Chaudhary Fateh Singh, also known as Fateh Singh, is an Indian politician from the

Aam Aadmi Party The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP, ) is a List of political parties in India, political party in India. It was founded on 26 November 2012 by Arvind Kejriwal and his then-companions, following the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement against then gover ...

(AAP) in

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. He was member of the

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and represented Gokalpur (Assembly constituency) of Delhi. Earlier, he was a member of the

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(BJP). He was a member of

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and served as its deputy speaker from 1995 to 1998.

Personal life

He is a materials dealer. He is the son of Saktoo Singh. He is a

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(BA) from

Chaudhary Charan Singh University Chaudhary Charan Singh University (CCS University), formerly Meerut University, is a public state university located in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India. The university was established in 1965. It was later renamed to its current name after Chaudh ...

(CCS university) of

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. He is married; his wife is a housewife.

Political career

Fateh Singh contested the

1993 Delhi Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Delhi in November 6 1993. The result was a victory for the Bhartiya Janata Party, which won 49 of the 70 seats in the Delhi Legislative Assembly, Assembly. State Reorganization First Legislative Asse ...

s in the Nand Nagari assembly constituency, which was reserved for scheduled castes, on a

(BJP) ticket. He got 13,429 votes and defeated his nearest rival Rup Chand of the

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(INC) by a margin of 781 votes.Delhi Assembly Election Results 1993
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and was elected the deputy speaker from 1995 to 1998. He also was on the Rules Committee, as the deputy speaker.Delhi Legislative Assembly
/ref> Fateh Singh contested as an independent in

2008 Delhi Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Delhi on 29 November 2008 to elect 70 members of the Delhi Legislative Assembly. The voter turnout for the election was 57.60% an increase by 4.18% than the previous election in 2003 Delhi Legislativ ...

s from Gokalpur (Assembly constituency). He got 10,262 votes and came fourth.

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 ...

's Surendra Kumar won, while BJP's Ranjeet Singh was third. Fateh Singh defected to the

(AAP) from the BJP in December 2014, with three other BJP leaders. This was officially announced in an AAP rally at Shahdara. He contested the

2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election The Delhi Legislative Assembly election was held on 7 February 2015 to elect 70 members of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi. The results were announced on 10 February 2015. The Aam Aadmi Party secured an absolute majority in the assembly, ...

s from Gokalpur and got 71,240 votes, defeating the sitting MLA (member of Legislative Assembly) Ranjeet Singh of the BJP by the margin of 31,968 votes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Fateh Delhi MLAs 2015–2020 Deputy speakers of the Delhi Legislative Assembly Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Aam Aadmi Party politicians from Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Delhi 1957 births Delhi MLAs 1993–1998