Bhavna Gaur is an Indian politician and is member of the

Delhi Legislative Assembly The Delhi Legislative Assembly, also known as the Delhi Vidhan Sabha, is a unicameral legislature of the union territory of Delhi in India. Delhi Legislative Assembly is the legislative arm of the Government of Delhi. At present, it consists o ...

. She is a member of the

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and represents

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in the

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Early life and education

Bhavna Gaur completed her education in Delhi and in

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. She holds Bachelor of Arts and

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degrees.

Political career

She was a MCD Councillor in 1997 from Madhu Vihar area on

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ticket. Bhavna Gaur is a member of the

. She contested in

2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election The Delhi Legislative Assembly election was held on 4 December 2013, with the result announced on 8 December resulting in formation of the Fifth Legislative Assembly of Delhi. The Bharatiya Janata Party won a plurality, closely followed by Aam ...

and received 26.79% votes and came on second position after four term BJP MLA Dharm Dev Solanki who won with a margin of 6.51% votes. In the

2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election The Delhi Legislative Assembly election was held on 7 February 2015 to elect 70 members of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi. The results were announced on 10 February 2015. The Aam Aadmi Party secured an absolute majority in the assembly, ...

she defeated

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by a margin of 30,849 votes (20.90%). Her term as MLA in the

Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi The Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi was constituted on 14th Feb 2015 after the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections were concluded earlier that month. Second Kejriwal ministry was the cabinet during the term of 6th Delhi Assembly. H ...

was her first term. In the

2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Delhi on 8 February 2020 to elect 70 members of the Delhi Legislative Assembly. Voters turnout was recorded at 62.82%, a decline of 4.65% from the previous assembly election in Delhi but 2.2% more th ...

she was re-elected.

Member of Legislative Assembly (2015-2020)

Between 2015-2020, she was an elected member of the

6th Delhi Assembly The Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi was constituted on 14th Feb 2015 after the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections were concluded earlier that month. Second Kejriwal ministry was the cabinet during the term of 6th Delhi Assembly. His ...

representing

Member of Legislative Assembly (2020 - present)

Since 2020, she is an elected member of the

7th Delhi Assembly The Seventh Legislative Assembly of Delhi was constituted on 16 February 2020 after the 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections were concluded earlier on 8 February 2020 and the results were announced on 11 February 2020. It is the legislativ ...

representing

. ; Committee assignments of Delhi Legislative Assembly * Member (2022-2023), Public Accounts Committee * Member (2022-2023), Committee on Government Undertakings

Electoral performance

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gaur, Bhavna Living people People from New Delhi Delhi MLAs 2015–2020 Delhi MLAs 2020–2025 Women members of the Delhi Legislative Assembly 1970 births 21st-century Indian women politicians 21st-century Indian politicians Aam Aadmi Party MLAs from Delhi