Babubhai Kalabhai Vaja (born 2 March 1953) is an Indian politician, social worker, and

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representing the Mangrol assembly constituency in the

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. He is a member of the

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party. Vaja was first elected to the Assembly in a by-poll in 2014, and was re-elected in 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 ...

. He belongs to the

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Living people Gujarat MLAs 2012–2017 Indian National Congress politicians from Gujarat 1953 births Gujarat MLAs 2017–2022 People from Junagadh district Social workers from Gujarat 21st-century Indian politicians {{Gujarat-INC-politician-stub