Kiran Choudhary | |
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Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
Assumed office 3 Sep 2024 | |
Preceded by | Deepender Singh Hooda |
Constituency | Haryana |
Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly | |
In office 2005 –2024 | |
Preceded by | Surender Singh |
Succeeded by | Shruti Choudhry |
Constituency | Tosham |
Personal details | |
Born | New Delhi,India | 5 June 1955
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (2024 - present) |
Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress (until 2024) |
Spouse | Surender Singh |
Children | Shruti Choudhry |
Residence(s) | Bhiwani and Delhi [1] |
Kiran Choudhary (born 5 June 1955) is an Indian politician from Haryana,who is serving as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha with the Bharatiya Janata Party since 2024. [2]
She is a four-time elected former Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from the Tosham (Bhiwani) under the Indian National Congress,preceded by her late husband,Surender Singh. [3] [4] [5] Her father-in-law,Bansi Lal has served as the Chief Minister of Haryana three times. [6]
Originally a member of the Indian National Congress,she joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in June 2024. [5]
Choudhry entered Haryana electoral politics following the death of her husband and Bansi Lal's son,Surender Singh,in 2005. [7] Choudhry became known as the daughter-in-law of former Haryana CM Bansi Lal,and first got elected as an MLA from Tosham (Bhiwani) in 2005,and has been a sitting MLA from Tosham (Bhiwani) since then. [8]
In June 2024,she and her daughter,Shruti Choudhry,quit the Congress party due to differences with the party leader and ex-Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. [6] The differences had heightened during the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections,when the Congress fielded a Hooda loyalist,Rao Dan Singh,instead of Choudhry's daughter,Shruti Choudhry,a former MP from the Bhiwani-Mahendragarh parliamentary seat. [7] Subsequently,both of them joined the BJP on June 19,2024,in the presence of former CM Manohar Lal Khattar. [5] After joining the BJP,Choudhry claimed she was inspired by Prime Minister Modi's vision to develop India by 2047. [9]
There were mixed reactions to her leaving the Congress party,wherein senior Congress MP Selja Kumari expressed regret over Choudhry's leaving and called it a loss for the party. [9] Another Congress MP attacked Choudhry,asserting it won't affect Congress as women could not be political heirs. [10] [11] According to political analysts,as Choudhry belongs to the Jat community,she may help improve BJP's standing among the community,which makes up almost a fourth of the state's population,while also expanding influence in the Bhiwani region,where late Bansi Lal enjoys respect. [12]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Kiran Choudhry | 72,699 | 49.72 | ![]() | |
BJP | Shashi Ranjan Parmar | 54,640 | 37.37 | ![]() | |
JJP | Sita Ram | 7,522 | 5.14 | New | |
BSP | Narender Lara | 4,513 | 3.09 | ![]() | |
INLD | Kamla Rani | 2,094 | 1.43 | ![]() | |
AAP | Pawan Hindustani | 865 | 0.59 | New | |
Margin of victory | 18,059 | 12.35 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,46,204 | 69.93 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 2,09,063 | ![]() | |||
INC hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Kiran Choudhry | 58,218 | 38.46 | ![]() | |
INLD | Kamla Rani | 38,477 | 25.42 | ![]() | |
Independent | Rajbir Singgh Lala | 38,427 | 25.39 | New | |
HJC(BL) | Ved Pal Tanwar | 5,907 | 3.90 | ![]() | |
BSP | Jai Bhagwan | 1,971 | 1.30 | ![]() | |
BJP | Gunpal | 1,822 | 1.20 | ![]() | |
Margin of victory | 19,741 | 13.04 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,51,357 | 81.39 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 1,85,970 | ![]() | |||
INC hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Kiran Choudhry | 62,290 | 57.63 | ![]() | |
INLD | Col. Gajraj Singh | 16,183 | 14.97 | New | |
HJC(BL) | Kamal Singh | 14,233 | 13.17 | New | |
BSP | Narender Lara | 8,369 | 7.74 | New | |
BJP | Meena Kumari | 3,460 | 3.20 | New | |
Margin of victory | 46,107 | 42.66 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,08,088 | 68.19 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 1,58,501 | ![]() | |||
INC hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Kiran Choudhry | 125,858 | 99.36 | ![]() | |
Independent | Mangal Singh Khreta | 338 | 0.27 | New | |
Independent | Jitendra | 208 | 0.16 | New | |
Margin of victory | 1,25,520 | 99.09 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,26,674 | 88.82 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 1,42,617 | ||||
INC hold | Swing |
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