Ajit Singh Mehta

Ajit Singh Mehta is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Tonk. In the Rajasthan Assembly Election of 2013, Ajit Singh Mehta was fielded against Independent candidate Saud Saidi in Tonk. He secured 49.96% of the votes polled and won the election by 30,343 votes.[1]

Ajit Singh Mehta
Member of Legislative Assembly, Rajasthan
ConstituencyTonk
In office
2013–2018
Succeeded bySachin Pilot, INC
Personal details
Born (1965-05-09) 9 May 1965
Spouse(s)Nirmala Mehta
ChildrenVishal Mehta
OccupationPolitician

Early life and political career

Mehta was born on 9 May 1965 in Tonk, Rajasthan. His father's name is Ummed Singh.[2] He is married to Nirmala Mehta and has a son Vishal Mehta and a daughter Nikita Mehta. Prior to being an MLA, He served as the Divisional President and District Vice President.

2013 Assembly election result
2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Tonk [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ajit Singh Mehta 66,845 46.96
Independent Saud Saidi 36,502 25.64
INC Zakiya Imam 21,645 15.21
Independent Shiv Pratap 10,366 7.28
NOTA None of the Above 2,715 1.91
NCP Ajmal Khan 1,216 0.85
CPI (M) Akhatar Jung 1,145 0.80
BSP Mahesh Joshi 1,036 0.73
JD(U) Ram Prasad 881 0.62
Majority 30,343 21.32
Turnout 1,42,351 75.04
BJP gain from INC Swing

References
  1. "Ajit Singh BJP Candidate 2013 विधानसभा चुनाव परिणाम Tonk". Amar Ujala (in Hindi).
  2. "Ajit Singh(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- TONK(TONK) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  3. "Tonk Assembly Constituency Election Result". resultuniversity.com. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
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