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	'''Somjibhai Damor''' (born 20 June 1940) is an ~~[[India]]n~~ [[Adivasi]] [[politician]] from [[Gujarat]]. He was elected to the [[6th Lok Sabha]] in 1977 from [[Dahod (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Dohad constituency]] as an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate.<ref>[http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12GJ17.htm Parliament of India]</ref> He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha from the same constituency in 1980, 1984, 1989, 1991, 1996, and 1998. In the [[1999 Indian general election\|1999 Lok Sabha elections]], he was defeated by [[Babubhai Khimabhai Katara]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/young-india-votes/news/Lok-Sabha-veterans-with-a-difference/articleshow/636425.cms\| title=Lok Sabha veterans with a difference \| work=[[The Times of India]] \| date=23 April 2004 \| accessdate=12 December 2020}}</ref>		'''Somjibhai Damor''' (born 20 June 1940) is an Indian [[Adivasi]] [[politician]] from [[Gujarat]]. He was elected to the [[6th Lok Sabha]] in 1977 from [[Dahod (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Dohad constituency]] as an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate.<ref>[http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12GJ17.htm Parliament of India]</ref> He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha from the same constituency in 1980, 1984, 1989, 1991, 1996, and 1998. In the [[1999 Indian general election\|1999 Lok Sabha elections]], he was defeated by [[Babubhai Khimabhai Katara]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/young-india-votes/news/Lok-Sabha-veterans-with-a-difference/articleshow/636425.cms\| title=Lok Sabha veterans with a difference \| work=[[The Times of India]] \| date=23 April 2004 \| accessdate=12 December 2020}}</ref>

	Ahead of the [[2004 Lok Sabha elections]] Damor left Congress, which had refused him a ticket, and joined the [[Bharatiya Navshakti Party]]. Damor came third with 8.81% of the votes.		Ahead of the [[2004 Lok Sabha elections]] Damor left Congress, which had refused him a ticket, and joined the [[Bharatiya Navshakti Party]]. Damor came third with 8.81% of the votes.

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'''Somjibhai Damor''' (born 20 June 1940) is an [[India]]n [[Adivasi]] [[politician]] from [[Gujarat]]. He was elected to the [[6th Lok Sabha]] in 1977 from [[Dahod (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dohad constituency]] as an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate.<ref>[http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12GJ17.htm Parliament of India]</ref> He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha from the same constituency in 1980, 1984, 1989, 1991, 1996, and 1998. In the [[1999 Indian general election|1999 Lok Sabha elections]], he was defeated by [[Babubhai Khimabhai Katara]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/young-india-votes/news/Lok-Sabha-veterans-with-a-difference/articleshow/636425.cms| title=Lok Sabha veterans with a difference | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=23 April 2004 | accessdate=12 December 2020}}</ref>

Ahead of the [[2004 Lok Sabha elections]] Damor left Congress, which had refused him a ticket, and joined the [[Bharatiya Navshakti Party]]. Damor came third with 8.81% of the votes.

Later Damor joined the [[Nationalist Congress Party]] in 2005.

Damor is the president of the [[Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad]].

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12GJ17.htm Biographical Sketch] in Parliament of India website

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