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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Rajendra Dholakia<br />
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| office1 = Member of [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start1 = 23 May 2019<br />
| termend1 = 8 September 2025<br />
| predecessor1 = [[ Basanta Kumar Panda ]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Jay Dholakia]]<br />
| constituency1 = [[ Nuapada (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nuapada ]]<br />
| term_start2 = 16 May 2004<br />
| termend2 = 16 May 2014<br />
| predecessor2 = [[ Basanta Kumar Panda ]]<br />
| successor2 = [[ Basanta Kumar Panda ]]<br />
| constituency2 = [[ Nuapada (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nuapada ]]<br />
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| office3 = Minister of Planning & Convergence<br/>[[Government of Odisha]]<br />
| term_start3 = 5 June 2022<br />
| term_end3 = 11 June 2024<br />
| 1blankname3 = [[Chief Minister of Odisha|Chief Minister]]<br />
| 1namedata3 = [[Naveen Patnaik]]<br />
| predecessor3 = [[Padmanabha Behera]]<br />
| successor3 = [[Mohan Charan Majhi]]<br />
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| party = [[Biju Janata Dal]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1956|11|20|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Nuapada district|Khariar Road]], [[Orissa]], India<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|09|08|1956|11|20|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
| otherparty = <br />
| alma_mater = [[Sambalpur University]]<br />
| profession = Politician, social worker <br />
| spouse = Kalpana Dholakia<br />
| children = [[Jay Dholakia]]<br />
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'''Rajendra Dholakia''' (20 November 1956 – 8 September 2025) was an Indian politician from Odisha. He was a member of [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]] representing [[ Nuapada Assembly constituency|Nuapada]] as a former Cabinet Minister [[ Government of Odisha ]] and Member of the Biju Janata Dal.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-04 |title=Nuapada Election Result 2024 LIVE Updates Highlights: Assembly Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/nuapada-election-result-2024-live-updates-highlights-assembly-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-8916809.html |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-04 |title=Nuapada, Odisha Assembly Election Results 2024 Highlights: BJD's RAJENDRA DHOLAKIA defeats Independent candidate GHASIRAM MAJHI with 10881 votes |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/story/nuapada-odisha-assembly-election-results-2024-live-updates-2548453-2024-06-04 |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> Dholakia died from complications of a heart transplant on 8 September 2025, at the age of 68.<ref>[https://pragativadi.com/nuapada-mla-rajendra-dholakia-passes-away-during-heart-transplant-treatment-in-chennai/ Nuapada MLA and Former Minister Rajendra Dholakia Passes Away]</ref><br />
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== Political career ==<br />
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Dholakia was a Member of the [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]] from [[ Nuapada Assembly constituency | Nuapada constituency]] in [[Nuapada district]]. He was four times MLA from Nuapada constituency. He was first elected to [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]] in [[ 2004 Odisha Legislative Assembly election | 2004]] as a Independent Candidate after that joined [[Biju Janta Dal]] then again won the [[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election | 2009]] election, lost of the 2014 election defferent to [[Basanta Kumar Panda]] after that won [[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election | 2019]] and [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election | 2024]] election.<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+ Electoral history of Dholakia <br />
! Election<br />
! House<br />
! Constituency<br />
! Votes<br />
! %<br />
! Result<br />
! colspan="2"| Party<br />
|-<br />
| [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<br />
| rowspan="5"|[[Odisha Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| rowspan="5"|[[Nuapada Assembly constituency|Nuapada]]<br />
| 61,822<br />
| 33.65<br />
| {{won}}<br />
| {{Party name with color|Biju Janata Dal|rowspan=4}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019]]<br />
| 65,647<br />
| 39.75<br />
| {{won}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<br />
| 55,817<br />
| 36.46<br />
| {{lost}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009]]<br />
| 56,874<br />
| 41.62<br />
| {{won}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2004 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2004]]<br />
| 41,678<br />
| 36.86<br />
| {{won}}<br />
| {{party name with color|Independent|shortname=IND}}<br />
|}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election]]<br />
* [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:1956 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:2025 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Odisha MLAs 2024–2029]]<br />
[[Category:Biju Janata Dal politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Sambalpur University alumni]]<br />
[[Category:People from Nuapada district]]<br />
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