Babubhai Bokhiria (born 12 March 1953) is an Indian politician and member of BJP. He was twice elected as an MLA in the

Gujarat Legislative Assembly 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 cons ...

in 2012 and 2017.

Education

Babubhai Bokhiria holds a B.Sc. in chemistry from Saurashtra University, which he graduated from in 1974.

MLA

He was twice elected as an MLA in the

in 2012 and 2017 from

Porbandar Assembly constituency Porbandar is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India. It is part of Porbandar district. Since 2012 MLA from Porbandar is Babubhai Bokhiria of Bharatiya Janata Party. Since 2006, this assembly seat represen ...

. He was a member of the Council of Ministers of Gujarat in 13th

of the Indian state of

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...

. Between 7 August 2016 and 26 December 2017 he held the post of cabinet minister of Water Resources (except Kalpsar project), Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Cow protection in the 13th Gujarat Legislative Assembly. He contested

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 ...

from Porbandar as a BJP candidate but was defeated by his nearest rival and INC candidate

Arjun Modhwadia Arjun Modhwadia is an Indian National Congress politician from Porbandar Gujarat, India. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from 2004 to 2007. He had been a president of Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee ...

Family

Babubhai Bokhiria has two sons.

References

Living people State cabinet ministers of Gujarat Place of birth missing (living people) Gujarat MLAs 2012–2017 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat 1953 births Gujarat MLAs 2017–2022 {{Gujarat-BJP-politician-stub