Poonamben Maadam

Poonamben Mahajan (born 23 September 1974) is an Indian politician from Gujarat state in India. She is the Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Jamnagar. Earlier, she was a member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Khambhalia in Dwarka district. She is married in baniya caste^[1][2]

Poonamben Maadam
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 May 2014
Preceded by	Ahir Vikrambhai Arjanbhai Madam
Constituency	Jamnagar
Personal details
Born	(1974-09-23) 23 September 1974 (age 50) Jamnagar, India
Political party	Indian National Congress (2009 - 2012) Bharatiya Janata Party (2012 - Present)
Spouse	Perminder Kumar
Children	1
As of 22 April, 2019

Career

Poonamben Maadam is the former member of the Congress Party at the beginning of her political career but later, joined BJP.^[3]

She is also the former member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from 2012 to 2014. She contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Jamnagar's seat as the BJP candidate and won against her uncle Vikram Maadam of Congress.^{[citation needed]}

In 2024, Lok Sabha Election Poonamben won against Congress candidate J.P. Maraviya with 620049 votes.^[4][5]

Personal details

She is married to a former defence officer Parminder Mahajan.^{[citation needed]}