Mangat Ram Singhal (born on 14 November 1942) is an Indian politician from Delhi. He has been active in politics since his college days. He belongs to the Indian National Congress. He was elected to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) in 1977 for the first time. He was again elected to MCD in 1983. He was also the Chairman of the MCD Works Committee from 1983-1990. He served as a Councillor till 1988. He has thrice served as member of Delhi Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Second Legislative Assembly for the first time in 1998 and was the Chief Whip of Congress Party in the Delhi Legislative Assembly. He was again elected as a member of Third and Fourth Legislative Assembly and was endowed with the responsibility of Minister of Industry, Land, Social Welfare, Labour & Employment, Law Justice & Legislative Affairs and Elections in Second Dikshit cabinet and Third Dikshit cabinet. He has represented Adarsh Nagar Assembly constituency from 1998 till 2013 in the Delhi Legislative Assembly.
Positions held Year Description1977-1988Elected to Municipal Corporation of Delhi
Chairman, Works Committee Chief Whip of Congress Party 1998 - 2003 Elected to 2nd Delhi Assembly for Adarsh Nagar Chief Whip Of Congress Party 2003 - 2008 Elected to 3rd Delhi Assembly for Adarsh Nagar (2nd term) Cabinet Minister for Industries 2008 - 2013 Elected to 3rd Delhi Assembly for Adarsh Nagar (3rd term) Cabinet Minister for Social Welfare, Labour, Employment, Law, Justice and Legislative Affairs and Election2011Chairman, Rural Development Board, Govt. of Delhi
Electoral performances YearConstituencyResultVote percentageOpposition CandidateOpposition PartyOpposition vote percentage1993Adarsh Nagar 34.10% Jai Prakash Yadav BJP34.18%1998Adarsh Nagar 61.75% Jai Prakash Yadav BJP32.11%2003Adarsh Nagar 47.12% Ravinder Singh BJP39.56%2008Adarsh Nagar 44.84% Ravinder Singh BJP39.29%2013Adarsh Nagar 26.31% Ram Kishan Singhal BJP38.08%
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