Kanwar Singh Tanwar

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Rajwati Tanwar
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(m. 1977)​
Kanwar Singh Tanwar
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Member of Parliament for Loksabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 June 2024
Residence(s)Jhanakpuri, Amroha, Uttar Pradesh
OccupationBusinessman, politician
As of 17 December, 2016
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Kanwar Singh Tanwar (born 21 January 1961) is an Indian politician who is serving as Member of Parliament from Amroha constituency in Uttar Pradesh. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. [1]

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Early life

Tanwar was born on 21 January 1961 to Hukum Chand Tanwar and Narani Devi in Asola of South Delhi district. He studied till 8th standard in Govt. Boys School Fatehpur, New Delhi in 1973. He married Rajwati Tanwar on 10 November 1977, with whom he has four sons and a daughter. [2] [3]

Political career

Tanwar was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in May 2014. From 1 September 2014, until 2019, he held membership on the Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare and the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Tanwar served as a Permanent Special Invitee on the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, and Drinking Water and Sanitation, where he contributed to policy discussions and decision-making processes. [2]

In May 2019 Lok Sabha election, Tanwar lost the Amroha seat to Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Kunwar Danish Ali by a margin of nearly 63,000 votes. Tanwar was polled 5,37,834 votes. [4] In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Tanwar regained the seat with 476,506 votes. He defeating Ali, an Indian National Congress candidate, by 28,670 votes. [5] [6]

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  2. 1 2 National Informatics Centre. "Tanwar, Shri Kanwar Singh". Digital Sansad. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  3. ↑ "Kanwar Singh Tanwar(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Amroha (Uttar Pradesh) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Archived from the original on 30 May 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "Amroha". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "General Election to Parliamentary Constituencies: Trends & Results June-2024 Parliamentary Constituency 9 - Amroha (Uttar Pradesh)". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 October 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  6. ↑ "Amroha election results 2024 live updates: BJP's Kanwar Singh Tanwar wins with over 4.76 votes". The Times of India. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.


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