Lavingji Muljiji Solanki Thakor (born 1955) [1] is an Indian politician from Gujarat. He is a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Radhanpur Assembly constituency in Patan district. He won the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election representing Bharatiya Janata Party. [2]
Thakor is from Radhanpur, Patan district, Gujarat. He is the son of Muljiji Solanki. He studied at the Primary School, Parsud, Santalpur taluk, Patan district, till Class 4 and later discontinued his studies. His profession before entering political life was farming. [1]
Thakor won from Radhanpur Assembly constituency representing the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. [3] He polled 104,512 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Raghubhai Desai of the Indian National Congress, by 22,467 votes. [4] He became an MLA for the first time winning the Radhanpur seat in the 1995 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election as an independent candidate. [5] He lost the 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election to Alpesh Khadaji Thakor of the Indian National Congress by 14,857 votes. [6]