Govindbhai Parmar

Govindbhai Parmar (born 1943)^[1] is an Indian politician from Gujarat. He is a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Umreth Assembly constituency in Anand district. He won the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election representing the Bharatiya Janata Party.^[2][3][4]

Early life and education

Parmar is from Umreth, Anand district, Gujarat. He is the son of Raijibhai Jalabhai Parmar. He studied Class 7 at Chikhodra Kumar School in 1969 and later discontinued his studies.^[1]

Career

Parmar won from Umreth Assembly constituency representing the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. He polled 95,639 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Jayant Patel of Nationalist Congress Party, by a margin of 26,717 votes.^[5][6] He first became an MLA winning the 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election defeating Kapilaben Gopalsinh Chavda of the Indian National Congress by a margin of 1,883 votes.^[7][8]