Preetam Lodhi (born 1959) is an Indian politician from

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. He is an MLA 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 ...

from

Pichhore Assembly constituency Pichhore Assembly constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. Overview Shivpuri (constituency number 26) is one of the 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Shi ...

of Shivpuri district. He won the

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election The 2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election is scheduled to be held in or before November 2023 to elect all 230 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. Shivraj Singh Chouhan is expected to be the incumbent chief minister at the t ...

. He received a total of 121,228 votes and won with the margin of 21,882 votes by defeating 6-time MLA K.P. Singh Kakkaju. BJP made Pritam its candidate for the third time. In 2013 and 2018 also, BJP fielded him against Congress's KP Singh and Pritam lost both elections by less margin.

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1959 births Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2023–2028 {{Madhya Pradesh-stub