Prakash Pant
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Prakash Pant | |
|---|---|
| Finance Minister of Uttarakhand | |
| In office 18 March 2017 – 5 June 2019 | |
| Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2000–2002 | |
| MLA of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2002–2012 | |
| Preceded by | Chandra Pant |
| Constituency | Pithoragarh |
| In office 2017–2019 | |
| Constituency | Pithoragarh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 November 1960 Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, India |
| Died | 5 June 2019 (aged 58) Houston, Texas, U.S.[1] |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Chandra Pant |
Prakash Pant was a Bharatiya Janata Party leader and member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly in India. He was elected from Pithoragarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in the 2002 to 2007 but in 2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, he lost to Mayukh Mahar of Indian National Congress. He was the first speaker of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly.[2][3] He was also a minister in Government of Uttarakhand with portfolios of Tourism, Culture, Pilgrimage Endowment, parliamentary Affairs & Reorganization.[4][5]
He died of cancer in Texas on 5 June 2019.
Electoral performance
[edit]| Election | Constituency | Party | Result | Votes % | Opposition Candidate | Opposition Party | Opposition vote % | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Pithoragarh | BJP | Won | 49.16% | Chandra Pant | INC | 45.15% | [6] | ||
| 2012 | Pithoragarh | BJP | Lost | 36.37% | Mayukh Mahar | INC | 59.46% | [7] | ||
| 2007 | Pithoragarh | BJP | Won | 50.86% | Ravindra Singh (Kiran Maldar) | INC | 39.52% | [8] | ||
| 2002 | Pithoragarh | BJP | Won | 39.15% | Mayukh Mahar | INC | 24.18% | [9] | ||
Political career
[edit]Pant's political career started in the year 1977 when he was chosen as General Secretary of Military Science Board. In 1978, he was elected as the member of Municipal Council of Pithoragarh. Ten years later ,he was selected as the member of Legislative Council U.P. Soon when Uttaranchal (now Uttarakhand) became a state in 2000, Pant became the first speaker of the state assembly. In the first Assembly elections in 2002, he was elected to Uttarakhand Assembly from Pithoragarh and then again in 2007. With the Khanduri government coming to power, he became a cabinet minister and was given the parliamentary affairs portfolio. In 2012 election, he faced his first defeat from Mayukh Mahar of the Congress, but won in 2017 from Pithoragarh. Up until his death, Pant was a Cabinet Minister in the state of Uttarakhand and held portfolios of Tourism, Culture, Pilgrimage Endowment, Parliamentary Affairs, and Reorganization.
References
[edit]- ^ Jun 6, TNN | Updated. "State finance minister Prakash Pant dies in US | Dehradun News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
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- ^ My Neta
- ^ Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
- ^ Former Uttarakhand minister Prakash Pant demands hospital in Pithoragarh
- ^ "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2017 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022.
- ^ "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2012 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2007 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.
External links
[edit]- https://prakashpantbjp.com Archived 20 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine
- http://myneta.info/utk07/candidate.php?candidate_id=95
- http://legislativebodiesinindia.gov.in/States/uttranchal/mpa.htm Archived 25 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine
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- https://thewire.in/116486/prakash-pant-uttarakhand-chief-minister/