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Bhavnagar (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Bhavnagar Lok Sabha constituency ( gu, ભાવનગર લોકસભા મતવિસ્તાર) is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Gujarat state in India. Assembly segments Presently, Bhavnagar Lok Sabha constituency comprises seven Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are: Members of Parliament ^ by poll Election Results General Election 2019 General Election 2014 General Elections 2009 General Elections 2004 See also * Bhavnagar * Bhavnagar district Bhavnagar District is a Districts of India, district of southeastern Gujarat, India, on the Saurashtra (region), Saurashtra peninsula. It is also known as Gohilwar as a major portion of Bhavnagar district was ruled by Gahlot, Gohil Rajputs. The a ... * List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha Notes {{coord, 21.8, 72.2, display=title Lok Sabha constituencies in Gujarat Bhavnagar district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, the incumbent Indian prime minister. The BJP is aligned with right-wing politics, and its policies have historically reflected a traditional Hindu nationalist ideology; it has close ideological and organisational links to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). , it is the country's largest political party in terms of representation in the Parliament of India as well as state legislatures. The party's origins lie in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, which was founded in 1951 by Indian politician Shyama Prasad Mukherjee. After The Emergency of 1975–1977, the Jana Sangh merged with several other political parties to form the Janata Party; it defeated the then-incumbent Indian National Congress in the 1977 general election. After three years in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gautambhai Chauhan
Gautambhaiji Gopabhaiji Chauhan is an Indian politician, social worker and incumbent member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. In 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly election was held in Gujarat from 1 to 5 December 2022 in two phases, to elect 182 members of 15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 8 December 2022. The Bharatiya Jana ..., Chauhan defeated Kanubhai Baraiya of Indian National Congress and won the Talaja Assembly constituency seat. References Living people 1974 births People from Bhavnagar district Gujarat MLAs 2022–2027 21st-century Indian politicians Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat {{Gujarat-BJP-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Praja Socialist Party
The Praja Socialist Party, abbreviated as PSP, was an Indian political party. It was founded when the Socialist Party, led by Jayaprakash Narayan, Rambriksh Benipuri, Acharya Narendra Deva and Basawon Singh (Sinha), merged with the Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party led by J. B. Kripalani (former president of the Indian National Congress and a close associate of Jawaharlal Nehru). It led the cabinet under Pattom A. Thanu Pillai as chief minister of State of Travancore-Cochin from March 1954 to February 1955. A section led by Rammanohar Lohia broke from the party in 1955, resuming the name "Socialist Party". It again came to power in the new state of Kerala under Pattom A. Thanu Pillai from February 1960 to September 1962. In 1960, Kripalani left the party and in 1964, Asoka Mehta joined Congress after his expulsion from the party. Another section of the party, led by the trade union leader George Fernandes, broke off to become the Samyukta Socialist Party in 1969. In 1972, a section ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jashvant Mehta
Jashvant Mehta is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Bhavnagar in Gujarat as a member of the Praja Socialist Party The Praja Socialist Party, abbreviated as PSP, was an Indian political party. It was founded when the Socialist Party, led by Jayaprakash Narayan, Rambriksh Benipuri, Acharya Narendra Deva and Basawon Singh (Sinha), merged with the Kisan Mazdoo .... References External linksOfficial biographical sketch in Parliament of India website {{DEFAULTSORT:Mehta, Jashvant India MPs 1962–1967 Lok Sabha members from Gujarat Praja Socialist Party politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 Indian General Election
General elections were held in India between 19 and 25 February 1962 to elect members of the 3rd Lok Sabha. Unlike the previous two elections, each constituency elected a single member. Jawaharlal Nehru won another landslide victory in his third and final election campaign. The Indian National Congress received 44.7% of the vote and won 361 of the 494 elected seats. This was only slightly lower than in the previous two elections and they still held over 70% of the seats in the Lok Sabha. Results By-elections In 1963, a by-election was held for the Bilaspur Lok Sabha seat, which was at the time in Madhya Pradesh. The election was won by the Indian National Congress candidate C. Singh, with votes, against M. L. Shukla of Jana Sangh with votes. This by-election was needed because the original election for this seat was declared void by the Madhya Pradesh High Court, which judged that the nomination papers of one of the candidates, Bashir Ahmed Qureshi, "was improperly an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Indian General Election
General elections were held in India between 24 February and 9 June 1957, the second elections to the Lok Sabha after independence. They were held five years after the 1951–52 elections in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of India. Elections to many state legislatures were held simultaneously. There were 494 seats elected using first past the post voting system. Out of the 403 constituencies, 91 elected two members, while the remaining 312 elected a single member. The multi-seat constituencies were abolished before the next election. Under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Indian National Congress easily won a second term in power, taking 371 of the 494 seats. They gained an extra seven seats (the size of the Lok Sabha had been increased by five) and their vote share increased from 45.0% to 47.8%. The INC won nearly five times more votes than the Communist Party, the second largest party. In addition, 19.3% of the vote and 42 seats went to independent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balvantray Mehta
Balvantray Mehta was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Gohilwad in Gujarat as a member of the Indian National Congress. References External linksOfficial biographical sketch in Parliament of India website India MPs 1952–1957 India MPs 1957–1962 Lok Sabha members from Gujarat 1899 births Indian National Congress politicians from Gujarat Year of death missing {{Gujarat-INC-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, the Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement. The Congress led India to independence from the United Kingdom, and significantly influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire. Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, along with its main rival the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is a "big tent" party whose platform is generally considered to lie in the centre to of Indian politics. After Indian independence in 1947, Congress emerged as a catch-all and secular party, dominating Indian politics for the next 20 years. The party's first prime minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 Indian General Election
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establish his he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aam Aadmi Party
The Aam Aadmi Party (; AAP) is a political party in India, as one of the national political parties. The AAP was founded in November 2012 by Arvind Kejriwal and his then-companions following the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, popularly known as Anna Andolan. The AAP is currently the ruling party of two governments: Delhi, the capital territory of India, and the state of Punjab. The party's election symbol is a broom. The party came into existence following a rift between Kejriwal and Indian activist Anna Hazare regarding the incorporation of electoral politics into the popular 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, which had been demanding a Jan Lokpal Bill since 2011. Hazare preferred the movement should remain politically unaligned, whereas Kejriwal felt the failure of the agitation route necessitated changes in government's representation itself. Janlokpal was established in Delhi and in Punjab as soon as AAP formed the respective governments with full majority. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umesh Makwana
Umeshbhai Naranbhai Makwana is an Indian politician, Social worker and philanthropist. He is serving as a Member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from the Botad Assembly constituency as a Member of the Aam Aadmi Party since 8 December 2022. Makwana belongs to the Koli caste of Gujarat. Umesh Makwana was born and brought up in Botad, Gujarat, India to his father Naranbhai Makwana. He has studied BA. He started a primary and secondary school. He distributed over 6 lakh food packets during COVID-19 lockdown in India On the evening of 24 March 2020, the Government of India ordered a nationwide lockdown for 21days, limiting movement of the entire 1.38billion (138 crore) population of India as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 pandemic in India. It wa ... under his initiative Manavta Seva Rath. References Living people Aam Aadmi Party politicians Gujarat MLAs 2022–2027 Year of birth missing (living people) {{Gujarat-AAP-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shambhuprasad Tundiya
Shambhuprasad Tundiya is member of Bharatiya Janata Party and member of Rajya Sabha from Gujarat. He is one of the notable Mahants of Savgun Samadhisthan, Zanjarka. Early life Tundiya was born in a small village named Zanjarka in Dhandhuka taluka of Ahmedabad district, Gujarat. He is the younger among 2 brothers. He finished his primary education in Government Primary School Dhandhuka and passed GPSC exam and got a call letter as a deputy superintendent of police, though he refused the post and chose to become a Mahant at Savaiyanath Dham, Zanjark. Early career He has been appointed trustee of Tirupati Balaji temple. In September 2017, Bhartiya Janata Party Gujarat declared him as the state president of BJP Morcha. During 2007–2012, he was the member of Legislative assembly from Dasada constituency in Gujarat. Political career Politically he was active since his youth and became Swayamsevak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Vishwa Hindu Parishad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
