Girdhari Lal Bhargava

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 constituency of Rajasthan. He defeated Bhawani Singh by nearly 100,000 votes and thereafter had margins always above 100,000 votes. He was sometimes called 'scooter wale neta ji' He died on 8 March 2009 from a heart attack while he was visiting Ahmedabad.

Girdhari Lal Bhargava
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1989  8 March 2009
Preceded byNawal Kishore Sharma
Succeeded byMahesh Joshi
ConstituencyJaipur
Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
In office
1985–1990
Succeeded byRameshwar Bhardwaj
ConstituencyKishanpole
In office
1977–1980
Succeeded byRam Gotewala
ConstituencyKishanpole
In office
1972–1977
Succeeded byBhanwarlal Sharma
ConstituencyHawa Mahal
Personal details
Born(1936-11-11)11 November 1936
Jaipur, Rajasthan
Died8 March 2009(2009-03-08) (aged 72)
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Malti Bhargav
Children1 son and 3 daughters
ResidenceJaipur
As of 14 September 2006
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Positions held

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

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)
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