Rekha Arya (born 15 December 1978) is an Indian politician from

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand (, ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2007), is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. The state is bordered by Himachal Pradesh to the n ...

. She is an MLA representing

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from Someshwar Assembly constituency, which is reserved for Scheduled Caste community, in

Almora District Almora is a District (India), district in the Kumaon Division of Uttarakhand state, India. The headquarters is at Almora. It is 1,638 meters above sea level. The neighbouring regions are Pithoragarh district to the east, Chamoli district to the w ...

. She is also the cabinet minister for Women and Child Welfare in the

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Early life and education

Arya is from Someshwar, Almora District, Uttarakhand. She married Girdhari Lal Sahu. She completed her M.Com. at

Kumaon University Kumaun University is a state university headquartered in Nainital, Uttarakhand, India. In 2017, it hosted the first Kautik Student Film Festival. Campuses The academic wing of the University is spread over in two campuses (Dev Singh Bisht ...

, Nainital and also did her B.Ed. at the same university in 2002.

Career

She won from Someshwar Assembly constituency representing Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election. She polled 26,161 votes and defeated her nearest rival, Rajendra Barakoti of

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 ...

, by a margin of 5,293 votes. Earlier, she became an MLA for the first time winning the 2014 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly bye election and retained the seat in the

2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election The 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election was the 4th Vidhan Sabha ( Legislative Assembly) election of the state of Uttarakhand in India. Elections were held on 15 February 2017 in a single phase for the 69 seats of the Uttarakhand L ...

. defeating the same candidate, Barakoti of INC, by a narrow margin of 710 votes. In the 2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election she lost an independent candidate from the same Someshwar constituency.to

Ajay Tamta Ajay Tamta (born 16 July 1972) is a politician from Uttarakhand, India. He represents Bharatiya Janata Party serving as a Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. He had also served as Minister of State for Textiles a ...

Electoral performance

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Arya, Rekha Living people Uttarakhand MLAs 2022–2027 Indian National Congress politicians from Uttarakhand 1978 births Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttarakhand Uttarakhand MLAs 2017–2022 State cabinet ministers of Uttarakhand People from Almora district Uttarakhand MLAs 2012–2017 Women members of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly