Subhawati Paswan

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Subhawati Paswan
Member of the 11th Lok Sabha
In office
1996–1998
Spouse
Om Prakash Paswan
(m. 1970)
Children2, including Kamlesh Paswan

Subhawati Paswan (also known as Subhawati Devi) is a former member of the 11th Lok Sabha, the lower house of Indian parliament, representing Bansgaon. [1]

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Early life

Subhawati was born on 15 May 1952 in Jindapur Village of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. [2]

Career

The Bansgaon seat is reserved for Scheduled Caste category. As a Samajwadi Party candidate, Subhawati obtained 2,03,591 votes against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Raj Narain Passi in the 1996 Indian general election. She won the seat by a margin of 4.96% votes. [3] However, in the general elections held in 1998 and 1999, she secured 31.67% and 29.23% votes respectively; losing to Passi. [4] She received 1,35,499 votes in the 2004 election and slipped to the third position. [5] The following elections were won by her son Kamlesh Paswan. [6]

Paswan switched to the BJP and contested the 2012 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election from Bansgaon assembly constituency. BJP leader Yogi Adityanath supported another candidate for the same seat. [7] She finished third and received only 24,576 votes. [8]

Personal life

Subhawati married Om Prakash Paswan on 10 April 1970. [2] They have two sons. [9]

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