Arvind Giri (30 June 1958 – 6 September 2022) was an Indian politician. He was a five time member of Legislative Assembly and a runner up in Loksabha election in 2014,

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of India. He represented the

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Political career

Giri contested

2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election The election to the 17th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly was held from 11 February to 8 March 2017 in 7 phases. This election saw a voter turnout of 61.11% compared to 59.40% in the previous election. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won th ...

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candidate from

and defeated his close contestant Vinay Tiwari from

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with a margin of 55,017 votes. From 19 March 2017 to 10 March 2022 he was a member of the

17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh The Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (Seventeenth Vidhan Sabha of Uttar Pradesh) was constituted on 19 March 2017 as a result of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2017 held between 11 February to 8 March 2017. The L ...

. From 12 March 2022 to 6 September 2022 he was a member of the

18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh 18 (eighteen) is the natural number following 17 and preceding 19. In mathematics * Eighteen is a composite number, its divisors being 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9. Three of these divisors (3, 6 and 9) add up to 18, hence 18 is a semiperfect number. ...

Death

Giri died of heart attack on 6 September 2022, at the age of 64.

References

1958 births 2022 deaths People from Lakhimpur Kheri district Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027 {{UttarPradesh-BJP-politician-stub