Pritam Singh (Uttarakhand politician)

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Pritam Singh
प्रीतम सिंह
Chakrata
President
Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee
In office
4 May 2017 – 22 July 2021
Preceded byKishore Upadhyaya
Succeeded byGanesh Godiyal
Personal details
Born (1958-11-11) 11 November 1958 (age 65)
Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh, India
(now in Uttarakhand, India)
Political partyIndian National Congress
Residence(s)Uttarakhand, India
Websitehttps://www.pritamsinghinc.in/

Pritam Singh is an Indian politician who is a six-term Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Chakrata,

Chakrata assembly.[6]

Early life and education

Singh was born in Virnad village in

Gulab Singh who was a member of the Indian National Congress, an eight term Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly and also served as minister during the Congress government in Uttar Pradesh. Gulab Singh was elected unopposed to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in the year 1985. Pritam Singh is a law graduate and a member of the Bar Council of Uttarakhand.[7]
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
Chakrata Assembly
2002 - 2007 Elected to
Chakrata Assembly
(2nd term)
  • Cabinet Minister - Panchayati Raj, Sports, Rural Engineering,
    Freedom Fighters, Food & Civil Supplies (2002-07)
2007 - 2012 Elected to
Chakrata Assembly
(3rd term)
  • Member - Committee on SC, ST and Other Caste (2007-09)
  • Member - Public Accounts Committee (2008–12)
  • Chairman - Public Accounts Committee (2010–11)
  • Best Legislator Award 2011
2012 - 2017 Elected to
Chakrata Assembly
(4th term)
  • Cabinet Minister - Food & Civil Supplies, Minor Irrigation,
    Rural Development, Panchayati Raj (2012–14)
  • Cabinet Minister - Food & Civil Supplies, Minor Irrigation,
    Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Home,
    Backward Area development (2014–17)
2017 - 2022 Elected to
Chakrata Assembly
(5th term)
  • Leader of Opposition (2021-22)
  • Member - Public Accounts Committee (2017–22)
2022 - Till date Elected to
Chakrata Assembly
(6th term)

Electoral Performances

Year Election Party Constituency Name Result Votes gained Vote share% Margin Ref
1993 12th Uttar Pradesh Assembly Indian National Congress 
Chakrata
 Won
1996 13th Uttar Pradesh Assembly
Chakrata
 Lost
2002 1st Uttarakhand Assembly
Chakrata
 Won
2007 2nd Uttarakhand Assembly
Chakrata
 Won
2012 3rd Uttarakhand Assembly
Chakrata
 Won
2017 4th Uttarakhand Assembly
Chakrata
 Won
2019 17th Lok Sabha
Tehri Garhwal
 Lost 2,64,747 30.22% 3,00,586
2022 5th Uttarakhand Assembly
Chakrata
 Won

References

  1. ^ "chief of Congress unit of Uttarakhand". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Pritam Singh appointed new Uttarakhand Congress chief". The Indian Express. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Chakrata MLA Pritam Singh". business-standard.com. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Rawat, Pritam in race for CM post". The Indian Express.
  5. ^ "Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election in 1993 Party Wise". elections.in.
  6. ^ "Sitting and previous MLAs from Chakrata Assembly Constituency". elections.in.
  7. ^ "Pritam Singh Chakrata nomination details". myneta.info.
Party political offices
Preceded by President
Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee
4 May 2017 – 22 July 2021 		Succeeded by
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