Kamlesh Shah Explained

Kamlesh Shah
Honorific Suffix:MLA
Birth Date:1972 3, df=y
Residence:Harrai
Nationality:Indian
Citizenship:India
Office:Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Term Start:2013
Constituency:Amarwara
Predecessor:Premnarayan Thakur[1]
Education:10th Pass[2]
Profession:Agriculturist
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party (2024-present)[3]
Spouse:Madhvi Shah
Otherparty:Indian National Congress

Kamlesh Pratap Shah (born 1972) is an Indian politician from Madhya Pradesh. He is a three time MLA from Amarwara Assembly constituency, which is reserved for Scheduled Tribe community, in Chhindwara District.[4] He won the 2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, representing Indian National Congress, but later shifted to the Bharatiya Janata Party necessitating a by-election and won the 2024 by-election.[5] [6]

Early life and education

Shah is from Amarwara, Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh. He is the son of Ugra Pratap Bhanu Shah. He married Madhvi Shah. He passed Class 10 in 1989 at Mathura Prasad School, Chhindwara.

Political career

Shah won from Amarwara Assembly constituency in the 2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election representing Indian National Congress. He polled 109,765 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Monika Batti of the Bharatiya Janata Party, by a margin of 25,086 votes. He first became an MLA winning the 2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.[7] He retained the Amarwara Assembly constituency seat again in the 2018 Assembly election and won for the third time in the 2023 Assembly election.[8] [9]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Amarwara (Madhya Pradesh) Assembly Constituency Elections. Elections.in. 16 May 2018.
  2. Web site: MLA Profile. MP Vidhansabha. 16 May 2018.
  3. Web site: Chhindwara region as party's 3-term MLA joins BJP. MP Times of India. 29 March 2024.
  4. Web site: Singh . Umesh . Congress turncoat Kamlesh Shah wins Amarwada seat in assembly bypolls as BJP candidate . 2024-07-14 . Deccan Herald . en.
  5. Web site: 2024-07-13 . Amarwara Bypoll Result 2024: Kamlesh Pratap Shah of BJP Wins by Over 3,000 Votes . 2024-07-14 . News18 . en.
  6. News: Malpani . Mehul . 2024-07-13 . Madhya Pradesh Assembly bypolls: BJP leads over Congress after third round . 2024-07-14 . The Hindu . en-IN . 0971-751X . After neck-to-neck results over the counting process, the BJP’s Kamlesh Pratap Shah finally emerged victorious by 3,027 votes against the Congress’ Dheeran Sah Invati.
  7. Web site: MLA Information. myneta.info. 16 May 2018.
  8. News: MLA Kamlesh Shah visits villages in Harrai development block. 16 May 2018. The Hitavada. thehitavada.com. 27 December 2017.
  9. News: Amarwara MLA Shah shares food with Bhariya tribals. 16 May 2018. The Hitavada. thehitavada.com. 1 March 2018.