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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
|name = Manilal Vaghela<br />
|office = Former [[Member of Legislative assembly]] of [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]]<br />
|term_start = 2012<br />
|term_end = 2017<br />
|successor = [[Jignesh Mevani]]<br />
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|death_date = <br />
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|party = [[Indian National Congress]] (until 2021)<br>[[Bhartiya Janata Party]] (2022–present)<br />
|constituency = [[Vadgam (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Vadgam]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Manilal Jethabhai Vaghela''' is an Indian politician from [[Gujarat]].<br />
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==Political career==<br />
Vaghela was elected as a member of the [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]] from [[Vadgam (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Vadgam]] in 2012 as a candidate of the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC). When the INC supported independent candidate [[Jignesh Mevani]] from Vadgam in [[2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election]], he was moved to contest as an INC candidate from [[Idar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Idar]], where he was defeated. He resigned from INC in November 2021 and joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) in April 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |agency=PTI |date=2022-04-24 |title=Ex-Congress MLA Manilal Vaghela joins BJP ahead of Gujarat Assembly polls |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/ex-congress-mla-manilal-vaghela-joins-bjp-ahead-of-gujarat-assembly-polls/article65350914.ece |access-date=2022-05-09 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-12-01 |title=Arundhati Roy: Arundhati Roy donates Rs 3 lakh to Jignesh Mevani's campaign |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/arundhati-roy-donates-rs-3-lakh-to-mevanis-campaign/articleshow/61871035.cms |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> He contested [[2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election]] from Vadgam as a BJP candidate but was defeated by his nearest rival, and INC candidate Jignesh Mevani.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ગુજરાત વિધાનસભા ચૂંટણી પરિણામઃ કોંગ્રેસના સૂપડા સાફ, માંડ 17 સીટ જીતી, આપ પાર્ટીનો 5 બેઠક પર વિજય |url=https://gujarati.indianexpress.com/gujarat/gujarat-election-result-2022-congress-winner-only-17-seats-aap-party-gets-5-seat/28453/ |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=Indian Express Gujarati |language=gu-IN}}</ref><br />
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