Pradeep Tamta

Pradeep Tamta[2] (born 16 June 1958) is an Indian politician of Indian National Congress (INC) from Uttarakhand state. He is currently serving as the member of the Rajya Sabha. He was the member of 15th Lok Sabha from Almora constituency and also served as the member of 1st Uttarakhand Assembly from Someshwar constituency.

Pradeep Tamta
MP of Rajya Sabha for Uttarakhand[1]
Assumed office
5 July 2016
Preceded byTarun Vijay, BJP
ConstituencyUttarakhand
Member of Parliament
for Almora
In office
2009–2014
Succeeded byAjay Tamta
Personal details
Born(1956-06-16)June 16, 1956
NationalityIndian
Political partyIndian National Congress
ProfessionPolitician

Personal life

He was born in Lob Village of Bageshwar district to Gusain Ram and Parvati Devi. He received a MA, B.ed and LLB from Kumaun University, Nainital district. He is married to Renu Tamta and has two daughters.

Positions held
Year Description
2002 - 2007 Elected to 1st Uttarakhand Assembly (1st term)
  • Vice Chairman - Uttarakhand Udyog Parishad (2002–03)
  • Member - Assembly Committee on SCs, STs and OBCs (2002–04)[3]
  • Member - Committee on PSE and Corporate (2004–07)[4][5][6]
2009 - 2014 Elected to 15th Lok Sabha (1st term)
2016 - Till Date Elected to Rajya Sabha (1st term)

Elections contested

Loksabha
Year Constituency Result Vote percentage Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote percentage Ref
2009AlmoraWon41.70%Ajay TamtaBJP40.36%
2014AlmoraLost38.44%Ajay TamtaBJP53.00%
2019AlmoraLost30.48%Ajay TamtaBJP64.03%

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Year Constituency Result Vote percentage Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote percentage Ref
1993BageshwarLost12.34%Ram PrasadINC42.82%
2002SomeshwarWon34.39%Rajesh KumarBJP31.07%[7]
2007SomeshwarLost41.64%Ajay TamtaBJP46.00%[8]

References
  1. http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/uttarakhand-congress-nominee-pradeep-tamta-wins-rajya-sabha-seat-with-pdf-support-bjp-not-disappointed-2848081/
  2. https://ukvidhansabha.uk.gov.in/files/Shri_Pradeep_Tamta.pdf
  3. https://ukvidhansabha.uk.gov.in/files/Committee_2002-03.pdf
  4. https://ukvidhansabha.uk.gov.in/files/Committee-2004-05.pdf
  5. https://ukvidhansabha.uk.gov.in/files/rules/committees/Committee-2005-06.pdf
  6. https://ukvidhansabha.uk.gov.in/files/Comittee-2006-07.pdf
  7. Page No 102/108
  8. Page No 51/73
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.