Devendra Patel is a politician from

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (; ; ) is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and the largest city is Indore, Indore. Other major cities includes Gwalior, Jabalpur, and Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar. Madhya Pradesh is the List of states and union te ...

. He had fought and won the 2008 Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly elections from

Silwani Silwani is a city and a nagar panchayat in Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Silwani tehsil. Geography Silwani is located at 23.30°N 78.44°E. It has an average elevation of 303 metres (994 feet ...

in the district of

Raisen Raisen is a town and a municipality in Raisen district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Raisen District. Raisen takes its name from the massive fort at the top of a hill. The town is located at ...

, on the ticket of

Bharatiya Janshakti Party The Bharatiya Janshakti Party (Hindi: भारतीय जनशक्ति पार्टी, IAST: ''Bhāratiya Janaśakti Pārtī''; "Indian People's Power Party") was founded on 30 April 2006 in Ujjain in the state of Madhya Pradesh, Indi ...

. He won the election by defeating Rampal Singh of

Bhartiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's Bharatiya Jana Sangh. Since 2014, ...

by a margin of 247 votes only. After the party's founder

Uma Bharti Uma Bharti (born 3 May 1959) is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. She became involved with the Bharatiya Janata Party at a young age, unsuccessfully contesting her first parliamentary elections in 1984. In 1989, s ...

merged the party with

, Patel started being ignored by BJP members and so he decided to join

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

, in 2013, ahead of the 2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative assembly elections, along with his 17 supporters. In 2014, he contested the

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of Parliament of India which is Bicameralism, bicameral, where the upper house is Rajya Sabha. Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by a ...

elections from

Hoshangabad Hoshangabad (Hindi: ), officially Narmadapuram (), is a city in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Madhya Pradesh. It serves as the headquarters of both Hoshangabad district and Narmadapuram division. It is located in central ...

, but lost.

References

Living people People from Raisen district Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2008–2013 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janshakti Party politicians Indian National Congress politicians from Madhya Pradesh Year of birth missing (living people) {{MadhyaPradesh-INC-politician-stub