Chaudhary Fateh Singh, also known as Fateh Singh, is an Indian politician from the

Aam Aadmi Party The Aam Aadmi Party (; AAP) is a political party in India, as one of the national political parties. The AAP was founded in November 2012 by Arvind Kejriwal and his then-companions following the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, popular ...

(AAP) in Delhi. He was member of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi and represented Gokalpur (Assembly constituency) of Delhi. Earlier, he was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was a member of First Legislative Assembly of Delhi and served as its deputy speaker from 1995 to 1998.

Personal life

He is a materials dealer. He is the son of Saktoo Singh. He is a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from

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(CCS university) of Uttar Pradesh. He is married; his wife is a housewife.

Political career

Fateh Singh contested the

1993 Delhi Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Delhi in 1993. The result was a victory for the Bhartiya Janata Party, which won 49 of the 70 seats in the Assembly. State Reorganization First Legislative Assembly elections in Delhi were held in 1 ...

s in the Nand Nagari assembly constituency, which was reserved for

scheduled caste The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designa ...

s, on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket. He got 13,429 votes and defeated his nearest rival Rup Chand of the Indian National Congress (INC) by a margin of 781 votes.Delhi Assembly Election Results 1993
/ref> He became member of the First Legislative Assembly of Delhi and was elected the deputy speaker from 1995 to 1998. He also was on the Rules Committee, as the deputy speaker.Delhi Legislative Assembly
/ref> Fateh Singh contested as an independent in

2008 Delhi Legislative Assembly election The Delhi state assembly elections 2008, which were held on 29 November 2008 for Legislative Assembly of Delhi, led to the formation of Sheila Dikshit's government of Indian National Congress. Results Results by districts Results by con ...

s from Gokalpur (Assembly constituency). He got 10,262 votes and came fourth.

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's Surendra Kumar won, while BJP's Ranjeet Singh was third. Fateh Singh defected to the

(AAP) from the BJP in December 2014, with three other BJP leaders. This was officially announced in an AAP rally at Shahdara. He contested the

2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election The Delhi Legislative Assembly election was held on 7 February 2015 to elect 70 members of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi. The results were announced on 10 February 2015. The Aam Aadmi Party secured an absolute majority in the assembly, ...

s from Gokalpur and got 71,240 votes, defeating the sitting MLA (member of Legislative Assembly) Ranjeet Singh of the BJP by the margin of 31,968 votes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Fateh Delhi MLAs 2015–2020 Deputy Speakers of the Delhi Legislative Assembly Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Aam Aadmi Party politicians from Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Delhi 1957 births