Govind Singh Kunjwal Explained

Govind Singh Kunjwal
Office:MLA
Constituency:Jageshwar
Term Start:2002
Term End:2022
Successor:Mohan Singh Mahara
Party:Indian National Congress

Govind Singh Kunjwal is an Indian National Congress leader and member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly in India. He was elected from the Jageshwar constituency in the 2002 election. He was former speaker of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly.

He was heavily criticized for his role in Uttarakhand political trouble in 2016 where 9 MLAs from Indian National Congress changed their loyalty towards Bharatiya Janata Party.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Electoral Performances

YearElectionPartyConstituency NameResultVotes gainedVote share%Margin
199312th Uttar Pradesh AssemblyIndian National Congress Almora33,8506,490
199613th Uttar Pradesh AssemblyAlmora25,01016,729
20021st Uttarakhand AssemblyJageshwar
20072nd Uttarakhand AssemblyJageshwar
20123rd Uttarakhand AssemblyJageshwar
20174th Uttarakhand AssemblyJageshwar
20225th Uttarakhand AssemblyJageshwar

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bjp-accuses-harish-rawat-govind-singh-kunjwal-of-violating-constitution-1291601 BJP Accusing Harish Rawat and Govind Singh Kunjwal violating the Constitution
  2. http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2016-04-04/news/72041211_1_speaker-govind-singh-kunjwal-gairsain-chief-minister-harish-rawat Uttarakhand assembly Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal unaffected by allegations
  3. http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/real-hero-in-uttarakhand-is-speaker-govind-singh-kunjwal-2794032/ Real hero in Uttarakhand is Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal
  4. https://in.news.yahoo.com/real-hero-uttarakhand-speaker-govind-203900700.html Real hero in Uttarakhand is Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal
  5. http://www.myneta.info/utt2012/candidate.php?candidate_id=108 My Neta