Phool Singh Rathiya (born 1967) is an Indian politician from

Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (; ) is a landlocked States and union territories of India, state in Central India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the List ...

. He is an MLA from Rampur Assembly constituency, which is reserved for Scheduled Tribes community, in

Korba district Korba District is an administrative district of Chhattisgarh state in central India. The headquarter of this district is Korba. It is the Largest District (By Area) in the state. History The district is named for the Korwa tribe that inhabit ...

. He won the

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Chhattisgarh in two phases on 2023 elections in India, 7 November and 17 November 2023 to elect all List of constituencies of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly, 90 members of Chhattisgarh Legislat ...

, representing the Indian National Congress.

Early life and education

Rathiya is from Rampur, Korba district, Chhattisgarh. His late father, Hariram Rathiya, was a farmer. He passed Class 8 in 1997, and later discontinued his studies.

Career

Rathiya won from Rampur Assembly constituency, representing

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 the 2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election. He polled 93,647 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Nanki Ram Kanwar of

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

, by a margin of 22,849 votes. He lost the Rampur seat representing

Janta Congress Chhattisgarh Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (J) (; JCC) is a political party in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. The party was founded by former Chief Minister, Ajit Jogi, after Jogi and his son Amit were expelled from Indian National Congress due to anti-pa ...

in the 2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election to Nanki Ram Kanwar of the Bharatiya Janata Party, by a margin of 18,175 votes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rathiya, Phool Singh 1967 births Living people Indian National Congress politicians from Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh MLAs 2023–2028 People from Korba, Chhattisgarh