[3][4] She contested 2017 Gujarat legislative assembly election from Indian National Congress and won against Shankar Chaudhary of Bharatiya Janata Party.
[5][6] Thakor contested 2012 Gujarat legislative assembly election from Vav but lost.
[7] She contested 2017 Gujarat legislative assembly election from Vav constituency and won with margin of 6655 votes.
[12][13][14] Thakor said that nothing was wrong in move to ban mobile for girls and "they should stay away from technology and spend more time in studying".
[16] In 2023, while being a Congress MLA, Geniben Thakor, along with Fatesinh Chauhan, a BJP MLA, demanded an amendment to the Registration of Marriages Act, 2009, to make signatures of the parents mandatory when adult children choose their own partners.