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South Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)


South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency () is one of the seven Lok Sabha constituencies in the Indian National Capital Territory of Delhi. This constituency came into existence in 1966. The seat was a stronghold of the Bharatiya Janata Party for many years but in 2009, after delimitation, INC won this seat. As of 2014, Ramesh Bidhuri of the BJP is the MP representing the constituency. From 1966 to 1993, South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following Delhi Metropolitan Council segments: From 1993 to 2008, it comprised the following
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1992 New Delhi by-election


In June 1992 a by-election was held for the New Delhi seat in the Lok Sabha (lower house of the parliament of India). The by-election was called after the resignation of the incumbent Member of Parliament L.K. Advani. Bharatiya Janata Party leader Advani had won the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat in the 1989 and 1991 general elections. However, Advani had also won the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat in 1991, and thus opted to resign from the New Delhi seat. The by-election was originally
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Indian National Lok Dal


seats compared to the Congress party's 67 seats. In 2009, the INLD won 31 seats. On 16 January 2013, Om Prakash Chautala and Ajay Chautala were sent jail after a New Delhi court sentenced them to ten years imprisonment under various provisions of the IPC and the Prevention of Corruption Act. In the 16th Lok Sabha elections, the INLD won on two seats. Dushyant Chautala was elected for a Hisar Lok Sabha Seat and Charanjeet Singh Rori was elected for a Sirsa Lok Sabha Seat. In Rohtak at Chhotu Ram Stadium
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Nerela (Delhi Assembly constituency)


Nerela, also known as Narela, is a Vidhan Sabha constituency in the National Capital Territory of Delhi. It is a part of the North West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency, which is a reserved seat for scheduled caste. From 1993 to 2008, it was Delhi Legislative Assembly segment within the East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency, prior to it, Nerela remained a 1966-93, a Delhi Metropolitan Council segment, with the same constituency. After the delimitation of 2008, Nerela (Narela) is now an Assembly segment within the
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Lok Sabha


The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies, and they hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the President on the advice of the council of ministers. The house meets in the Lok Sabha Chambers of the Sansad Bhavan in New Delhi. The maximum strength of
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New Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)


New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 7 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the Indian National Capital Territory of Delhi. This constituency came into existence in 1951. Famous film actor, Rajesh Khanna lost here by a close margin in 1991 to L. K. Advani. It is the oldest constituency of Delhi that currently exists. From 1966-93, New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following Delhi Metropolitan Council segments: From 1993-2008, it comprised the following Delhi Vidhan Sabha segments: Following the delimitation of the
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Gole Market


Place and two kilometers away from the President's House and the Parliament House. Located in close proximity to various political buildings, it is also houses the Communist Party of India's Delhi headquarters. The Gole Market area was a Delhi Metropolitan Council constituency within New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency between 1966–and 1993, and later a Delhi State Assembly constituency within the South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency from 1993 to 2008. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit contested and won the Gole Market seat in the 1998 and 2003 assembly elections. However, after the delimitation
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East Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)


East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency () is one of the 7 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the Indian National Capital Territory of Delhi. This constituency came into existence in 1966. It presently comprises 40 municipal wards of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi with approximately 16 lakh voters and a population of approx 25 lakhs. East Delhi is one of the larger and highly populated Lok Sabha constituencies not only in Delhi but all over India. The constituency covers areas east of the Yamuna and has a large population, including Seelampur, Shahdara
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Manmohan Singh


the Bharatiya Janata Party was in power, Singh was the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. In 1999, he contested for the Lok Sabha from South Delhi but was unable to win the seat. After the 2004 general elections, the Indian National Congress ended the incumbent National Democratic Alliance (NDA) tenure by becoming the political party with the single largest number of seats in the Lok Sabha. It formed United Progressive Alliance (UPA) with allies and staked claim to form government. In a surprise move, Chairperson
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Kanshi Ram


Allahabad seat up against a future Prime Minister V. P. Singh and performed impressively but lost polling close to 70,000 votes. He unsuccessfully contested from East Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency) in 1989 and came at fourth position. Then he represented the 11th Lok Sabha from Hoshiarpur, Kanshiram was also elected as member of Lok Sabha from Etawah in Uttar Pradesh. In 2001 he publicly announced Mayawati as his successor. In the late 1990s, Ram described the BJP as the most corrupt ("mahabrasht") party in India and the INC
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Lakshadweep (Lok Sabha constituency)


Sayeed held the seat and represented the constituency in the 6th Lok Sabha. P. M. Sayeed defected to the Indian National Congress (Urs) party but still held the seat and represented the constituency in the 7th Lok Sabha. P. M. Sayeed returned to the INC and held the seat and represented the constituency in the 8th Lok Sabha. P. M. Sayeed held the seat and represented the constituency in the 9th Lok Sabha. P. M. Sayeed held the seat and represented the constituency in the 10th Lok Sabha. P. M. Sayeed held the
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Amethi (Lok Sabha constituency)


the Ninth Lok Sabha. Satish Sharma held the seat and represented the constituency in the Tenth Lok Sabha. Sanjay Singh of the BJP won the election and represented the constituency in the Eleventh Lok Sabha. Sonia Gandhi, the widow of Rajiv Gandhi, won the election and represented the constituency in the Thirteenth Lok Sabha. Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi's son, won the seat and represented the constituency in the Fourteenth Lok Sabha. Rahul Gandhi held the seat and represented the constituency in the Fifteenth Lok Sabha. Rahul Gandhi won a
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Tarif Singh


granddaughter Neha is married to social worker and upcoming Jat leader Ch. Ankit Singh Mann In 1977, he was elected as a Pradhan Gramsabha, Village Sultanpur Mazra. He was Chairman of the Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC), Najafgarh, Delhi. He became President of Lok Dal Delhi Pradesh, Delhi in 1985 and held this position till 1987. Ch. Tarif Singh contested and won Lok Sabha elections from Delhi's Outer Delhi seat and won by a huge margin. He dedicated this victory to the people living in his
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Sushma Swaraj


as a member of the Rajya Sabha and remained there until she was elected to the 11th Lok Sabha from South Delhi constituency in 1996. Swaraj was elected to the 11th Lok Sabha from South Delhi constituency in April 1996 elections. She was Union Cabinet Minister for Information and Broadcasting during the 13-day government of PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1996. She was re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha from South Delhi Parliamentary constituency for a second term in March 1998. Under the second PM Vajpayee Government, she was sworn in as Union Cabinet
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Ghonda


Hansraj and Ch. Dharam Singh Nagar respectively. The former MLA of this area was Sahab Singh Chauhan (Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP), but in the assembly election of 2015 this seat has won by Shri Dutt Sharma. In 2003 Lok Sabha election it elected Sandeep Dikshit (INC), but in the 2009 Lok Aabha election North East Delhi elected Jai Prakash Aggrawal. And in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, Manoj Tiwari of Bhartiya Janta Party was elected as the Member of Parliament. Pt. YADRAM SECONDARY PUBLIC SCHOOL situated
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Sajjan Kumar


. He was first elected to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi at a time when only few congressman were able to win in Delhi, and was later appointed General Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC), Delhi. In 1980, he elected to 7th Lok Sabha, and was a Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Works and Housing in the Lok Sabha. At the time, he was a Sanjay Gandhi loyalist and a bakery owner. In 1991, he was re-elected to the Lok Sabha, and then again
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Mauli Chandra Sharma


, with the RSS pracharak Bhai Mahavir being the other General Secretary. This indicated an equitable sharing of influence in the Jana Sangh by the Hindu traditionalist politicians and the Hindu nationalist RSS. Jana Sangh had been formed on the eve of the first General Elections of 1951-52. The party won only 3 seats in the Lok Sabha, including that of Mookerjee. Sharma contested for the Lok Sabha seat from Outer Delhi, but lost. He secured 74,077 votes or 16 percent of the votes cast. When Mookerjee died in June
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Sompal Shastri


Shastri, and represented Baghpat in the fourth Lok Sabha. He graduated from high school in Allahabad, 1957; B.A. Hons. (Economics), Delhi University, 1961; M.A. (Economics), Delhi University, 1964; LL.B., Delhi University, 1967. On September 2013, Sompal Shastri refused to contest Lok Sabha polls under the Samajwadi Party banner. In a letter written to party president Mulayam Singh Yadav, Mr. Shastri said he was not in a position to contest the Lok Sabha polls from Baghpat after the violence in
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Rashtriya Janata Dal


. On 5 July 1997, Lalu Prasad Yadav, Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Kanti Singh along with seventeen Lok Sabha MPs and eight Rajya Sabha MPs along with supporters gathered at New Delhi formed the new political party, "Rashtriya Janata Dal". It was formed as breakaway of Janata Dal. Lalu Prasad was elected as the first president of RJD. It is a centre-left party. In the March 1998 national elections, RJD won 17 Lok Sabha seats from Bihar but failed to make significant headway in any other state.
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Sahib Singh Verma


also in Library Science from Aligarh Muslim University. Married in 1954 to Sahib Kaur, he has two sons and three daughters. His son Pravesh Verma was the BJP candidate in the 2013 Delhi assembly election for Mehrauli & won the seat by defeating Delhi Vidhan Sabha Speaker Yoganand Shastri.In 2014 Indian general election,Pravesh Verma won the election from West Delhi Lok Sabha Constituency by a record margin of 2,68,586 votes. In 1977 he was elected to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and took the "Oath as a Councillor" by the
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Nagaland (Lok Sabha constituency)


, Chingwang won the election and represented the constituency in the 7th Lok Sabha. Chingwang joined the INC, held the seat and represented the constituency in the 8th Lok Sabha. Shikino Sam of the INC represented the constituency in the 9th Lok Sabha. Imchalemba of the Nagaland Peoples Council represented the constituency in the 10th Lok Sabha. Imchalemba joined the INC, held the seat and represented the constituency in the 11th Lok Sabha. K. Asungba Sangtam of the INC represented the constituency in the 12th Lok Sabha. Sangtam of the INC held
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Ganjam district


of Ganjam and the elected members of the area Since 2008, Ganjam district is represented in Berhampur (Lok Sabha constituency) and Aska (Lok Sabha constituency). Berhampur seat earlier Ganjam (Lok Sabha constituency) exist in 1952 and 1957 general elections as two seat constituency and Chatarpur (Lok Sabha constituency) exist in 1962, 1967 and 1971 general elections and later Berhanpur seat exist since 1977 general elections. Aska seat exist since 1977 general elections and earlier as Bhanjanagar (Lok Sabha constituency) seat in 1962, 1967 and 1971
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Mono Mohan Das


Parliament from 1950 to 1952. He was elected to the first Lok Sabha in 1952 from one of the two seats of Burdwan (Lok Sabha constituency). The other seat was won by Atulya Ghosh. In 1957, he was elected from one of the two seats of the newly formed Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency). The other seat was won by Atulya Ghosh. Dr. Mono Mohan Das was elected to the Third Lok Sabha in 1962 from the newly created Ausgram (Lok Sabha constituency). He served as Deputy Minister
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Bijapur North (Lok Sabha constituency)


Bijapur North Lok Sabha constituency was a former Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka (Bombay State from 1952 to 1956). This seat came into existence in 1951. Before 1967 Lok Sabha Elections, it ceased to exist. Bijapur North Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following six Legislative Assembly segments: After Bijapur district of erstwhile Bombay State got merged with Mysore State in 1956, this seat became a part of Mysore State and before 1967 Lok Sabha Elections, it ceased to exist and was replaced by Bijapur Lok Sabha constituency. Bombay State:
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Bijapur South (Lok Sabha constituency)


Bijapur South Lok Sabha constituency was a former Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka (Bombay State from 1952 to 1956). This seat came into existence in 1951. Before 1967 Lok Sabha Elections, it ceased to exist. Bijapur South Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following seven Legislative Assembly segments: After Bijapur district of erstwhile Bombay State got merged with Mysore State in 1956, this seat became a part of Mysore State and before 1967 Lok Sabha Elections, it ceased to exist and was replaced by Bagalkot Lok Sabha constituency. Bombay State:
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Elections in India


or the lower house of India's Parliament are elected by being voted upon by all adult citizens of India, from a set of candidates who stand in their respective constituencies. Every adult citizen of India can vote only in their constituency. Candidates who win the Lok Sabha elections are called 'Member of Parliament' and hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the President on the advice of the council of ministers. The house meets in the Lok Sabha Chambers of the Sansad Bhavan in New Delhi,
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Kodarma (Lok Sabha constituency)


Kodarma Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jharkhand state in eastern India. This constituency covers the entire Koderma district and parts of Hazaribagh and Giridih districts. Presently, Kodarma Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments: Koderma lok sabha seat is always known to be the traditional seat of BJP but after formation of Jharkhand due to the efforts of local Bjp leaders like Dr ravindra Kumar rai it has become the most secured and unbeatable seat for BJP. It
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Indore (Lok Sabha constituency)


Indore Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 29 Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency covers most of the Indore district. The Member of Parliament from Indore Lok Sabha constituency is Shankar Lalwani. Since 1989, the seat is held by the BJP. Before Lalwani, the seat was held for record 8 consecutive terms by BJP's Sumitra Mahajan since 1989, who was also the Speaker of the Lok Sabha between 2014 and 2019. Presently, Indore Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following eight Vidhan Sabha segments
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Porbandar (Lok Sabha constituency)


Porbandar Lok Sabha constituency () is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Gujarat state in western India. Presently, Porbandar Lok Sabha constituency comprises seven Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are: ^ by poll. Vitthalbhai Radadiya won Lok Sabha seat for Congress in 2009, but gave up the seat after he became MLA for Congress from Dhoraji after 2012 assembly elections. But he resigned from Congress immediately after those elections. And contested Lok Sabha by-poll of 2013 on BJP ticket and won
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3rd Lok Sabha


List of Members of the 3rd Lok Sabha, (2 April 1962 – 3 March 1967) elected February–March 1962. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. The election was held for 494 seats out of which Indian national congress won 361 seats. 14 sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 2nd Lok Sabha after the 1962 Indian general election. Jawaharlal Nehru was Prime Minister as in 1st Lok Sabha and 2nd Lok Sabha, till his death on 27 May
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Virbhadra Singh


. His wife, Pratibha Singh, was a Lok Sabha member from Mandi. Virbhadra Singh was born on 23 June 1934 at Sarahan, Shimla district. Singh was educated at Bishop Cotton School (Shimla) and later obtained a BA Honours degree from St. Stephen's College, Delhi. He is married to Pratibha Singh and has a son and four daughters including Abhilasha Kumari. Singh gained a seat in the Lok Sabha — which is the lower house of the Parliament of India — in the Indian general elections of 1962. He
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1st Lok Sabha


The First Lok Sabha was constituted on 17 April 1952 after India's first general election. The 1st Lok Sabha lasted its full tenure of five years and was dissolved on 4 April 1957. First Session of this Lok Sabha commenced on 13 May 1952. Total Lok Sabha seats were 489 and total eligible voters were 17.3 crore. The Indian National Congress (INC) won 364 seats. They were followed by Independents, winning a total of 37 seats. The Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Socialist Party (India
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Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)


following six Legislative Assembly segments: After South Kanara District of erstwhile Madras State got merged with Mysore State in 1956, South Kanara (South) Lok Sabha constituency ceased to exist and was replaced by Mangalore Lok Sabha constituency. The Parts of Kasargod and Hosdurg (Kanhangad) seats were merged with Kerala and became a part of Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency which included Manjeswar, Kasaragod, Udma and Kanhangad (SC) Legislative Assembly seats. Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments: 2019 General Election to Lok Sabha Constituency
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Udupi (Lok Sabha constituency)


Udupi Lok Sabha constituency was a former Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka. This seat came into existence in 1957. With the implementation of the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008, it ceased to exist. The former Constituency of Udupi (Lok Sabha constituency) was South Kanara (North) (Lok Sabha constituency), which came into existence in 1951. With the implementation of States Reorganisation Act, 1956, it ceased to exist. After South Canara District of erstwhile Madras State got merged with Mysore State in 1956, that seat
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Narela


Assembly segment within the East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency, prior to it, Narela remained a 1966-93, a Delhi Metropolitan Council segment, with the same constituency. After the delimitation of 2008, Narela (Nerela) is now an Assembly segment within the North West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency. Presently, Sharad Chauhan of Aam Adami Party is the incumbent MLA from Narela constituency of Delhi Assembly, after the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election. The office of Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) (Narela), the head of Narela
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7th Lok Sabha


List of Members of the 7th Lok Sabha, (18 January 1980 – 31 December 1984) elected December 1979 – January 1980. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India.9 sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 7th Lok Sabha after the 1980 Indian general election. Indira Gandhi became the Prime minister on 14 January 1980 after INC and alliances won 373 seats, 286 seats more than previous 6th Lok Sabha. Rajiv Gandhi became Prime minister on 31 October 1984 after the assassination
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Tripura East (Lok Sabha constituency)


Tripura East Lok Sabha constituency () is one of the two Lok Sabha constituencies in Tripura state in northeastern India. The seat is reserved for scheduled tribes. In the first elections in 1952 the seat was represented by Dasarath Deb, the leader of the Ganamukti Parishad uprising. Tripura East Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments: Key For this election Tripura became one Lok Sabha constituency with two representatives in parliament. The two representatives were Dasarath Deb of the Communist Party of India and Bangshi Deb Barma of the Indian
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Agatha Sangma


Hills, Meghalaya. Her brother Conrad Sangma is the Chief Minister in the Meghalaya State Assembly. She received her LLB degree from Pune University and later joined the bar in Delhi High Court. She did her Masters in Environmental Management at the University of Nottingham, UK. Agatha Sangma was first elected to the 14th Lok Sabha in a by-election in May 2008, after her father P.A. Sangma resigned from the seat to join state politics. Later she was re elected to 15th Lok Sabha where she is the youngest Indian MP
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Meira Kumar


Mayawati, two powerful Dalit leaders. Meira Kumar entered electoral politics in 1985 and was elected, on INC ticket from Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh, defeating political heavyweights like Ram Vilas Paswan and Mayawati, two powerful Dalit leaders of Indian politics. She was a member of the 8th Lok Sabha from Bijnor, 11th and 12th Lok Sabhas from Karol Bagh in Delhi. She lost her seat in the BJP wave of 1996, but was able to get re-elected with a significant majority from her father's former constituency of Sasaram in
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South Kanara (North) (Lok Sabha constituency)


South Kanara (North) Lok Sabha constituency was a former Lok Sabha constituency in Madras State. This seat came into existence in 1951. With the implementation of States Reorganisation Act, 1956, it ceased to exist. South Kanara (North) Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following five Legislative Assembly segments: After South Canara District of erstwhile Madras State got merged with Mysore State in 1956, this seat ceased to exist and was replaced by Udipi Lok Sabha constituency. Later in 1978, the Legislative Assembly segments of Baindur, Kundapur,
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South Kanara (South) (Lok Sabha constituency)


South Kanara (South) Lok Sabha constituency was a former Lok Sabha constituency in Madras State. This seat came into existence in 1951. With the implementation of States Reorganisation Act, 1956, it ceased to exist. South Kanara (South) Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following six Legislative Assembly segments: After South Canara District of erstwhile Madras State got merged with Mysore State in 1956, this seat ceased to exist and was replaced by Mangalore Lok Sabha constituency. The Parts of Kasargod and Hosdurg (Kanhangad) were merged with Kerala
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Shibu Soren


March 2008. However, possibly related incitement charges—dating from two earlier deaths in 1974—remain pending. He lost his first Lok Sabha election in 1977. He was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1980 from dumka. An arrest warrant was issued against him. He was subsequently elected to the Lok Sabha in 1989, 1991 and 1996 as well. In 2002, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha. He won the Dumka Lok Sabha seat in a by-election the same year and resigned his Rajya Sabha seat.
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P. A. Sangma


times. He represented the Tura constituency in multiple Lok Sabha sessions - from the sixth Lok Sabha session to the eight Lok Sabha session. He did not contest re-election at the time of the formation of the 9th Lok Sabha but did regain his seat in 1991 at the commencement of the 10th Lok Sabha. He remained a member of the Lok Sabha till 2008. He became Speaker of Lok Sabha in 1996. He was the Chief Minister of Meghalaya from 1988 to 1990. Sangma was expelled from the Congress on 20
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Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency)


Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Arambagh in West Bengal. While six assembly segments of No. 29 Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Hooghly district one segment is in Hooghly district. The seat was earlier an open seat but from 2009 it was reserved for scheduled castes. In the 2004 Lok Sabha polls Anil Basu of CPI(M) won the Arambagh seat by a margin of 592,502 votes, which remained for a long time the highest ever victory margin
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Beed (Lok Sabha constituency)


Beed Lok Sabha constituency (formerly, Bhir Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency was formed in 1951, as one of the 25 constituencies of erstwhile Hyderabad State. The current MP, Mrs.Pritam Munde won the seat in the 2014 elections by a victory margin of 6,96,321 votes, which was the highest ever in a Lok Sabha election. [8][a At present, Beed Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments
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Thane (Lok Sabha constituency)


Thane Lok Sabha constituency (formerly, Thana Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. At present, after the implementation of the Presidential notification on delimitation on 19 February 2008, Thane Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These segments are: In 1952 and 1957, this Thane area contributed two members to Lok Sabha. A seat re-org in 2008 split this constituency in two: Thane and Kalyan Now on to Thane
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5th Lok Sabha


List of Members of the 5th Lok Sabha, ( 15 March 1971 – 18 January 1977 ) elected February–March 1971. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. 4 sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 5th Lok Sabha after the 1971 Indian general election. Indira Gandhi was the Prime Minister as in the previous 4th Lok Sabha. However, INC lost 217 seats in the next 6th Lok Sabha, which was constituted after the 1977 Indian general election. Members
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Pilibhit (Lok Sabha constituency)


Pilibhit Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Pilibhit (Lok Sabha constituency) comprises five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are; In the first parliamentary election, the Praja Socialist Party (PSP) won this seat thrice. Later, in the following elections, Indian National Congress (INC) and its participatory parties have won this seat four times. From 1989 onwards, Menaka Gandhi (a member of Nehru-Gandhi family) has
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Vijay Kumar Malhotra


Vijay Kumar Malhotra (born 3 December 1931) is an Indian politician and a sport administrator. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was born in the Lahore city of Punjab in British India which is now in Pakistan. He represented Delhi Sadar and South Delhi constituencies in the National Capital Territory of Delhi in the 9th Lok Sabha and the 14th Lok Sabha respectively. Malhotra has had long active career in politics; Chief Executive Councillor of Delhi's Metropolitan Council (Chief Minister equivalent,1967), President of the Janata Party,
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Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency)


Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency is based on Purba Bardhaman district in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 38 Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Purba Bardhaman district. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Burdwan (Lok Sabha constituency), Katwa (Lok Sabha constituency) and Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency) ceased to
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Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency)


Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency) (earlier known as Vishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency)) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Bishnupur in West Bengal. While six of the assembly seats of No. 37 Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Bankura district, one assembly segment is in Bardhaman district. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 37
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Malviya Nagar (Delhi)


the Main Market and the roundabout near Shivalik Gate (which is also the Bus Depot). Saket is a nearby neighbourhood. The Delhi Metro Yellow Line to Gurgaon is functional and has a station at Malviya Nagar. Malviya Nagar is a constituency of the Delhi Assembly. Since 2013, the sitting Member of the Assembly has been Somnath Bharti of the Aam Aadmi Party. Malviya Nagar is part of the New Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency) and the current Member of Parliament is Meenakshi Lekhi. Malviya Nagar has two corporation seats ward
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Piravom


India. Piravom assembly constituency is now a part of Kottayam (Lok Sabha constituency) after the delimitation of parliament seats in India. Previously it was part of erstwhile Muvattupuzha (Lok Sabha constituency). Jose K Mani is the Lok Sabha member from this Kottayam Constituency, in which Piravom is included. Anoop Jacob, son of former Minister T.M. Jacob is the MLA - of piravom and he is the Civil & Supplyco minister of Kerala government. U.D.F is ruling Piravom municipality and Sabu K Jacob from Congress(I) is the municipal chairman
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Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)


Kasaragod is a Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala. The present Legislative Assembly seats of Manjeswar, Kasaragod, Udma and Kanhangad (SC) in Kasargod District were a part of South Kanara (South) Lok Sabha constituency of Madras State. That seat came into existence in 1951 when South Kanara District (comprising present Dakshina Kannada District of Karnataka and Kasargod, Kanhangad (Hosdurg) Taluks of Kerala). With the implementation of States Reorganisation Act, 1956, it ceased to exist. South Kanara (South) Lok Sabha constituency comprised the
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Patna Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency)


Patna Sahib (Lok Sabha Constituency) () is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency is located in Patna district in Bihar. Until 2008, there was only one Lok Sabha seat for Patna, capital of Bihar. In the reorganisation effected that year, the city was awarded two seats, named Pataliputra (after the city's ancient name) and Patna Sahib. The Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) system with EVMs was used for the first time in this Lok Sabha constituency in 2014
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Lok Sabha


Lok Sabha, which are as follows: However, a member can be disqualified of being a member of Parliament: A seat in the Lok Sabha will become vacant in the following circumstances (during normal functioning of the House): Furthermore, as per "article 101" (Part V.—The Union) of the Indian Constitution, a person cannot be: Members of the Lok Sabha are directly elected by the people of India, on the basis of Universal Suffrage. Elections are by the people directly to the Lok Sabha and
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Tiruchengode (Lok Sabha constituency)


Tiruchengode was a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. After delimitation in 2009, it is now a defunct constituency. Tiruchengode Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: Note: The incumbent party MDMK did not contest this seat in 2004. Instead it was contested by its United Progressive Alliance coalition partner DMK, who won the seat. Thus, the NDA, lost the seat, since MDMK left the NDA, and joined the UPA, who held the seat. DMK had not contested this seat in the previous
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Paharganj


in the bylanes of Paharganj. It was restored in early 2000s, after the Supreme Court orders, but his house was never identified. Today Sadar-Paharganj constitutes one of the 12 administrative zones of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). Paharganj was a Delhi Metropolitan Council segment, within the Chandni Chowk, Lok Sabha constituency, 1966–93. Thereafter it remained the Delhi State Assembly constituency, under Chandni Chowk, Lok Sabha constituency, from 1993–2008, Subsequently, following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies, in 2008, it became
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Sharad Pawar


Sabha constituencies. Congress was aligned with the Republican Party of India (Athvale) and Samajwadi Party for the Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra. The Congress party won 33 Lok Sabha seats outright, and the allied Republican Party of India won 4 more, for a total of 37 out of 48 in the state. Sharad Pawar served as Leader of Opposition in the 12th Lok Sabha. In 1999, after the 12th Lok Sabha was dissolved and elections to the 13th Lok Sabha were called, Pawar, P. A. Sangma, and Tariq
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Captain Abhimanyu


Sabha elections, he was the election agent and Co-ordinator of Swami Indravesh in 1998, the BJP candidate from Rohtak. He was election agent and co-ordinator for Sahib Singh Verma, former Chief Minister of Delhi; and successfully managed the entire election campaign of the biggest Lok Sabha constituency of India, Outer Delhi in 1999. In 2004, Sindhu lost contest for the Rohtak Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency against Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the then state Indian National Congress president. In the following year, he failed to win in
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Lakshadweep (Lok Sabha constituency)


seat. As of the latest election in 2019, the current MP representing this constituency is Mohammed Faizal P. P. of the Nationalist Congress Party. Key Mohammed Faizal P. P. of the Nationalist Congress Party won the seat and represented the constituency in the 16th Lok Sabha. Independent candidate, P. M. Sayeed won the first election and represented this constituency in the 4th Lok Sabha. Sayeed was also the youngest MP elected to the 4th Lok Sabha. In the 1971 election, INC candidate, P. M. Sayeed was elected unopposed. P. M.
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Nagaland (Lok Sabha constituency)


been represented by a member of the Nagaland Peoples Front. W. Wangyuh Konyak was the MP from 2004–09. C. M. Chang won the seat in 2009. In its first election, Nagaland Nationalist Organisation candidate, S. C. Jamir was elected unopposed and represented the constituency in the 4th Lok Sabha. A. Kevichusa of the United Front of Nagaland won the election and represented the constituency in the 5th Lok Sabha. Rano M. Shaiza of the United Democratic Front party won the seat and represented the constituency in the 6th Lok Sabha. Independent candidate
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Forty-second Amendment of the Constitution of India


42nd Amendment froze any delimitation of constituencies for elections to Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies until after the 2001 Census of India, by amending article 170 (relating to composition of Legislative Assemblies). The total number of seats in the Lok Sabha and the Assemblies remained the same until the 91st Amendment, passed in 2003, extended the freeze up to 2026. The number of seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies was also frozen. The amendment extended the term of Lok Sabha
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Balraj Madhok


part of the RSS-dominated Working Committee of the Jana Sangh in 1954, which ensured the ouster of the traditional politician wing led by the President M. C. Sharma. The Delhi branch of the party was dissolved and then reconstituted with RSS pracharaks at the helm. Madhok continued to be active in the Delhi branch of Jana Sangh, and won the Lok Sabha seat for Delhi in 1961. In 1966-67, Madhok rose to become the President of the Jana Sangh. He led the party in the general election of 1967
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Democratic Progressive Alliance


The Pattali Makkal Katchi withdrew support in 2008 over differences with the DMK but it still remained in the Congress-led UPA in the Centre. But after differences of seat sharing before the 15th Lok Sabha, it withdrew support to the UPA also and crossed over to the AIADMK-led front. The Manithaneya Makkal Katchi was formed in 2009 by the Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazagham and immediately joined the DPA. But before the Lok Sabha elections, its demand for two Lok Sabha seats and one Rajya Sabha seat was turned down by
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Naveen Patnaik


BJD won a resounding victory in both the Vidhan Sabha (State Assembly) as well as the Lok Sabha elections in 2009, winning 14 out of 21 Lok Sabha seats and 103 of the 147 assembly seats and was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Odisha on 21 May 2009 for the third consecutive term. Patnaik won a huge victory in both the 2014 Indian General Elections and the Legislative Assembly of Odisha elections in 2014. Patnaik's Biju Janata Dal secured 20 out of the 21 Lok Sabha seats of Odisha and 117 of
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Biju Janata Dal


elections in alliance with BJP. The party won 11 Lok Sabha seats in the 2004 elections. However the BJD parted ways with the BJP for both the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections 2009 citing differences in seat sharing. In the 2009 Indian general election, BJD won 14 seats and secured strong 108 legislative seats out of 147 seats in assembly election of 2009. Biju Janata Dal won a huge victory in the 2014 general election securing 20 of the 21 Lok Sabha seats and 117 of 147 Odisha Legislative Assembly seats. Naveen Patnaik stepped
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The Emergency (India)


March 1977. The opposition Janata movement's campaign warned Indians that the elections might be their last chance to choose between "democracy and dictatorship." In the Lok Sabha elections, held in March, Mrs. Gandhi and Sanjay both lost their Lok Sabha seats, as did all the Congress candidates in northern states such as Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Many Congress Party loyalists deserted Mrs. Gandhi. The Congress was reduced to just 153 seats, 92 of which were from four of the southern states. The Janata Party's 298 seats and
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Government of India


of India in the Constitution, and both names appears on legal banknotes, in treaties and in legal cases. The terms "union government", "central government" and "" are often used officially and unofficially to refer to the Government of India. The term "New Delhi" is commonly used as a metonym for the central government, as the seat of government is in New Delhi. The powers of the legislature in India are exercised by the Parliament, a bicameral legislature consisting of the Rajya Sabha and the Lok
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Peddapalle (Lok Sabha constituency)


Peddapalli Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 17 Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in Telangana state in southern India. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes Since its inception in 1962 Peddapalli seat is a Congress stronghold, various political outfits like the Telangana Praja Samithi and the Telugu Desam Party have won it during different general elections. After the formation of Telangana the Telangana Rashtra Samithi won the seat for the first time in 2014 General Election. Peddapalli Lok Sabha constituency presently comprises the following
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Tarif Singh


Chaudhary Tarif Singh (चौ० तारीफ सिंह) (Shokeen), is an Indian politician. He was elected to Lok Sabha from Outer Delhi (9th Lok Sabha : 2 December 1989 – 13 March 1991) under the Janata Dal government. He is an honest Jat leader and has been working towards upliftment of farmers and peasants, he is well appreciated and respected in Delhi and Haryana. Ch. Charan Singh, Fifth Prime Minister of India brought him into politics. He is a humble and honest Jat leader from Delhi. His
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Bhanu Prakash Mirdha


Bhanu Prakash Mirdha (born 27 March 1953) is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a former member of Lok Sabha. In 1997, he was elected to the [[11th Lok Sabha]Bye election] from [[Nagaur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nagaur constituency]] in [[Rajasthan]] state defeating [[Ram Niwas Mirdha]]. Born in 1953 he was educated at [[Delhi University]]. He is agriculturist by profession. He is son of [[Nathuram
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Left Front (West Bengal)


the Revolutionary Communist Party of India and the Biplabi Bangla Congress, articulated a common programme. The Left Front contested the Lok Sabha election in an electoral understanding together with the Janata Party. The Workers Party of India applied for inclusion into the Left Front, but was denied entry. In the 1977 Lok Sabha election the Left Front contested 26 out of the 42 West Bengal Lok Sabha constituencies; CPI(M) fielded candidates for 20 seats, RSP 3 seats and AIFB 3 seats. CPI(M) won 17 seats, AIFB 3 seats and
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8th Lok Sabha


The 8th Lok Sabha ran from 31 December 1984 to 27 November 1989. Politicians were elected in December 1984, taking office by the end of the month. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the bicameral Parliament of India. 9 sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 8th Lok Sabha after the Indian general election, in 1984. Rajiv Gandhi of Indian National Congress continued as Prime Minister till 2 December 1989. In this 8th Lok Sabha, INC party had 30 more seats than previous
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Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency)


Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 Parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Jaynagar in West Bengal. All the seven legislative assembly segments of No. 19 Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency) are in South 24 Parganas district. The seat is reserved for Scheduled Castes. As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency) is composed of the following legislative assembly segments from 2009: In 2004, Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency
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Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency)


Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 Parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Mathurapur in West Bengal. All the seven legislative assembly segments of No. 20 Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency) are in South 24 Parganas district. The seat is reserved for Scheduled Castes. As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency) is composed of the following legislative assembly segments from 2009: In 2004, Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency
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Mangalore (Lok Sabha constituency)


Mangalore Lok Sabha constituency was one of the Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka state in southern India. With the implementation of the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008, based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002, this constituency ceased to exist. Mangalore Lok Sabha Constituency was a part of South Kanara (South) Lok Sabha constituency of Madras State. That seat came into existence in 1951 when South Kanara District (comprising present Dakshina Kannada District of Karnataka and Kasargod, Kanhangad Taluks of Kerala). With the
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Nizamabad (Lok Sabha constituency)


Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 17 Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in Telangana state in southern India. Dharmapuri Arvind of Bharatiya Janata Party is currently representing the constituency. Since its inception in 1952 Nizamabad seat is a Congress stronghold, various political outfits like the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Telugu Desam Party have won it during different general elections. After the formation of Telangana the Telangana Rashtra Samithi won the seat for the first time in 2014 General Election. Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency presently comprises the following
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Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi


essential to mentioned the caste of candidates who were kept deprived from politics by the so called established political parties. Out of the 48 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha seat in Maharashtra, AIMIM is contesting in one seat of Aurangabad and the VBA candidate for the remaining 47 seats. The Election Commission of India has given election symbol "Teacup" (Cup Bashi) to most of the VBA candidates for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Prakash Ambedkar is going to contest Lok Sabha elections from Akola constituency and Solapur constituency. He has
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Rameshwar Prasad (CPI(ML) Liberation)


1996 Lok Sabha election, with 146,398 votes (22.97%). He contested the Arrah Lok Sabha seat again in the 1999 election, again finishing third with 141,939 votes (20.82%). He again won the seat in the February 2005 legislative assembly election, with 33,834 votes (32.73%). However, he lost the seat in the October 2005 election, finishing in third position with 26,323 votes. In 2006, CPI(ML)Liberation nominated Prasad to contest a by-poll for the Nalanda Lok Sabha seat. Prasad obtained 17,515
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Jangpura


Tito Marg. The small colony of Pant Nagar along the Barapulla Nullah is contiguous with Jangpura Extension. Jangpura is a Delhi Legislative Assembly constituency within the South Delhi Lok Sabha seat, following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies, since 2008, prior to which it was part of the New Delhi constituency. One Colonel Young, tasked with moving the villagers of Raisina – a village soon to disappear to make way for the grand edifices of state to come up along Rajpath, established the colony of 'Youngpura', which was colloquialised
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9th Lok Sabha


List of Members of the 9th Lok Sabha (2 December 1989 – 13 March 1991) elections in 22–26 November 1989. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. 12 sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 9th Lok Sabha after the 1989 Indian general election. Vishwanath Pratap Singh became the Prime Minister during 2 December 1989 to 10 November 1990 with the help of Bharatiya Janata Party and the Left Parties. INC loses 207 seats as compared to previous 8th Lok Sabha after
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6th Lok Sabha


The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. The 6th Lok Sabha, which ran from 23 March 1977 to 22 August 1979 was elected in February and March 1977. 11 sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 6th Lok Sabha after the 1971 Indian general election. Morarji Desai became the Prime Minister on 24 March 1977 after Janata alliance won 345 seats, 233 more than the previous 5th Lok Sabha. Charan Singh became the Prime Minister on 28 July 1979 till 14 January
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Cannabis in India


, Mumbai and Delhi by the Great Legalisation Movement India. Many articles and programs in the popular media have also begun to appear pushing for a change in cannabis laws. In March 2015, Lok Sabha MP for Dhenkanal Tathagata Satpathy stated on a Reddit AMA that he supported the legalisation of cannabis, and also admitted to having consumed the drug on several occasions when he was in college. He later repeated his comments on television and during interactions with the media. On 2 November 2016, Lok Sabha MP Dharamvir Gandhi announced that he
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Shivajirao Adhalarao Patil


Shivajirao Adhalarao Patil () (born 8 May 1956) was a member of the 16th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Shirur (Lok Sabha constituency) in Pune District of Maharashtra and is a member of the Shiv Sena (SS) political party. Shivajirao Adhalarao Patil won the Shirur Lok Sabha seat by margin of 301,814 votes. He was also a member of the 14th Lok Sabha and 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Shirur constituency in Pune District of Maharashtra. He had also published his autobiography in
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13th Lok Sabha


The 13th Lok Sabha (10 October 1999 – 6 February 2004) is the thirteenth session of the Lok Sabha (House of the People, or lower house in the Parliament of India). It was convened after 1999 Indian general election held during September–October 1999. This majority group in the Lok Sabha during this period was the National Democratic Alliance, a rightist group led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, which won 270 seats, 16 more than 12th Lok Sabha. The NDA, under the leadership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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Warangal (Lok Sabha constituency)


Warangal Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 17 Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in Telangana state in southern India. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes Pasunoori Dayakar of Telangana Rashtra Samithi is currently representing the constituency for the first time. Since its inception in 1952 the seat was won by many political parties with Congress winning 8 times out of 16 whereas other outfits like Telangana Praja Samithi and the Telugu Desam Party have won it during different general elections. Telangana Rashtra Samithi emerged victorious
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Moni Kumar Subba


Moni Kumar Subba (16 March 1958 – 27 May 2019) was a member of the 12th Lok Sabha, 13th Lok Sabha and 14th Lok Sabha of India from 1998 to 2009. He represented the Tezpur constituency of Assam and was a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party. He died due to heart and brain stroke attack in Artemis Hospital New Delhi, on 27 May 2019. In 2007, the Central Bureau of Investigation told the Supreme Court of India that Subba's nationality was in doubt, and
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Gopal Kalan Tandel


a by-election for a new Lok Sabha constituency was held on 7 November 1987. Tandel won the seat, defeating the independent candidate Narayan Fugro. Tandel had stood as an Indian National Congress candidate and obtained 17,027 votes. He lost the Daman and Diu seat in the 1989 Lok Sabha election. He stood as an Indian National Congress candidate, finishing second with 13,807 votes (37.79%). He stood as an independent in the election for the Daman and Diu seat in the 1991 Lok Sabha election. He finished in
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16th Lok Sabha


first session was convened from June 4 to June 11, 2014. There was no leader of the opposition in the 16th Lok Sabha as the Indian Parliament rules state that a party in the Lok Sabha must have at least 10% (55) of the total seats (545) in order to be considered the opposition party. The Indian National Congress (of the UPA) could only manage 44 seats while the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party from Tamil Nadu came a close third with 37 seats. Mallikarjun Kharge was
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Buldhana district


Mehkar, Dongaon, Deulgaon Raja, Deulgaon Mahi, Sindkhed Raja, Lonar, and Nandura. The district contributes one seat to the Lok Sabha (Lower House), namely Buldhana (Lok Sabha constituency). Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav of Shiv Sena is the current Member of Parliament from Buldhana. The district has seven seats in the Maharashtra State legislature assembly: Buldhana, Chikhli, Sindkhed Raja, Mehkar, Khamgaon, and Jalgaon Jamod. The seventh seat at Malkapur is part of Raver (Lok Sabha constituency) in Jalgaon district.
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Chennai South (Lok Sabha constituency)


The Lok Sabha constituency Chennai South is one of three constituencies in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was formerly known as Madras South. It was created in 1957 through bifurcation of Madras Lok Sabha constituency.It is the most populous Lok sabha constituency in south India. C. N. Annadurai, the first non-Congress chief minister of Tamil Nadu resigned his seat in 1967 after he was nominated for chief ministership. It was later contested and won by Murasoli Maran. Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:
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11th Lok Sabha


of the 545 seats in the Lok Sabha, resulting in H. D. Deve Gowda from the Janata Dal being the 11th Prime Minister of India. Later I. K. Gujral, took the command of the country but when Lalu Prasad Yadav left Janta Dal and formed his own party, 11th Lok Sabha was dissolved to get fresh mandate from the voters for next 12th Lok Sabha in the 1998 Indian general election. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. 4 sitting members from Rajya
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Kirti Azad


his father Bhagwat Jha Azad, former Chief Minister of Bihar, into politics and was elected to Parliament on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket from Darbhanga, Bihar. He served his third term in the Lok Sabha representing Darbhanga. He was previously an MLA from Delhi's Gole Market constituency. He won the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections from Darbhanga. On 23 December 2015 he got suspended from Bharatiya Janata Party for openly targeting Union finance minister Arun Jaitley over alleged irregularities and corruption in Delhi's cricket body Delhi and District Cricket Association. Azad
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Syama Prasad Mukherjee


), Mukherjee founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh on 21 October 1951 in Delhi, becoming its first president. In the 1952 elections, the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) won three seats in the Parliament of India, including Mukherjee's. He had formed the National Democratic Party within the Parliament. It consisted of 32 members of the Lok Sabha and 10 members of the Rajya Sabha; however, it was not recognised by the speaker as an opposition party. The BJS was created with the objective of nation-building and "
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District of Columbia voting rights


was not until 1974 that residents of the ACT were able to vote for the latter. Unlike a state, which elects twelve Senators, the ACT only elects two. In the National Congress of Brazil, the Federal District has eight seats in the Chamber of Deputies, and three in the Federal Senate, the same number as a state. In the Parliament of India, the National Capital Territory of Delhi is represented by seven members in the Lok Sabha (lower house) and three members in the Rajya Sabha (upper house
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2014 Indian general election


lead in 246 assembly segments out of the total 288. By securing seven of the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana, BJP remained ahead on 52 assembly segments in the state. Its ally HJC could not win any of the Lok Sabha seats it contested, but its candidates remained ahead in seven assembly segments. BJP contested 8 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana, leaving two constituencies for its alliance partner HJC. BJP candidates remained ahead in all 27 assembly segments of Ambala, Karnal and Faridabad parliamentary constituencies. BJP won all seats except
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R. L. Bhatia


Lok Sabha in 1983, the President of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee 1982 through 1984, the General Secretary of AICC in 1991, and also a member of the select committee constituted in 1992 for the amendment of the constitution. During his time in the Lok Sabha, Bhatia represented India as a delegate to the United Nations, and participated as a delegate in the 7th NAM summit held in Delhi, in March 1983, the Common Wealth Heads of Government Meeting in New Delhi in November 1983, the Sixth SAARC summit in Colombo
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Meenakshi Lekhi


Meenakshi Lekhi is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and is a Member of Parliament from New Delhi constituency in the 16th Lok Sabha. She is the national spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party and a Supreme Court of India lawyer. She won the high-profile New Delhi parliamentary constituency with over 4.5 lakh votes as a BJP candidate in the 2014 elections. In July 2016, she was appointed as chairperson of the Committee on Privileges of the Lok Sabha in Parliament and is continuing since then in that position
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Naam Tamilar Katchi


of the 40 constituencies in Tamil Nadu as well as in Puducherry. In the history of Indian general elections Naam Tamilar Katchi was the first one to offer 50 per cent quota for women in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections by fielding 20 women in the total 40 Lok Sabha seats. The party is contesting 39 seats in Tamil Nadu and 1 seat in Puducherry. 84,855 votes for H.Mahendran at Sriperumbudur constituency is the highest votes secured by NTK in 2019 lok sabha election. 17,069 votes for V.Jainteen at Kanyakumari constituency is the lowest votes secured
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