Balkrishna Khanderao Shukla
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Balkrishna Khanderao Shukla | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Preceded by | Jayaben Thakkar |
| Succeeded by | Narendra Modi (vacated) Ranjanben Bhatt |
| Constituency | Vadodara, Gujarat[1] |
| Member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 8 December 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Rajendra Trivedi |
| Constituency | Raopura |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 September 1963.[1] |
| Citizenship |  India |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party.[1] |
| Spouse | Mrs. Rohini |
| Children | 1 daughter. |
| Parent(s) | Mr. Khanderao (Father), Mrs. Yamuna (Mother) |
| Alma mater | University of Baroda.[1] |
| Profession | Consultant & Politician.[1] |
| Committees | Member, Committee on Commerce, Committee on Science and Technology & Committee on Environment and Forests |
Balkrishna Khanderao Shukla (11 December 1963)[1] is an Indian Politician from Gujarat. He is a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Raopura Assembly constituency in Vadodara. He was a Member of Parliament of the 15th Lok Sabha of India from 2009 to 2014. He was elected from the Vadodara Lok Sabha constituency of Gujarat representing the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1][2][3]
Political career
Shukla also served as the mayor of Vadodara. He later contested the Lok Sabha elections and became a member of the 15th Lok Sabha from Vadodara constituency. He is also member in several committees.[1] He won from Raopura Assembly constituency representing the BJP in the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. He polled 119,301 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Sanjaybhai Patel of the Indian National Congress, by a margin of 81,035 votes.[5][6][7]