playa lake formed due to deflation. Lunkaransar is most popular for Peanuts in Rajasthan. Lunkaransar is a Sub ...

constituency. He 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 Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

Political career

In the

2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election The Indian National Congress became the single largest party with 100 seats, short of majority by 1 seat. The Bharatiya Janata Party won 73 seats, much lower compared to the previous election in which it won an absolute majority of 163 seats. The ...

, he was elected as a member of the 15th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from the Lunkaransar constituency. In the

2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Rajasthan on 25 November 2023 to elect 199 of the 200 members of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. The results were declared on 3 December 2023. The election for the Karanpur seat was adjourned follow ...

, he was re-elected from the Lunkaransar Assembly constituency. He defeated the

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candidate, Rajendra Moond, with 60452 votes.

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Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Rajasthan Rajasthan MLAs 2018–2023 1973 births Rajasthan MLAs 2023–2028 State cabinet ministers of Rajasthan {{Rajasthan-BJP-politician-stub