Harbans Kapoor

Harbans Kapoor (born 7 January 1946) is an Indian politician who is a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttarakhand State. He is a former Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly.[1] He was Speaker from 2007 to 2012. He was elected to the assembly from Dehra Khas constituency.[2] After the first defeat in 1985, he has never lost Legislative Assembly elections and won for a record eight terms in a row (four times as the member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly and four as the member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly) from Dehradun.

Harbans Kapoor
Member of Legislative Assembly
for Dehradun Cantonment
Assumed office
1989
Speaker
Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
In office
2007–2012
Minister of State
Urban Development
Government of Uttarakhand
In office
2001–2002
Minister of State
Rural Development, Labour & Unemployment
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
17 July 1991 – 6 December 1992
Personal details
Born (1946-01-07) 7 January 1946
Bannu, North-West Frontier Province, British India
(Present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
Political partyBhartiya Janta Party
WebsiteOfficial website

Early life and education

Kapoor was born in Bannu, North-West Frontier Province in 1946 to a Punjabi Hindu family. His family resettled in Dehradun after Partition of India. He completed his early schooling from St. Joseph's Academy, Dehradun. He graduated in Law from DAV College, Dehradun, HNB Garhwal University.

Politics

Starting as a grass root level politician, he joined the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha in 1989 as a member of the 10th Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha from Dehradun constituency, followed by the 11th Vidhan Sabha, 12th Vidhan Sabha and the 13th Vidhan Sabha. He also maintained his victory in the first election of the new state of Uttarakhand in 2002 and continued his victory spree in all the elections after the inception. In 2007, he was unanimously elected the Speaker of Uttarakhand Assembly,.[3] He is one of the oldest leader in uttrakhand bjp .

Elections contested
Year Constituency Result Vote percentage Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote percentage Ref
1985DehradunLost22.85%Hira Singh BishtINC66.76%[4]
1989DehradunWon42.84%Hira Singh BishtINC31.11%[5]
1991DehradunWon54.14%VinodINC31.30%[6]
1993DehradunWon53.74%Dinesh AgrawalINC38.55%[7]
1996DehradunWon56.37%Dinesh AgrawalINC17.98%[8]
2002Dehradun CantonmentWonNASanjay SharmaINCNA[9]
2007Dehradun CantonmentWonNALal Chand SharmaINCNA[10]
2012Dehradun CantonmentWonNADevendra Singh SethiINCNA[11]
2017Dehradun CantonmentWon56.99%Suryakant DhasmanaINC33.90%[12]

References
  1. http://www.harbanskapoor.com/about.html
  2. Harbans Kapoor unanimously elected Uttarakhand Speaker - News Oneindia
  3. Harbans Kapoor is new Uttarakhand Speaker The Times of India, 12 March 2007.
  4. Page No 594
  5. Page No 600
  6. Page No 629
  7. Page No 669
  8. Page No 577
  9. Page No 89
  10. Page No 13
  11. Page No 10
  12. Page No 9/27


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