Kanwar Singh Tanwar Explained

Kanwar Singh Tanwar
Residence:Jhanakpuri, Amroha, Uttar Pradesh
Office:Member of Parliament for Loksabha
Term Start:4 June 2024
Occupation:Businessman, real estate
Predecessor:Kunwar Danish Ali
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Date:17 December
Year:2016
Source:http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4607
Termstart1:2014
Termend1:2019
Successor1:Kunwar Danish Ali
Constituency1:Amroha
Predecessor1:Devendra Nagpal

Kanwar Singh Tanwar is an Indian politician who is serving as Member of Parliament from Amroha constituency in Uttar Pradesh. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.[1]

Early life

Tanwar was born to Hukum Chand Tanwar and hails from Fatehpur Village of Chhatarpur in Delhi. He studied till 8th standard in Govt. Boys School Fatehpur, New Delhi in 1973.[2]

Political career

Tanwar was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in May 2014. From 1 September 2014, until 2019, he held membership on the Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare and the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Tanwar served as a Permanent Special Invitee on the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, and Drinking Water and Sanitation, where he contributed to policy discussions and decision-making processes.

In May 2019 Lok Sabha election, Tanwar lost the Amroha seat to Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Kunwar Danish Ali by a margin of nearly 63,000 votes. Tanwar was polled 5,37,834 votes.[3] In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Tanwar regained the seat with 476,506 votes. He defeating Ali, an Indian National Congress candidate, by 28,670 votes.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Constituencywise-All Candidates . Eciresults.nic.in . 17 May 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140521022542/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS249.htm?ac=9 . 21 May 2014 .
  2. Web site: Kanwar Singh Tanwar(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- AMROHA(UTTAR PRADESH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: . myneta.info . 28 August 2019.
  3. Web site: Amroha . Election Commission of India . 12 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190525052643/http://results.eci.gov.in/pc/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS249.htm?ac=9 . 25 May 2019 . dead.
  4. Web site: General Election to Parliamentary Constituencies: Trends & Results June-2024 Parliamentary Constituency 9 - Amroha (Uttar Pradesh) . Election Commission of India . 12 June 2024.
  5. News: Amroha election results 2024 live updates: BJP's Kanwar Singh Tanwar wins with over 4.76 votes . The Times of India . 4 June 2024 . 14 June 2024.