Malini Laxmansingh Gaur (born 19 June 1961) is an Indian politician serving as the mayor of

Indore Indore () is the largest and most populous city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It serves as the headquarters of both Indore District and Indore Division. It is also considered as an education hub of the state and is the only city to ...

. She 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 Mod ...

. She became mayor in February 2015 by defeating her nearest rival Archana Jaiswal of

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 E ...

by 2.8 lakh votes. Consequently, she became only the second woman to do so after Umashashi Sharma. Her husband Laxman Singh Gaur, was the former higher education minister of Madhya Pradesh who died in a car accident near

Dewas Dewas is a city in the Malwa region of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The municipality was formerly the seat of two 15-Gun Salute state princely states during the British Raj, Dewas Junior state and Dewas Senior state, ruled by the Pua ...

in February 2008.

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Mayors of places in Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2008–2013 21st-century Indian women politicians 21st-century Indian politicians 1961 births Living people Politicians from Indore Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2013–2018 Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2018–2023 Women members of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly {{MadhyaPradesh-BJP-politician-stub