Ruchi Vira () is an Indian politician and current Member of Parliament of

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from

Moradabad Moradabad () is an industrial city, commissionerate, and municipal corporation in Moradabad district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is situated on the banks of the Ramganga river, at a distance of from the national capital, New Del ...

. She is former member of the

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of India. She represented the

Bijnor Bijnor () is a city and a municipal board in Bijnor district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...

and is a member of the

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; ) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India. It was founded on 4 October 1992 by former Janata Dal politician Mulayam Singh Yadav and is headquartered in New Delhi. It is the third-largest political party in ...

Early life and education

Ruchi Vira was born in Hasanpur, Distt.-JP Nagar,

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. She holds

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degree from Mahatama Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University. She is from

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community.

Political career

Ruchi Vira won the 2024 General Election from 06- Moradabad Constituency of Uttar Pradesh on Samajwadi Party's Symbol. Ruchi Veera defeated BJP candidate Sarvesh Singh by about 1.05 lakh votes. She is considered close to SP leader Azam Khan. (Samajwadi Party fielded Ruchi Vira by cutting the ticket of Dr S. T. Hasan and the result was that Ruchi Vira won the election by 1.05 lakh votes.) Ruchi Vira was Zila Panchayat Adhyaksh from 2005 to 2007. Ruchi Vira has been a MLA from Bijnor Sadar for one term in 2014-2017 . She represents the

Bijnor Bijnor () is a city and a municipal board in Bijnor district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; ) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India. It was founded on 4 October 1992 by former Janata Dal politician Mulayam Singh Yadav and is headquartered in New Delhi. It is the third-largest political party in ...

. Vira was elected as MLA during the

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after the sitting MLA Kunwar Bhartendra Singh got elected to

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. She lost her seat in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election to Suchi Chaudhary of the

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 ...

. Veera joined

Bahujan Samaj Party The Bahujan Samaj Party ( BSP) is a political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), along with Religious ...

. *Candidate MP Aonla,

Bareilly Bareilly () is a city in Bareilly district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is among the largest metropolises in Western Uttar Pradesh and is the centre of the Bareilly division as well as the historical region of Rohilkhand. The city ...

, Vira was loser In

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she lost the fight and Suchi from BJP won as candidate MLA

Bijnor (Assembly constituency) Bijnor Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Bijnor district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Bijnor Lok Sabha constituency. First election ...

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Vira won as MP Moradabad Lok Sabha constituency.

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Early life and education

Political career

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