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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| alt = Jitu Vaghani<br />
| image = Jitu Vaghani.jpg<br />
| office = [[Cabinet Minister]]<br/>[[Government of Gujarat]] <br />
| term_end = <br />
| 1blankname = {{centre|Ministry}} <br />
| 1namedata = {{centre|'''Term'''}} <br />
| 2blankname = Minister of Education<br />
| 2namedata = 16 September 2021 - Incumbent<br />
| office1 = President of [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Gujarat]]<br />
| term_start1 = 10 August 2016<br />
| term_end1 = 20 July 2020<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Vijay Rupani]]<br />
| successor1 = [[C. R. Patil]]<br />
| office2 = Member of [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start2 = 2012<br />
| term_end2 = <br />
| predecessor2 = [[Shaktisinh Gohil]]<br />
| constituency2 = [[Bhavnagar West (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhavnagar West]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1970|09|11}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Bhavnagar]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]<ref name="IA2007">{{cite web | title=Vijay Rupani: Member's Web Site | website=Internet Archive | date=30 September 2007 | url=http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/website/Mainweb.asp?mpcode=2008 | accessdate=5 August 2016 | url-status=bot: unknown | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201434/http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/website/Mainweb.asp?mpcode=2008 | archivedate=30 September 2007 | df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
| birth_name = Jitendra Savjibhai Vaghani <br />
| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
| spouse = Sangeeta Vaghani<br />
| children = (Meet Vaghani)son,Bhakti Vaghani(Daughter).<br />
| parents = Savjibhai Vaghani (father)<br />Manjulaben Vaghani (mother)<br />
| residence = [[Bhavnagar]], [[Gujarat]], India <br />
| occupation = Politician, Farmer, Construction,Businessman<br />
| signature = <br />
| website = {{url|http://www.jituvaghani.org}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Jitendrabhai Savjibhai Vaghani''' (27 October 1970) is an Indian politician, associated with [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He is a member of legislative assembly representing [[Bhavnagar Pashchim (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhavnagar West]] in [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]]. He was appointed as a education minister when Bhupendra Patel became Chief Minister in September 2021. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/jitu-vaghanis-impressive-comeback-silences-critics/articleshow/86274320.cms|title=Gujarat: Jitu Vaghani's impressive comeback silences critics &#124; Ahmedabad News - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><br />
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==Political career==<br />
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Jitu 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.<ref> https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3839-gujarat-2007/?do=download&r=9043&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=bb21a9cba615877fb5106aee414f3c4b</ref><br />
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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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=927&cid=105|access-date=2021-03-03|website=www.empoweringindia.org}}</ref> In [[2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election]], he got reelected on the same seat with margin of 27000 votes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/gujarat-bjp-chief-jitu-vaghani-retains-bhavnagar-west-seat/articleshow/62123481.cms?from=mdr|title=Gujarat BJP chief Jitu Vaghani retains Bhavnagar (West) seat|date=2017-12-18|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref><br />
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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.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://deshgujarat.com/2016/08/10/jitu-vaghani-becomes-gujarat-bjp-president/ |title = Jitu Vaghani becomes Gujarat BJP President|date = 10 August 2016}}</ref> Vaghani was succeeded by [[Chandrakant Raghunath Patil]] as Gujarat BJP President on 20 July 2020.<br />
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==Electoral history==<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
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! Year !! Post !! Constituency !! Party !! Opponent !! Result<br />
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| [[2007 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2007]] ||rowspan=3| [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] || Bhavnagar South ||rowspan=3|[[Bhartiya Janata Party|BJP]]||[[Shaktisinh Gohil]] || {{Lost}}<br />
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| [[2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2012]] || rowspan=2|[[Bhavnagar West (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhavnagar West]] || Mansukhbhai Kanani || {{Won}}<br />
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| [[2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2017]] || Dilipsinh Gohil || {{Won}}<br />
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|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:People from Bhavnagar]]<br />
[[Category:Gujarat MLAs 2012–2017]]<br />
[[Category:Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh members]]<br />
[[Category:Gujarat MLAs 2017–2022]]<br />
[[Category:1970 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Gujarati people]]<br />
[[Category:State Presidents of Bharatiya Janata Party]]</div>
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