Anil Agarwal is an Indian politician and an MP from the

Bharatiya Janata 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 ...

from

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. He was fielded as the ninth candidate in the ten

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seats which went for elections He defeated

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of the BSP who got 35 first preference votes and required a minimum of 37 votes. He had got 22 first preference votes and increased the tally based on second preference votes.

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Living people Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh People from Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Rajya Sabha members from the Bharatiya Janata Party Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences alumni 1962 births {{UttarPradesh-BJP-politician-stub