Kalaben Delkar (born 21 August 1971) is an Indian politician and the Member of Parliament for Dadra and Nagar Haveli. She first won the seat in a 2021 by-election as a Shiv Sena candidate after the death of her husband, seven-time MP Mohanbhai Delkar, and was re-elected in 2024 as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Kalaben Delkar
Kalaben Mohanbhai Delkar
21 Aug
Sukhala, Valsad District, Gujarat, India
Politician (Lok Sabha MP, Dadra And Nagar Haveli); Social Worker
Late Mohanbhai Delkar
2021–present
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (since 2021)
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Navshakti Mahila Sangathan (NGO)
Widowed
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Indian Rupees
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After Mohanbhai Delkar died in February 2021, Kalaben contested the by-election for the seat in October 2021 as a Shiv Sena candidate and won. In March 2024 she joined the BJP, which named her its candidate for Dadra and Nagar Haveli. She won the 2024 election, defeating Congress candidate Ajit Mahala by more than 57,000 votes.
She runs the NGO Navshakti Mahila Sangathan for the welfare of tribal and underprivileged women in the territory, and has spoken in the Lok Sabha on the 2026 delimitation and constitutional amendment bills.
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