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 died on 8 March 2009 from a heart attack while he was visiting Ahmedabad.He was from a brahmin family
Positions held
+ Important posts holding in his career Year Post1972–89Member, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (three terms)1980–89Chairman, Library Committee1980–89Chairman, Committee on Government Assurances1980–89Member, Committee on Estimates1980–89Member, Committee on Petitions1989Elected to 9th Lok Sabha1990–91Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways1990–91Member, Rules Committee1991Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1996Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)1996–97Member, Committee on Finance1998Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)1998–99Member, Committee on Finance1998–99Member, General Purposes Committee1998–99Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance1999Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term)1999–2000Member, Committee on Estimates1999–2000Member, Committee on Commerce1999–2000Member, Rules Committee1999–2000Member, Committee on Energy2000 onwardsMember, 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 %)2004881.3846.4754.56Pratap Singh Khachariawas (42.40)1999808.5846.1138.96Pt. Raghu Sharma (38.96)1998799.9349.3056.43M Sayeed Khan (38.83)1996639.5538.6154.60Pt. Dinesh Chandra Swami (36.36)1991559.9741.5859.03Nawal Kishore Sharma (36.21)1989724.0358.7954.25Bhawani Singh (42.32)
References
External links Official biographical sketch – Parliament of India website