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Varanasi (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency ( hi, वाराणसी लोकसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, a state in northern India. Narendra Modi has been twice elected from this constituency to become the prime minister of India. Vidhan Sabha Segments Members of Lok Sabha Election results General election 2019 General election 2014 General election 2009 General election 2004 General election 1999 General election 1998 General election 1996 General election 1991 General election 1989 General election 1984 See also * Varanasi district * Varanasi (Mayoral Constituency) * List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, is made up of Members of Parliament ( MPs). Each MP, represents a single geographic c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narendra Modi
Narendra Damodardas Modi (; born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament from Varanasi. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindu nationalist paramilitary volunteer organisation. He is the longest serving prime minister from outside the Indian National Congress. Modi was born and raised in Vadnagar in northeastern Gujarat, where he completed his secondary education. He was introduced to the RSS at age eight. He has reminisced about helping out after school at his father's tea stall at the Vadnagar railway station. At age 18, Modi was married to Jashodaben Chimanlal Modi, whom he abandoned soon after. He first publicly acknowledged her as his wife more than four decades later when required to do so by Indian law, but has made no contact with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varanasi District
Varanasi district is a district in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, with Varanasi city as the district headquarters. It is surrounded by Mirzapur district, Jaunpur district, Ghazipur district, Chandauli district, and Bhadohi district. The Ganga (Ganges) river flows through the district. Part of the Varanasi division, the district occupies an area of and Census of India, it had a population of 3,676,841. Divisions The district is made up of four tehsils: Varanasi, Pindra, Ramnagr, and Rajatalab, and eight Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies: Pindra, Shivpur, Rohaniya, Varanasi North, Varanasi South, Varanasi Cantt., Sevapuri, and Ajagara. Demographics According to the 2011 census, Varanasi district has a population of 3,676,841, This gives it a ranking of 75th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 17.32%. Varanasi has a sex ratio of 909 female ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communist Party Of India (Marxist)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the List of political parties in India#National parties, national parties of India. The party emerged from a split in the Communist Party of India (CPI) on 7 November 1964. CPI(M) is a part of ruling alliances in three states — the Left Democratic Front (Kerala), Left Democratic Front in Kerala, Mahagathbandhan (Bihar), Mahagathbandhan in Bihar, and the Secular Progressive Alliance in Tamil Nadu. CPIM has representation in the legislative assemblies of 8 states. The All-India Party Congress is the supreme authority of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). However, during the time between two party congresses, the Central Committee is the highest decision-making body. The Central Committee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satyanarayan Singh (U , represents the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Bihar Legislative Assembly
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Satyanarayan Singh (also written as Satya Narain Singh) may refer to: * Satyanarayan Singh (U.P. politician) (born 1913), represented the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in the Lok Sabha * Satyanarayan Singh (Bihar politician, died 1984), general secretary of the Provisional Central Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) * Satyanarayan Singh (Bihar politician, died 2020), Bihar State Council Secretary of the Communist Party of India * Satyanarayan Singh (Bihar politician, Dehri) Satyanarayan Singh Yadav is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Dehri (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Dehri in the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 2019 by election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian General Election, 1967
General elections were held in India between 17 and 21 February 1967 to elect 520 of the 523 members of the 4th Lok Sabha, an increase of 15 from the previous session of Lok Sabha. Elections to State Assemblies were also held simultaneously, the last general election to do so. The incumbent Indian National Congress government retained power, albeit with a significantly reduced majority. Indira Gandhi was resworn in as the Prime Minister on 4 March. Background By 1967, economic growth in India had slowed – the 1961–1966 Five-Year Plan gave a target of 6% annual growth, but the actual growth rate was 2%. Under Lal Bahadur Shastri, the government's popularity was boosted after India prevailed in the 1965 War with Pakistan, but the war, along with the previous 1962 War with China, put a strain on the economy. Internal divisions were emerging in the Indian National Congress while its two popular leaders Nehru and Shastri had both died. Indira Gandhi had succeeded Shastri as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian General Election, 1962
General elections were held in India between 19 and 25 February 1962 to elect members of the 3rd Lok Sabha. Unlike the previous two elections, each constituency elected a single member. Jawaharlal Nehru won another landslide victory in his third and final election campaign. The Indian National Congress received 44.7% of the vote and won 361 of the 494 elected seats. This was only slightly lower than in the previous two elections and they still held over 70% of the seats in the Lok Sabha. Results By-elections In 1963, a by-election was held for the Bilaspur Lok Sabha seat, which was at the time in Madhya Pradesh. The election was won by the Indian National Congress candidate C. Singh, with votes, against M. L. Shukla of Jana Sangh with votes. This by-election was needed because the original election for this seat was declared void by the Madhya Pradesh High Court, which judged that the nomination papers of one of the candidates, Bashir Ahmed Qureshi, "was improperly and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian General Election, 1957
General elections were held in India between 24 February and 9 June 1957, the second elections to the Lok Sabha after independence. They were held five years after the 1951–52 elections in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of India. Elections to many state legislatures were held simultaneously. There were 494 seats elected using first past the post voting system. Out of the 403 constituencies, 91 elected two members, while the remaining 312 elected a single member. The multi-seat constituencies were abolished before the next election. Under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Indian National Congress easily won a second term in power, taking 371 of the 494 seats. They gained an extra seven seats (the size of the Lok Sabha had been increased by five) and their vote share increased from 45.0% to 47.8%. The INC won nearly five times more votes than the Communist Party, the second largest party. In addition, 19.3% of the vote and 42 seats went to independent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tribhuvan Narain Singh
Tribhuvan Narain Singh (8 August 1904 – 3 August 1982) was an Indian politician and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He remained Chief Minister from 18 October 1970 till 4 April 1971. Singh later served as Governor of West Bengal from the late 1970s until 1981. He was born and died in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. He also served as the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee and as Union Minister of Industry and Steel. Early life Tribhuan Narayan Singh was the son of Shri Prasidh Narayan Singh. He was born at Banaras in 1905. He completed his schooling from Harish Chandra Postgraduate College and Kashi Vidyapith Banaras. In the year 1926, he worked as a reporter and sub-editor in the Indian Daily Telegraph which was an English daily published from Lucknow. After this he worked as a teacher of economics in Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Banaras from 1927 to 1928. He also worked as a sub-editor and sub-editor-in-charge at The Hindustan Times of Delhi from 1928 to 1929. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raghunath Singh
Raghunath Singh (1911 – 26 April 1992) was an Indian politician Indian National Congress leader and was the first Member of Parliament. He belongs to a village Khewali, Lok Sabha from Varanasi, being elected in 1952, 1957 and 1962. He was the Chairman of Hindustan Zinc Limited in 1968. He was the Chairman of Shipping Corporation of India in 1977. He was born in Khewali, Varanasi and died on 26 April 1992 in Varanasi, India Varanasi (; ; also Banaras or Benares (; ), and Kashi.) is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world. * * * * The city has a syncretic tr .... References Indian National Congress politicians Politicians from Varanasi India MPs 1952–1957 India MPs 1957–1962 India MPs 1962–1967 Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh 1911 births 1992 deaths Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh People from Varanasi {{UttarPr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neel Ratan Singh Patel
Neel Ratan Singh is an Indian politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Sevapuri constituency of Uttar Pradesh. He is a member of the Apna Dal (Sonelal) party. Political career Ratan has been a member of the 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Since 2017, he has represented the Sevapuri constituency and is a member of the AD(S). Posts held See also *Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Hindi: ''Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house filled by direct election using a single-member first-past-the-p ... References Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 Apna Dal (Sonelal) politicians Living people 1971 births Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh {{UttarPradesh-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saurabh Srivastava (politician)
Saurabh Srivastava (born 8 August 1975) is an Indian politician and a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He is a very active politician as well as businessman. He is a C&F Agent of products of Dabur, Bismark Biscuit and Everyday battery etc. He is a well-spoken person of the Bhartiya Janta Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ... and the MLA of greatest populated constituency of Varanasi Cantt. References *http://www.news18.com/news/politics/varanasi-cantt-election-results-2017-saurabh-srivastava-of-bjp-wins-1358844.html *http://m.timesofindia.com/elections/assembly-elections/uttar-pradesh/news/resentment-continues-to-grow-in-bjp-camp-in-varanasi-over-ticket-distribution/articleshow/57003064.cms Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
