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{{Short description|Indian politician (1936–2009)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Girdhari Lal Bhargava
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date ={{birth date|df=yes|1936|11|11}}
| birth_place =[[Jaipur]], [[Jaipur State]], [[British India]]
| residence = [[Jaipur]]
| death_date ={{death date and age|df=yes|2009|3|8|1936|11|11}}
| death_place =[[Ahmedabad]], Gujarat, India
| constituency = [[Jaipur (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Jaipur]]
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start=1989
|term_end=8 March 2009
| predecessor =[[Nawal Kishore Sharma]]
| successor =[[Mahesh Joshi]]
| office1 = [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly|Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]]
| termstart1 = 1985
| termend1 =1990
| constituency1 = [[Kishanpole (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|Kishanpole]]
| succeeded1 = Rameshwar Bhardwaj
| termstart2 = 1977
| termend2 = 1980
| constituency2 = [[Kishanpole (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|Kishanpole]]
| succeeded2 = Ram Gotewala
| termstart3 = 1972
| termend3 = 1977
| constituency3 = [[Hawa Mahal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hawa Mahal]]
| succeeded3 = [[Bhanwarlal Sharma]]
| party =[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| religion =
| spouse = Malti Bhargav
| children = 1 son and 3 daughters
| website =
| footnotes =
| date = 14 September 2006 |
| source = https://web.archive.org/web/20071004201307/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=55
}}

'''Girdhari Lal Bhargava''' (11 November 1936 – 8 March 2009) was a member of the [[Lok Sabha]] (lower house of parliament) in India. A member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], he was elected six consecutive times for the [[Jaipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jaipur constituency]] of [[Rajasthan]]. He defeated [[Bhawani Singh]] by nearly 100,000 votes and thereafter had margins always above 100,000 votes.
He died on 8 March 2009 from a heart attack while he was visiting [[Ahmedabad]].He was from a [[brahmin]] family<ref>{{Cite web|date=30 March 2019|first=Rohit|last=Parihar|title=Congress fields woman candidate from Jaipur after 57 years|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/congress-fields-woman-candidate-from-jaipur-after-57-years-1489857-2019-03-30|access-date=2022-01-21|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>

==Positions held==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ '''''Important posts holding in his career'''''
! Year
! Post
|-
|1972–89
|Member, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (three terms)
|-
|1980–89
|Chairman, Library Committee
|-
|1980–89
|Chairman, Committee on Government Assurances
|-
|1980–89
|Member, Committee on Estimates
|-
|1980–89
|Member, Committee on Petitions
|-
|1989
|Elected to 9th Lok Sabha
|-
|1990–91
|Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
|-
|1990–91
|Member, Rules Committee
|-
|1991
|Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
|-
|1996
|Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
|-
|1996–97
|Member, Committee on Finance
|-
|1998
|Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)
|-
|1998–99
|Member, Committee on Finance
|-
|1998–99
|Member, General Purposes Committee
|-
|1998–99
|Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance
|-
|1999
|Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term)
|-
|1999–2000
|Member, Committee on Estimates
|-
|1999–2000
|Member, Committee on Commerce
|-
|1999–2000
|Member, Rules Committee
|-
|1999–2000
|Member, Committee on Energy
|-
|2000 onwards
|Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
|}

== Winning of Jaipur constituency ==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ '''''Winning of Jaipur constituency'''''
! Year
! Voters (in 1000)
! Voter turnout (%)
! Vote Gain (%)
! Runner up candidate (Vote Gain %)
|-
|2004
|881.38
|46.47
|54.56
|[[Pratap Singh Khachariawas]] (42.40)
|-
|1999
|808.58
|46.11
|38.96
|[[Pt. Raghu Sharma]] (38.96)
|-
|1998
|799.93
|49.30
|56.43
|[[M Sayeed Khan]] (38.83)
|-
|1996
|639.55
|38.61
|54.60
|[[Pt. Dinesh Chandra Swami]] (36.36)
|-
|1991
|559.97
|41.58
|59.03
|[[Nawal Kishore Sharma]] (36.21)
|-
|1989
|724.03
|58.79
|54.25
|[[Bhawani Singh]] (42.32)
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13RJ06.htm Official biographical sketch – Parliament of India website]

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[[Category:Politicians from Jaipur]]
[[Category:India MPs 1989–1991]]
[[Category:India MPs 1991–1996]]
[[Category:India MPs 1996–1997]]
[[Category:India MPs 1998–1999]]
[[Category:India MPs 1999–2004]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Rajasthan MLAs 1977–1980]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Rajasthan]]

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