Rakesh Singha | |
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Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
In office 2017–2022 | |
Preceded by | Vidya Stokes |
Succeeded by | Kuldeep Singh Rathore |
Constituency | Theog |
In office 1993–1996 | |
Preceded by | Suresh Bhardwaj |
Succeeded by | Adarsh Kumar |
Constituency | Shimla |
Personal details | |
Born | Shimla,Himachal Pradesh,India | 8 December 1956
Political party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
Rakesh Singha (born 8 December 1956) is an Indian communist politician and a former member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing the Communist Party of India (Marxist). [1] He was a former member of the Central Committee of the CPI(M) and former secretary of CPI(M) Himachal Pradesh state committee. [2]
Singha was first elected in 1993 as member of the legislative assembly (MLA) representing the Shimla constituency. [3] [4] [5] However,he was disqualified from holding his seat following a decision of the Supreme Court which upheld his 1987 conviction for involvement in a murder case from 1978 during his time as a student. [6] [7]
He came on third position in the 2012 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Theog. [8]
In 2017,Singha was elected from the Theog constituency to the Legislative Assembly. However in 2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election,he was defeated by Indian National Congress's Kuldeep Singh Rathore.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Vidya Stokes | 21,478 | 38.69% | 1.91 | |
BJP | Rakesh Verma | 17,202 | 30.98% | 18.82 | |
CPI(M) | Rakesh Singha | 10,379 | 18.69% | New | |
AITC | Pramod Kumar Sharma | 4,480 | 8.07% | New | |
Independent | Ram Lal Sharma | 988 | 1.78% | New | |
Independent | Roshan Lal | 497 | 0.90% | New | |
BSP | Vinay Kumar | 362 | 0.65% | 1.74 | |
Margin of victory | 4,276 | 7.70% | 3.99 | ||
Turnout | 55,519 | 74.96% | 2.63 | ||
Registered electors | 74,060 | 27.15 | |||
INC gain from Independent | Swing | 9.79 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | Rakesh Singha | 24,791 | 42.17% | 23.48 | |
BJP | Rakesh Verma | 22,808 | 38.80% | 7.82 | |
INC | Deepak Rathour | 9,101 | 15.48% | 23.20 | |
Independent | Devi Ram Sharma | 641 | 1.09% | New | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 383 | 0.65% | New | |
Independent | Roshan Lal | 294 | 0.50% | New | |
Margin of victory | 1,983 | 3.37% | 4.33 | ||
Turnout | 58,784 | 74.85% | 0.12 | ||
Registered electors | 78,540 | 6.05 | |||
CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | 3.49 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Kuldeep Singh Rathore | 19,447 | 29.47% | 13.99 | |
BJP | Ajay Shyam | 14,178 | 21.49% | 17.31 | |
Independent | Indu Varma | 13,848 | 20.99% | New | |
CPI(M) | Rakesh Singha | 12,210 | 18.51% | 23.66 | |
Independent | Vijay Pal Khachi | 4,576 | 6.94% | New | |
Independent | Amit Mehta | 581 | 0.88% | New | |
AAP | Attar Singh Chandel | 487 | 0.74% | New | |
NOTA | Nota | 349 | 0.53% | 0.12 | |
BSP | Jia Lal Sadhak | 304 | 0.46% | New | |
Margin of victory | 5,269 | 7.99% | 4.61 | ||
Turnout | 65,980 | 76.51% | 1.67 | ||
Registered electors | 86,236 | 9.80 | |||
INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 12.70 |
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