Kishan Kapoor is an

Indian politician Politics of India works within the framework of the country's Constitution. India is a parliamentary democratic secular republic in which the president of India is the head of state & first citizen of India and the prime minister of India is ...

and the member of

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 ...

. He is the sitting

Member of parliament, Lok Sabha A Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha (abbreviated: MP) is the representative of a legislative constituency in the Lok Sabha; the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of parliament of Lok Sabha are chosen by direct Elections in I ...

from

Kangra Lok Sabha constituency Kangra Lok Sabha constituency is one of the four Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Himachal Pradesh state in northern India. Assembly segments Kangra Lok Sabha constituency presently comprised the following 17 Vidhan Sabha (legisl ...

of Himachal Pradesh. He won the seat by a record margin of votes in the General election 2019. He has won by the margin of 4.77 lakh votes which is the 2nd largest voting percentage at 72.2% all over the country. He previously served as Food, Civil supplies & Consumer Affairs minister in the Himachal Pradesh Government. In the past, he has served three terms as a

Cabinet minister A minister is a politician who heads a ministry, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers. In some jurisdictions the head of government is also a minister and is designated the ‘prime minister’, � ...

and five terms as a

member of the legislative assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. S ...

representing the

Dharamshala assembly constituency Dharamshala Assembly constituency is one of the 68 constituencies in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh a northern state of India. Dharamshala is also part of Kangra Lok Sabha constituency. Members of Legislative Asse ...

. He is one of the senior most Bhartiya Janta Party leaders from the state.

Political career

He was Minister for Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Election in HP and the

(MLA) from

. Serving his third term as a minister in the cabinet of

Jai Ram Thakur Jai Ram Thakur (born 6 January 1965) is an Indian politician, and was the Chief Minister of the state of Himachal Pradesh from 2017 to 2022. He is a five-time MLA in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly, winning continuously since 1998 an ...

, he has previously held important portfolios like Industries, Transport, Town and Country Planning, Urban Development in the

Prem Kumar Dhumal Prem Kumar Dhumal (pronounced ; born 10 April 1944) is an Indian politician and has twice served as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, from March 1998 to March 2003 and again from 1 January 2008 to 25 December 2012. He was the Bharatiya Ja ...

Cabinet. During this time, he was accompanied by Jagat Prakash Nadda, National President of the BJP, as his colleague.

Timeline

Kapoor's timeline in politics is a long one, and he plunged into active politics at a relatively younger age. * 1970 Became a member of the Jansangh and the Janta Party * 1978 Yuva Morcha Secretary * 1980 Attended the formation of BJP * 1982-1984 Mandal Adhyaksh BJP Dharamshala * 1985 Fought first MLA election as a BJP candidate from Dharamshala constituency * 1990 Represented Dharamshala constituency as an MLA for the BJP * 1993 Won for the second time from Dharamshala and reached the Vidhan Sabha * 1993-97 Appointed Chief Whip Vidhan Sabha * 1994 Appointed the State Executive Member BJP HP * 1995-97 Remained BJP President Kangra District * 1996 Appointed BJP Election Incharge for MANIPUR Parliamentary Constituency * 1998 Won for the third time from Dharamshala constituency * 1998 Sworn in as Transport, Tribal Development, Printing and Stationery and Law Minister * 2003 Contested from Dharamshala and lost * 2004 Appointed State Spokesperson BJP Himachal Pradesh * 2007 Won for the fourth time from Dharamshala * 2008 Sworn in as Transport, Urban Development, Housing and Town and Country Planning Minister * 2009 Portfolios changed to Industries, Labor and Employment and Sainik Welfare Ministries * 2012 Contested from Dharamshala and lost * 2017 Won from Dharamshala constituency for the fifth term * 2017 Sworn in as the Food and Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs and Election Minister * 2019 Elected as Member of Parliament from Kangra Parliamentary Constituency for the first time with a record margin of the highest voting percentage in the entire country.

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kapoor, Kishan Living people Lok Sabha members from Himachal Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Himachal Pradesh State cabinet ministers of Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 India MPs 2019–present People from Kangra, Himachal Pradesh National Democratic Alliance candidates in the 2019 Indian general election 1951 births