Mahesh Chandra Gupta is an Indian politician and a member of

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and 17th Legislative Assembly,

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. He represents the Badaun (Assembly constituency) in Budaun district of

Political career

Mahesh Chandra Gupta contested Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election as

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candidate and defeated

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as well. With ...

with a margin of 16,467 votes. He has been appointed

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in a Yogi Adityanath cabinet on 21 August 2019. In the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Mahesh Chandra Gupta won the Badaun seat by defeating Rais Ahmad of Samajwadi Party by a margin of 11179 votes.

Posts held

References

Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027 Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh 1957 births {{UttarPradesh-BJP-politician-stub