JOSHI, SHRI VAIDYA DAU DAYAL
B.J.P - KOTA (RAJASTHAN)

Father's Name:   Pandit Laxman Lalji Joshi

Date of Birth:   30 August 1931

Place of Birth:   Kota (Rajasthan)

Marital Status:   Married on 30 January 1951

Spouse's Name:   Smt. Kamla Devi

Children:   Three sons and one daughter

Educational Qualifications :
Ayurvedacharya
Educated at Sanskrit Pathshala, Kota and Delhi Vidyapeeth, Delhi

Profession :
   Medical Practitioner

Permanent Address :
   1-N/13, Dada Bari, Adarsh Nagar, 
Kota-324001 (Rajasthan)
Tel. (0744) 424358

Positions Held :
   
1956-72Member, Nagar Nigam, Kota
1969-72Mayor, Nagar Nigam, Kota
1972-77President, B.J.P., Distt. Kota, Rajasthan
1977-89Member, B.J.P. Pradesh Working Committee, Rajasthan
Member, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Member, Estimates Committee; Committee on Public Undertakings and 
Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, 
Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
1987-89President, B.J.P., District Kota, Rajasthan
1989Elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth)
1990-91Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Health and Family 
Welfare
1991Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth)
1996Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the third time

Special Interests :
   Ayurveda, sanskrit language and literature, sports and reading 
books

Favourite Pastime and Recreation :
   Sports

Countries  Visited :
   China, Hong Kong, Mongolia and Thailand

Election Result :
   
Kota Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate11,66,466
Total votes polled5,26,810
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates :
(1) Vaidya Dau Dayal Joshi (B.J.P.)2,37,673
(2) Shri Ram Narayan Meena (I.N.C.)2,36,988
(3) Shri Bhagwandas Parmani Kshatriya (Ind.)   7,692
(4) Shri Dhanna Lal Suman [A.I.I.C. (T)]   7,240