Ramesh Bais

Ramesh Bais
File:Ramesh Bais.jpg This is official portrait of MP Ramesh Bais taken from the Lok sabha member page
Member of parliament for Raipur
Incumbent
Assumed office 1996
Constituency	Raipur
Personal details
Born	(1947-08-02) 2 August 1947 Raipur, Chhattisgarh
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Rambai Bais
Children	1 son and 2 daughters
Residence	Raipur

Ramesh Bais (born 2 August 1947) is a member of the 16th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Raipur constituency of Chhattisgarh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Career

Bais was elected to Municipal Corporation of Raipur in 1978. He was a member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1980 to 1984. He was elected for the first time to the Indian parliament as a member of the 9th Lok Sabha from Raipur, Madhya Pradesh in 1989 and was re-elected consecutively from 1996 to 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th,15th and 16th Lok Sabha. He also served as a Union minister in the Government of India.

Positions held

• Mar. 1998 - Oct. 1999 Union Minister of State, Steel and Minerals
• Oct. 1999 - Sep. 2000 Union Minister of State, Chemicals and Fertilizers
• Sep. 2000 - Jan. 2003 Union Minister of State, Information and Broadcasting
• Jan. 2003 - Jan. 2004 Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Mines
• Jan. 2004 - May 2004 Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Environment & Forests

Election results

Indian general elections, 2004: Raipur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ramesh Bais	3,76,029	54.54
	INC	Shyama Charan Shukla	2,46,510	35.75
	BSP	Dr. Heeraman Banjare	32,252	4.68
Majority			1,29,519	18.79
Turnout			6,89,517	50.32
	BJP hold		Swing

Indian general elections, 2009: Raipur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ramesh Bais	3,64,943	49.19
	INC	Bhupesh Baghel	3,07,042	41.39
	BSP	Vidhya Devi Sahu	16,853	2.27
	Independent	Navin Gupta	8,123	1.09
	Independent	Shrikant Kaser	6,208	0.84
Majority			57,901	7.80
Turnout			7,41,861	47.00
	BJP hold		Swing

Indian general elections, 2014: Raipur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ramesh Bais	6,54,922	52.36	+3.17
	INC	Satya Narayan Sharma	4,83,276	38.64	-2.75
	AAP	Sandeep Tiwari	15,139	1.21	N/A
	BSP	Guruji Virendra Kumar Dahariya	13,147	1.05	-1.22
	Independent	Om Prakash Dande	12,699	1.02	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,796	0.46	N/A
Majority			1,71,646	13.72	+5.92
Turnout			12,50,845	65.69	+18.69
	BJP hold		Swing	+3.17

External links

• Home Page on the Parliament of India's Website