Nimuben Bambhaniya (Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya; born 8 September 1966) is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Gujarat. A former mathematics teacher and two-time Mayor of Bhavnagar, she was elected to the Lok Sabha from Bhavnagar in 2024 and became Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
Nimuben Bambhaniya
Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya (bambhania)
08 Sep
Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Politician (Union Minister Of State; Lok Sabha MP, Bhavnagar); Former Teacher
Jayantibhai Bambhania
2000s–present
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Union MoS, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution; MP Bhavnagar
Bhavnagar, Gujarat
NA
Married
Virgo
Indian Rupees
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Indian
Bambhaniya served as Mayor of the Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation twice, in 2009–10 and 2015–18. Within the BJP she was president of the Bhavnagar City Mahila Morcha and later vice-president of the Gujarat State BJP Mahila Morcha.
In the 2024 general election she won Bhavnagar, defeating Umesh Makwana of the Aam Aadmi Party by 4,55,289 votes with 7,16,883 votes. In June 2024 she was sworn in as Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
Her declared social work includes organising mass marriages, women's empowerment awareness and community kitchens.