Girish Chandra (born 15 January 1964) is an Indian politician who has been a Member of Lok Sabha for

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since

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Political career

In March 2019, Mahagathbandhan, the grand alliance of

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and Rashtriya Lok Dal announced that Chandra would contest the upcoming

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from Nagina constituency on the symbol of Bahujan Samaj Party. On 23 May 2019, Chandra was elected to the

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after defeating

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, his nearest rival by a margin of 1,66,832 votes. Chandra polled 5,68,378 votes. * He is well known for his attendance in Lok Sabha. He has 93% attendance in parliament as opposed to the national average 84%.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chandra, Girish Living people Bahujan Samaj Party politicians India MPs 2019–present 1964 births