Jitu Vaghani

Jitendrabhai Savjibhai Vaghani (27 October 1970) is an Indian politician. He is a member of legislative assembly representing Bhavnagar West in Gujarat Legislative Assembly. He is associated with Bharatiya Janata Party.

Jitu Vaghani
State President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Gujarat
In office
20 August 2016 – 20 July 2020
Preceded byVijay Rupani
Succeeded byC. R. Patil
Member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
20 December 2012
Preceded byShaktisinh Gohil
ConstituencyBhavnagar West
Personal details
Born
Jitendra Savjibhai Vaghani

(1970-10-27) 27 October 1970[1]
Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India[1]
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Sangeeta Vaghani
Children(Meet Vaghani)son,Bhakti Vaghani(Daughter).
ParentsSavjibhai Vaghani (father)
Manjulaben Vaghani (mother)
ResidenceBhavnagar, Gujarat, India
OccupationPolitician, Farmer, Construction,Businessman
Websitewww.jituvaghani.org

Political career

Vaghani entered electoral politics by unsuccessfully contesting 2007 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election from Bhavnagar (south) assembly constituency against senior Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil. He lost by margin of over seven thousand votes.[2]

In 2012, Vaghani contested from Bhavnagar (West) Assembly seat, and this time he was successful, winning his seat with highest margin in the entire Saurashtra region.[3] In 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election, he got reelected on the same seat with margin of 27000 votes.[4]

Vaghani was appointed as president of BJP's Gujarat state unit in August 2016 following previous president Vijay Rupani's appointment as Chief Minister of Gujarat.[5] Vaghani was succeeded by Chandrakant Raghunath Patil as Gujarat BJP President on 20 July 2020.

Electoral history
YearPostConstituencyPartyOpponentElectionResult
2007M.L.ABhavnagar southBJPShaktisinh GohilGujarat twelfth assembly electionLost
2012M.L.ABhavnagar PashchimBJPMansukhbhai KananiGujarat thirteenth assembly electionWon
2017M.L.ABhavnagar PashchimBJPDilipsinh GohilGujarat Fourteenth assembly electionWon

References
  1. "Vijay Rupani: Member's Web Site". Internet Archive. 30 September 2007. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 5 August 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3839-gujarat-2007/?do=download&r=9043&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=bb21a9cba615877fb5106aee414f3c4b
  3. http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=927&cid=105
  4. "Gujarat BJP chief Jitu Vaghani retains Bhavnagar (West) seat". The Economic Times. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  5. "Jitu Vaghani becomes Gujarat BJP President". 10 August 2016.
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