Atmaram Maganbhai Patel was an Indian politician from Gujarat who served as Member of 13th Lok Sabha from Mahesana Lok Sabha constituency [1] and Member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly. [2]
He was born on 14 May 1918 in Mehsana district and educated in a Government Primary School. [3] On 23 July 2002, he died at the age of 85 in New Delhi [4] after prolonged illness. [5] He was the oldest member who represented Mahesana Lok Sabha constituency. [6] [7]
Shankersinh Vaghela is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Gujarat from. He was also the Leader of Opposition in 13th Gujarat Legislative Assembly.
Tushar Chaudhary is an Indian politician and a leader of the Indian National Congress in Gujarat. He was elected to Gujarat Legislative Assembly in 2002 and 2022, and to Lok Sabha in 2004 and 2009.
Jivabhai Ambalal Patel is chairman of the Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation, and an Indian politician. He was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha, representing the Mahesana parliamentary constituency of Gujarat from 2004 to 2009. He was defeated in 2009 and 2014 Indian general election and 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. He left INC and joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in September 2018.
Although India is a parliamentary democracy, the country's politics has become dynastic or with high level of nepotism, possibly due to the absence of party organizations, independent civil-society associations which mobilize support for a party, or centralized financing of elections. The dynastic phenomenon is present at the national, state, regional, and district level. The Nehru–Gandhi family has produced three Indian prime ministers, and family members have largely led the Congress party since 1978. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also has several dynastic leaders. In addition to the major national parties, other national and regional parties such as Shiromani Akali Dal, Shiv Sena, Samajwadi Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal Secular, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Kerala Congress, Jammu & Kashmir National Conference, Indian Union Muslim League, AIMIM, and the Nationalist Congress Party are all dominated by families, mostly those of the party founders.
Kannoth Muraleedharan is an Indian National Congress politician. He was the MP from Vatakara, Kerala. He lost the 2024 Lok Sabha election from Thrissur constituency. He is the son of Congress leader K. Karunakaran. He was elected as an MP from Kozhikode constituency and from Vatakara constituency (2019). He was elected as an MLA from Vattiyoorkkavu constituency.
Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2009 general election in India. It was dissolved on 18 May 2014 by President Pranab Mukherjee.
Mahesana Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Gujarat state in western India. It is home to the birthplace of India's current Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. It is one of the first 2 seats won by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), India's current governing party. The constituency remains a stronghold of the BJP, which has held the seat since 1984 barring 2 exceptions.
Vadodara is one of the 26 Lok Sabha constituencies in Gujarat, a state in Western India. This constituency covers 7 out of 10 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Vadodara district and first held elections in 1957 as Baroda Lok Sabha constituency in erstwhile Bombay State. It has been known as Vadodara since the 2009 elections. Its first member of parliament (MP) was Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad of the Indian National Congress (INC) who was also re-elected in the next elections in 1962. He was the Maharaja of Baroda of the Gaekwad dynasty at the time. P. C. Patel of the Swatantra Party won the election in 1967. From 1971–80, Gaekwad was MP of this constituency again firstly as a member of the Indian National Congress (Organisation) and then as a member of the INC. His younger brother, Ranjitsinh Pratapsinh Gaekwad also of the INC represented the constituency from 1980–89 for two terms before being defeated by Prakash Brahmbhatt of the Janata Dal party in the 1989 election.
Dr. Madan Prasad Jaiswal was a member of the 11th Lok Sabha, 12th Lok Sabha, and 13th Lok Sabha of India. He represented Bettiah constituency of Bihar from 1996 to 2004, and was a founding member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Liladharbhai Khodaji Vaghela was a Member of Parliament or Lok Sabha from Patan constituency in Gujarat, India.
Vitthalbhai Hansrajbhai Radadiya was an Indian politician who was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Porbandar constituency of Gujarat and was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party. He was a five time Member of the Legislative Assembly and twice Member of parliament, Lok Sabha.
Chandrakant Raghunath Patil, better known as C. R. Patil, is an Indian Politician who is serving as the 2nd Minister of Jal Shakti since 2024. He is member of the current 18th Lok Sabha of India. Since 2020, he is also the President of BJP Gujarat State unit. He is the first non-Gujarati to hold this position. His name is also spelled C. R. Paatil at times. He is a three-time Member of Parliament elected from Navsari in Gujarat.
Jagdish Thakor is an Indian National Congress politician from Gujarat, India. He was the member of 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Patan constituency of Gujarat. Thakor belongs to the Koli community of Gujarat.
Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary is an Indian politician and was the Minister of State for Coal and Mines in government of India. He represents the Banaskantha constituency of Gujarat and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party.
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K. Gopal is an Indian doctor and politician. He obtained a M.B.B.S degree from Thanjavur Medical College. Gopal was a Member of the Legislative Assembly from Nannilam 1991 to 1996. In 2014 he was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Nagapattinam as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in the 2014 election. He won the seat with 46.06% and was elected Member of Parliament for Nagapattinam for 16th Lok Sabha.
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Mahesana, also spelled Mehsana, is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India. It is part of Mahesana district, numbered as 15-Mahesana and is one of the seven Vidhan Sabha seats which fall under Mahesana Lok Sabha constituency. Its current MLA is Nitinbhai Patel.
Dr. Raghu Sharma is an Indian politician from Indian National Congress, who has served as the AICC in-charge of party affairs in Gujarat, Daman and Diu, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli resigned in December 2022 and has also served as the Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Rajasthan from 2018 to 2021. He was the Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Kekri constituency, Ajmer district.
Shardaben Anilbhai Patel is an Indian politician and a member of the 17th Lok Sabha, the lower house of the parliament.