title: Jivabhai Ambalal Patel
text: Jivabhai Ambalal Patel (born 30 April 1938) is chairman of the Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation, and an Indian politician. He was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha, representing the Mahesana parliamentary constituency of Gujarat from 2004 to 2009. He was defeated in 2009 and 2014 Indian general election and 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. He left INC and joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in September 2018.
  
  References
  
  External links
   Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
  
  1938 births
  Living people
  Indian National Congress politicians
  India MPs 2004–2009
  People from Mehsana district
  United Progressive Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election
  Lok Sabha members from Gujarat
  Indian National Congress politicians from Gujarat
  Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat
  Former members of Indian National Congress from Gujarat