Subhawati Paswan (also known as Subhawati Devi) is a former member of the

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, the lower house of

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, representing

Bansgaon Bansgaon is a town and a Nagar Panchayat in Gorakhpur District in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Originally, it is said that the place was occupied by Shrinet Rajputs, who still commemorate their conquest by assembling in the month of Asvina ...

Early life

Subhawati was born on 15 May 1952 in Jindapur Village of

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Career

The Bansgaon seat is reserved for

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category. As a

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candidate, Subhawati obtained 2,03,591 votes against

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(BJP)'s Raj Narain Passi in the

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. She won the seat by a margin of 4.96% votes. However, in the general elections held in

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and

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, she secured 31.67% and 29.23% votes respectively; losing to Passi. She received 1,35,499 votes in the 2004 election and slipped to the third position. The following elections were won by her son

Kamlesh Paswan Kamlesh Paswan is an Indian politician and is a Member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha of India. Paswan represents the Bansgaon constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party. Early life and ...

. Paswan switched to the BJP and contested the

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from Bansgaon assembly constituency. BJP leader

Yogi Adityanath Yogi Adityanath (born on 5 June 1972 as Ajay Singh Bisht),

supporter another candidate for the same seat. She finished third and received only 24,576 votes.

Personal life

Subhawati married Om Prakash Paswan on 10 April 1970. They have two sons.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Paswan, Subhawati Living people People from Gorakhpur district Samajwadi Party politicians Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh India MPs 1996–1997 Women members of the Lok Sabha Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh 1952 births 20th-century Indian women 20th-century Indian people