Girdhari Lal Bhargava


Girdhari Lal Bhargava was a member of the Lok Sabha 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.

Positions held

YearPost
1972-89Member, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
1980-89Chairman, Library Committee
1980-89Chairman, Committee on Government Assurances
1980-89Member, Committee on Estimates
1980-89Member, Committee on Petitions
1989Elected to 9th Lok Sabha
1990-91Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
1990-91Member, Rules Committee
1991Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha
1996Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha
1996-97Member, Committee on Finance
1998Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha
1998-99Member, Committee on Finance
1998-99Member, General Purposes Committee
1998-99Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance
1999Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha
1999–2000Member, Committee on Estimates
1999–2000Member, Committee on Commerce
1999–2000Member, Rules Committee
1999–2000Member, Committee on Energy
2000 onwardsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways

Winning of Jaipur constituency

YearVoters Voter Turnout Vote Gain Runner up candidate
2004881.3846.4754.56Pratap Singh Khachariawas
1999808.5846.1138.96Pt. Raghu Sharma
1998799.9349.3056.43M Sayeed Khan
1996639.5538.6154.60Pt. Dinesh Chandra Swami
1991559.9741.5859.03Nawal Kishore Sharma
1989724.0358.7954.25Bhawani Singh