Pradeep Tamta Explained

Pradeep Tamta
Office:	MP of Rajya Sabha^[1]
Term Start:	5 July 2016
Term End:	5 July 2022
Constituency:	Uttarakhand
Predecessor:	Tarun Vijay
Office2:	Member of the Lok Sabha
Constituency2:	Almora
Term Start2:	2009
Predecessor2:	Bachi Singh Rawat
Term End2:	2014
Successor2:	Ajay Tamta
Birth Date:	16 June 1958
Nationality:	Indian
Party:	Indian National Congress
Profession:	Politician

Pradeep Tamta^[2] (born 16 June 1958) is an Indian politician of Indian National Congress (INC) from Uttarakhand state. He served as the member of the Rajya Sabha. He was the member of 15th Lok Sabha from Almora constituency and also served as the member of 1st Uttarakhand Assembly from Someshwar constituency.

Personal life

He was born in Lob Village of Bageshwar district to Gusain Ram and Parvati Devi. He received a MA, B.ed and LLB from Kumaun University, Nainital district. He is married to Renu Tamta and has two daughters.

Positions held

Year	Description
2002 - 2007	Elected to 1st Uttarakhand Assembly (1st term) Vice Chairman - Uttarakhand Udyog Parishad Member - Assembly Committee on SCs, STs and OBCs ^[3] Member - Committee on PSE and Corporate ^[4] ^[5] ^[6]
2009 - 2014	Elected to 15th Lok Sabha (1st term) Member - Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests Member - Committee on Official Language
2016 - 2022	Elected to Rajya Sabha (1st term) Member - Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Member - Committee on Water Resources Member - Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Mines Member - Committee on Official Language Member - All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rai Bareli Member - Committee on Subordinate Legislation Member - Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Rural Development and the Panchayati Raj

Elections contested

Loksabha

width=50	Year	width=120	Constituency	width=70	Result	width=70	Vote percentage	width=150	Opposition Candidate	width=70	Opposition Party	width=70	Opposition vote percentage	width=25	Ref
2009			41.70%		BJP	40.36%
2014			38.44%		BJP	53.00%
2019			30.48%		BJP	64.03%

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

Year	Constituency	Result
1993		^[7]
2002		^[8]
2007		^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Uttarakhand: Cong nominee Pradeep Tamta wins RS seat with PDF support, BJP 'not disappointed'. 12 June 2016.
2. https://ukvidhansabha.uk.gov.in/files/Shri_Pradeep_Tamta.pdf
3. https://ukvidhansabha.uk.gov.in/files/Committee_2002-03.pdf
4. https://ukvidhansabha.uk.gov.in/files/Committee-2004-05.pdf
5. https://ukvidhansabha.uk.gov.in/files/rules/committees/Committee-2005-06.pdf
6. https://ukvidhansabha.uk.gov.in/files/Comittee-2006-07.pdf
7. Web site: State Election, 1993 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh . . eci.gov.in . 16 January 2021.
8. Web site: State Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttarakhand . . eci.gov.in . 16 January 2021.
9. Web site: State Election, 2017 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttarakhand . . eci.gov.in . 16 January 2021.