Pritam Singh is an Indian politician who is a six-term Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Chakrata, Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. A member of the Indian National Congress he is serving as Central Election Committee (CEC) Member. He has served as the Leader of Opposition (CLP Leader Uttarakhand) in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly and has also served as the president of Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee (Uttarakhand PCC). He is a six-term Member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. During the Congress government (2002–2007 and 2012–2017) in Uttarakhand he had served as a Cabinet Minister for Home, Rural Development, Food and Civil Supplies, Panchayti Raj and Minor Irrigation in Government of Uttarakhand. He was also elected as a Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1993. Singh represents Chakrata assembly.
Early life and education Singh was born in Virnad village in Dehradun district of the Uttar Pradesh (now Uttarakhand) on 11 November 1958 in a Jaunsari family. He is the eldest son of Gulab Singh who was a member of the Indian National Congress, an eight term Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He is a law graduate and a member of the Bar Council of Uttarakhand. He is married to Anita Singh and has one daughter and one son.
Positions held Year Description 1988 - 1993 Block Pramukh - Chakrata 1993 - 1996 Elected to 12th Uttar Pradesh Assembly from Chakrata Assembly 2002 - 2007 Elected to 1st Uttarakhand Assembly from Chakrata Assembly (2nd term) Cabinet Minister - Panchayati Raj, Sports, Rural Engineering,Freedom Fighters, Food & Civil Supplies 2007 - 2012 Elected to 2nd Uttarakhand Assembly from Chakrata Assembly (3rd term) Member - Committee on SC, ST and Other Caste Member - Public Accounts Committee Chairman - Public Accounts Committee Best Legislator Award 2011 2012 - 2017 Elected to 3rd Uttarakhand Assembly from Chakrata Assembly (4th term) Cabinet Minister - Food & Civil Supplies, Minor Irrigation, Rural Development, Panchayati Raj Cabinet Minister - Food & Civil Supplies, Minor Irrigation, Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Home, Backward Area development 2017 - 2022 Elected to 4th Uttarakhand Assembly from Chakrata Assembly (5th term) Leader of Opposition Member - Public Accounts Committee 2022 - Till date Elected to 5th Uttarakhand Assembly from Chakrata Assembly (6th term)
Electoral Performances YearElectionPartyConstituency NameResultVotes gainedVote share%MarginRef199111th Uttar Pradesh AssemblyIndian National Congress Chakrata29,27033.14%6,305199312th Uttar Pradesh Assembly Chakrata36,50330.62%500199613th Uttar Pradesh Assembly Chakrata35,07328.11%15,94120021st Uttarakhand Assembly Chakrata18,46849.59%8,17620072nd Uttarakhand Assembly Chakrata22,50449.55%3,74120123rd Uttarakhand Assembly Chakrata33,18750.53%6,65420174th Uttarakhand Assembly Chakrata34,96848.31%1,543201917th Lok Sabha Tehri Garhwal2,64,74730.22%3,00,58620225th Uttarakhand Assembly Chakrata36,85350.64%9,436
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