Mukesh Dalal (Mukeshkumar Chandrakant Dalal; born 8 May 1961) is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and businessman from Surat, Gujarat. He was declared elected unopposed to the Lok Sabha from Surat on 22 April 2024, the first member of the 18th Lok Sabha to be elected.
Mukesh Dalal
Mukeshkumar Chandrakant Dalal
08 May
Surat, Gujarat, India
Politician (Lok Sabha MP, Surat); Businessperson
Nila Dalal (m. 1987)
1981–present
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (since 2024)
Surat, Gujarat
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Married
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Indian Rupees
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Dalal has been active in the BJP since 1981. He served as a corporator of the Surat Municipal Corporation from 2005 to 2020 and chaired its standing committee for several terms, and served as BJP secretary for Surat city. He was long associated with co-operative banking as chairman of a Surat co-operative bank, and has been on the managing committee of the Surat District Cricket Association.
In the 2024 general election, the nomination of Congress candidate Nilesh Kumbhani was rejected at scrutiny and all other candidates withdrew, so Dalal was declared elected unopposed on 22 April 2024. A PIL challenging the result was dismissed by the Gujarat High Court, which said the proper remedy was an election petition. Election petitions filed by Surat voters questioning the rejection of the nomination were then taken up by the High Court, which issued summons to Dalal. No final ruling against him has been reported.
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