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][5] 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.[6][4]
Kamlesh Shah | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Premnarayan Thakur[1] |
| Constituency | Amarwara |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 March 1972 |
| Citizenship | India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (2024-present)[2] |
| Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Madhvi Shah |
| Residence | Harrai |
| Education | 10th Pass[3] |
| Profession | Agriculturist |
Early life and education
editShah 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
editShah 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Amarwara (Madhya Pradesh) Assembly Constituency Elections". Elections.in. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Chhindwara region as party's 3-term MLA joins BJP". MP Times of India. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "MLA Profile" (PDF). MP Vidhansabha. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ a b Malpani, Mehul (13 July 2024). "Madhya Pradesh Assembly bypolls: BJP leads over Congress after third round". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
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
- ^ Singh, Umesh. "Congress turncoat Kamlesh Shah wins Amarwada seat in assembly bypolls as BJP candidate". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Amarwara Bypoll Result 2024: Kamlesh Pratap Shah of BJP Wins by Over 3,000 Votes". News18. 13 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "MLA Information". myneta.info. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "MLA Kamlesh Shah visits villages in Harrai development block". thehitavada.com. The Hitavada. 27 December 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Amarwara MLA Shah shares food with Bhariya tribals". thehitavada.com. The Hitavada. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.