Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda is an Indian politician who served as the 11th prime minister of India from 1 June 1996 to 21 April 1997. He was previously the 14th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1994 to 1996. He presently is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha representing Karnataka. He is the national president of the Janata Dal (Secular) party.Born in a farming family, he joined the Indian National Congress party in 1953, and remained a member until 1962. He was imprisoned during the Emergency. He became President of the state unit of Janata Dal in 1994, and was considered to be a driving force in the party's victory in Karnataka. He served as the 8th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1994 to 1996. In the 1996 general elections, no party won enough seats to form a government. When the United Front, a coalition of regional parties, formed the central government with the support of the Congress, Deve Gowda was unexpectedly chosen to head the government and was elected Prime Minister. During his tenure as prime minister, he also served as Home Minister for some time. His prime ministerial tenure lasted for less than a year. After his prime ministerial tenure, he was elected to the 12th (1998), 14th (2004), 15th, and 16th Lok Sabha, as Member of Parliament for the Hassan Lok Sabha constituency. He lost Lok Sabha elections in 2019 from Tumkuru but has been elected to Rajya Sabha since.
Buta Singh was an Indian politician and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress. He was the Union Home Minister of India, Governor of Bihar and was chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes from 2007 to 2010.
Anandrao Vithoba Adsul was a member of the 16th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Amravati constituency of Maharashtra and is a member of the Shiv Sena (SS) political party. He had represented the Amravati constituency in 15th Lok Sabha and Buldhana constituency of Maharashtra in the 14th Lok Sabha, 13th Lok Sabha and 11th Lok Sabha.
Vilas Bhaurao Muttemwar is an Indian politician from Maharashtra belonging to the Indian National Congress who served as a member of the 7th, 8th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th Lok Sabha representing the Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency.
Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy is a former member of the 9th Lok Sabha, 14th Lok Sabha, 15th Lok Sabha, 16th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Nellore Loksabha Constituency in Andhra Pradesh and is a member of the YSR Congress. He was the YSR Congress Lok Sabha Floor leader in 16th Lok Sabha.
Babulal Marandi is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was the first Chief Minister of Jharkhand and current Leader of the Opposition in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. He was the founder and national President of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik). He was the Member of Parliament in 12th, 13th 14th and 15th Lok Sabha from Jharkhand. He was the Union State Minister (MoS) for Forests & Environment of India in the BJP – led National Democratic Alliance Government in 1998 to 2000. He was appointed as Jharkhand BJP president on 04 July 2023.
Rabi Ray was an Indian socialist politician, a Gandhian, a speaker of the Lok Sabha and a former Union minister. He hailed from Odisha. He joined the Socialist Party in 1948, and later became member of the Samyukta Socialist Party, the Janata Party and the Janata Dal.
The 2009 Indian general election in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, occurred for 1 seat in the state. BJP candidate Bishnu Pada Ray won the election from the only seat. Ray defeated Congress candidate Kuldeep Rai Sharma.
Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav is an Indian politician. He represents the Buldhana Buldhana constituency of Maharashtra state and is a member of the Shiv Sena (SS) political party. He defeated Dr. Rajendra Shingne of Nationalist Congress Party in the 15th Lok Sabha elections. Before becoming MP he has held various posts from Sarpanch to MLA. He was also the state minister in Sena BJP government. He is chairmen of sharngdhar sugar mills.he elected mp 3 times from buldhana lok Sabha constituency of Maharashtra.
Saugata Roy is an Indian politician of Trinamool Congress and also a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha of the Indian Parliament representing the Dum Dum constituency in the 16th Lok Sabha. He has also served as Union Minister of State for Urban Development in the Manmohan Singh government.
Ratna De is an Indian politician who has been serving as Cabinet Minister of State for Environment Science, Technology and Bio-Technology in the Government of West Bengal. She was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha and 16th Lok Sabha from Hooghly, which includes the Singur area. She lost the Lok Sabha Elections 2019 to Locket Chatterjee, who was elected as a BJP candidate from the Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency. In the 2021 election, she was elected as the MLA of West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Pandua Vidhan Sabha Constituency.
Dubrajpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
Ranaghat Uttar Purba Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
Domjur Assembly constituency is a legislative assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Kuldeep Rai Sharma is an Indian politician belonging to INC, currently serving as Member of Parliament. He also served as President of Andaman and Nicobar Territorial Congress Committee until 2021. Later on, he was promoted by Congress President Sonia Gandhi as All India Congress Committee (AICC) secretary incharge for Indian National Congress in Karnataka.
A Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha is the representative of a legislative constituency in the Lok Sabha; the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of parliament of Lok Sabha are chosen by direct elections on the basis of the adult suffrage. The maximum permitted strength of members of parliament in the Lok Sabha is 550. This includes the maximum 530 members to represent the constituencies and states and up to 20 members to represent the union territories. Between 1952 and 2020, two seats were reserved for members of the Anglo-Indian community. The current elected strength of the Lok Sabha is 543. The party—or coalition of parties—having a majority in the Lok Sabha chooses the Prime Minister of India.
Renu Pada Das was member of 5th Lok Sabha from Krishnanagar in West Bengal, India.
Bishnu Prasad is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from the Kaliabor Constituency of Assam as a member of the Indian National Congress. He was elected to, Assam Legislative Assembly from Samaguri in 1972 & was the Minister for Industry, Power, Irrigation, Flood Control, Trade and Commerce and Cooperative, Assam (1972–76); Chairman, Assam Financial Corporation, 1981–83; Chairman, Estimates Committee, Assam, Legislative Assembly, 1976–78. He was also the Chairman National Commission for Linguistic Minorities in India Government of India, a Constitutional Office under Article 350-B of the Constitution, 1988–90. He was a Member, Governing Body, Indian Council of World Affairs; Member, Governing Council, Indian Law Institute, New Delhi. Further he was the National Vice President, India-Russia Friendship Society.
The 17th Lok Sabha was formed by the members elected in the 2019 Indian general election. Elections, all across India, were conducted in seven phases from 11 April 2019 to 19 May 2019 by the Election Commission of India. Counting started officially on the morning of 23 May 2019 and the results were declared on the same day.
