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Ashok Kumar Rawat (born 26 November 1975) is an Indian politician from
Sitapur Sitapur is a city and a municipal board in Sitapur district in the States and territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located 90 kilometres north of state capital, Lucknow. The traditional origin for the name is said to be by ...
District of
Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...
. He currently serves as a third term Member of Parliament(Lok Sabha) from
Misrikh Misrikh is a city and a municipal board in Sitapur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. History The region came under Magadh Kingdom in ancient India. After the fall of the Nandas and the Mauryas, the region came under the power of t ...
parliamentary seat of a Uttar Pradesh. In the recent 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, he won on a BJP ticket defeating his nearest BSP rival by a margin of just over 1 lakh votes. Earlier, he has contested and served two terms in the lower house as a member of the
Bahujan Samaj Party The Bahujan Samaj Party ( BSP) is a political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), along with Religious ...
. In 2019, he managed to retain his seat which he lost in 2014. Mr. Rawat with his exemplary performance was ranked 3rd in the number of questions asked in the 15th Lok Sabha as per PRS India Report.


Political career

Mr. Rawat entered parliament in 2004 winning the Lok Sabha election on a BSP ticket from Misrikh Lok Sabha constituency of Uttar Pradesh. During this period, he served as a member of various committees, such as th
committee on Public Accounts, committee on the welfare of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes, committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers(2007-09
. He was reelected as a Member of the 15th Lok Sabha an
served as a Member of the committee on welfare of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes and a Member of the committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers.
He contested the Lok Sabha elections of 2019 on a BJP ticket and managed to win handsomely by a margin of over a lakh votes as is all set to serve his constituents for another five years. In
2024 Lok Sabha Election General elections were held in Elections in India, India from 2024 elections in India, 19 April to 1 June 2024 in seven phases, to elect all List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha, 543 members of the Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the res ...
Rawat won with 37,810 Votes. He defeated Sangita Rajwanshi from
Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; ) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India. It was founded on 4 October 1992 by former Janata Dal politician Mulayam Singh Yadav and is headquartered in New Delhi. It is the third-largest political party in ...
.


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Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
India MPs 2004–2009 Bahujan Samaj Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh People from Hardoi Politicians from Lucknow 1975 births Living people India MPs 2009–2014 People from Sitapur district India MPs 2019–2024 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh India MPs 2024–2029 {{UttarPradesh-BJP-politician-stub