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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Kaushik Vekariya
| image = File:Kaushik Vekariya.jpg
| caption = Kaushik Vekariya with his daughter on her birthday
| native_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1986|06|09}}
| birth_place = [[Amreli]]
| education = B.Com From Saurashtra University (K.K. Parekha and Mehta R.P. Vidyalaya, Amreli). Year - 2008
| notable_works =
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
}}
'''Kaushik Kantibhai Vekariya''' (born 9 June 1986)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Kaushik Kantibhai Vekariya(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- AMRELI(AMRELI) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: |url=https://www.myneta.info/Gujarat2022/candidate.php?candidate_id=5512 |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref> is an Indian politician from Gujarat. He is a member of the [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]]. He won the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election representing the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] from [[Amreli Assembly constituency]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-07 |title=Amreli Election Result 2022 LIVE: BJP's Kaushik Vekariya leads by 46,145 votes - CNBC TV18 |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/politics/gujarat-election-result-2022-amreli-legislative-assembly-election-winner-losers-vote-margin-news-updates-15342681.htm |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=CNBCTV18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Amreli Election Result 2022 LIVE Updates: Kaushik Kantibhai Vekariya of BJP Wins |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/amreli-election-result-2022-live-updates-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-6561823.html |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-12-09 |title=Gujarat Election Results 2022: Full list of winners & constituencies |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/gujarat-election-results-2022-full-list-of-winners-constituencies/articleshow/96105904.cms |access-date=2025-01-15 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref name="Who are the 19 new ministers in Gujarat cabinet? Know here2">{{cite news |date=21 October 2025 |title=Who are the 19 new ministers in Gujarat cabinet? Know here |url=https://english.gujaratsamachar.com/news/gujarat/who-are-the-19-new-ministers-in-gujarat-cabinet-know-here |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20251021020536/https://english.gujaratsamachar.com/news/gujarat/who-are-the-19-new-ministers-in-gujarat-cabinet-know-here |archivedate=21 October 2025 |accessdate=21 October 2025 |work=english..com |publisher=Gujarat Samachar |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Gujarat Cabinet reshuffle: 3 women ministers, but none given Cabinet rank">{{cite news |date=17 October 2025 |title=Gujarat Cabinet reshuffle: 3 women ministers, but none given Cabinet rank |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/gujarat-cabinet-reshuffle-3-women-ministers-but-none-given-cabinet-rank-10313006/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251021021332/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/gujarat-cabinet-reshuffle-3-women-ministers-but-none-given-cabinet-rank-10313006/ |archive-date=21 October 2025 |access-date=21 October 2025 |publisher=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Vekariya is from an agricultural family in [[Amreli]], Amreli district, Gujarat.{{cn|date=July 2024}} He is the son of Kantibhai Vekariya, a farmer. He completed his B.Com. in 2008 at K. K. Parekha and Mehta R. P. Vidyalaya, Amreli which is affiliated with [[Saurashtra University]].<ref name=":0" />

== Career ==
Vekariya won from Amreli Assembly constituency in the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election representing the Bharatiya Janata Party. He polled 89,034 votes and defeated his closest rival, [[Paresh Dhanani]] of the [[Indian National Congress]] by a margin of 46,657 votes.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-12-08 |title=Amreli: Congress' 'Giant killer' Paresh Dhanani gets shock defeat against BJP's Kaushik Vekariya |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/assembly-elections/gujarat/gujarat-amreli/articleshow/95853757.cms |access-date=2023-05-04 |issn=0013-0389}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Commission of India |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenDec2022/ConstituencywiseS0695.htm?ac=95 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131161506/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenDec2022/ConstituencywiseS0695.htm?ac=95 |archive-date=31 January 2023 |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=results.eci.gov.in |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Highlights {{!}} Amreli Assembly Election 2022 Result: BJP’s Kaushik Kantibhai Vekariya WINS by HUGE MARGIN |url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/live-updates/live-updates-amreli-assembly-election-2022-result-vidhan-sabha-chunav-bjp-s-kaushik-kantibhai-vekariya-to-compete-against-congress-s-dhanani-pareshkumar-dhirajlal-aap-s-ravi-dhanani-2545416 |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Zee News |language=en}}</ref> He also served as the district unit chief of the BJP in Amreli.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-11 |title=BJP to suspend party workers accused of forging letter against Amreli Vekariya |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/bjp-party-workers-suspension-amreli-mla-kaushik-vekariya-9772676/ |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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