Vishesh Ravi | |||||||||
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Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly | |||||||||
Assumed office Feb 2020 | |||||||||
Preceded by | Surender Pal Ratawal | ||||||||
Constituency | Karol Bagh | ||||||||
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Nationality | Indian | ||||||||
Political party | Aam Aadmi Party | ||||||||
Vishesh Ravi is an Indian politician and member of the Aam Aadmi Party. He was elected to the Delhi Legislative Assembly from Karol Bagh constituency in the December 2013 elections,when he defeated Surendra Pal of the Bharatiya Janata Party. [1] He has been elected three times consecutively to the Delhi Legislative Assembly (2013,2015,2020).
In 2015,he represented the Government of NCT of Delhi at a conference held in Moscow,at the BRICS Youth Forum.
In 2017,he attended the Indo-Pak Peace Conference held in Dubai. In 2017,he was also honored with the award of best MLA in Delhi Legislative Assembly.[ citation needed ]
On 1 February 2017,Ravi got married in a mass community wedding at the Shri Guru Ravidas Vishram Dham Temple where 8 couples were married in one day. [2]
He tested COVID-19 positive in 2020,during the first wave while serving the people of his constituency. After overcoming COVID-19 he also donated his COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma (CCP) to a 93 year old ex-air force marshal.
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Vishesh Ravi was born on 19 May 1983, Delhi. He got his primary education from Mussoorie Public School and further education from Delhi. Very soon in his life, from the age of 18 he was involved in social services under the guidance of his father K.C. Ravi.
At the age of 23, he started working for the betterment of homeless kids. He was associated with two NGOs Jamghat and Khoj which help in building shelter for the homeless. He participated in fund raisers and helped organize Street plays (nukad natak) for homeless children. He also helped restore runaway and homeless kids.
Since 2020, he is an elected member of the 7th Delhi Assembly.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AAP | Vishesh Ravi | 52,297 | |||
BJP | Dushyant Kumar Gautam | 44867 | |||
INC | Rahul Dhanak | 4252 | |||
BSP | Ranjeet Kumar Gangwal | 626 | |||
NOTA | None of the above | 548 | |||
Majority | 7430 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AAP | Vishesh Ravi | 67,494 | 62.23 | +2.43 | |
BJP | Yogender Chandoliya | 35,734 | 32.95 | +2.31 | |
INC | Gourav Kumar | 3,365 | 3.10 | −5.01 | |
BSP | Lekhraj Jatav | 783 | 0.72 | +0.22 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 447 | 0.41 | +0.05 | |
SS | Gaurav | 192 | 0.18 | ||
Majority | 31,760 | 29.28 | +0.12 | ||
Turnout | 1,08,514 | 61.16 | −7.28 | ||
AAP hold | Swing | +2.43 |