Ganesh Singh () is an Indian politician belonging to
BJP and a member of parliament from
Satna (Lok Sabha constituency)
Satna Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 29 Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency presently covers the entire Satna district of the state.
Assembly segments
Presently, Satna Lok Sabha constituenc ...
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Madhya Pradesh
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. He is elected 5 times in a row from this constituency (14th Lok Sabha, 15th Lok Sabha, 16th Lok Sabha, 17th Lok Sabha & 18th Lok Sabha).
Early life and education
Ganesh Singh was born on 2 July 1962 in Gram Panchyat Khamahariya,
Satna district
Satna District () is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The city of Satna is the district headquarters. The district has an area of 7,502 km2, and a population of 22,28,935(2011 census), 20.63% of which is urban. The distr ...
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Madhya Pradesh State in a
Kurmi
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family. He is the second of seven children born to Kamal Bhan Singh and Phoolmati Singh.
He started is political career as a general secretary of law college then becoming president of law college, he came close to socialist leaders of janta party and started working with them. He was also heading socialist youth of
Madhya Pradesh State in 1989, he contested Zilla panchayat member elections in 1994 and won by huge margin, again in 1999 he became member of Zilla panchayat of
Satna
Satna is a city in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Madhya Pradesh. It serves as the headquarters of Satna district. It is 7th largest city and List of cities in Madhya Pradesh by population, 8th most populous city of the s ...
this time he became chairman of Zilla panchayat
Satna
Satna is a city in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Madhya Pradesh. It serves as the headquarters of Satna district. It is 7th largest city and List of cities in Madhya Pradesh by population, 8th most populous city of the s ...
with minister of state in charge. He is known for development in Vindhya region, he worked hard for the development of gram panchayats and providing the basic facilities of health, sanitation, education, irrigation, infrastructure at panchayat level, functioning of panchayats, providing drinking water, developing dams and small ponds. After seeing all his work public wanted him see in bigger role therefore he contested Lok Sabha elections in 2004 and won with huge margin of 85,000 and after that never looked back.
He did his Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1981, Master of Arts (MA) in 1984, L.L.B in 1986, All the degrees from Awadhesh Pratap University,
Rewa district
Rewa district () is a district in Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The city of Rewa is the district headquarter. Rewa is sometimes called the "Land of White Tigers", as the first White Tiger was discovered here in 1951 by the Maharaja o ...
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adhya Pradesh State
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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 ...
, Singh won with 4,59,728 votes. He defeated INC candidate
Siddharth Sukhlal Kushwaha by 84949 votes.
Positions held
Questions details in Parliament
Awards
*Honored with Bharat Gaurav Award 2021
References
External links
Members of Fourteenth Lok Sabha - Parliament of India website
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Living people
1962 births
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Madhya Pradesh
India MPs 2004–2009
People from Satna district
India MPs 2009–2014
Lok Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh
India MPs 2014–2019
Madhya Pradesh district councillors
India MPs 2019–2024
India MPs 2024–2029