Madan Kaushik is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the immediate past BJP's state president in Uttarakhand and serving his fifth term as MLA from Haridwar constituency. He is the former spokesperson for the Government of Uttarakhand. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly from Haridwar uttarakhand. He served as the cabinet minister from 2017 to 2021 and also, from 2007 to 2012 in Bhartiya Janta Party government under the chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri and Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank. He was first elected as a member of the Legislative assembly in the year 2002 and subsequently in the year 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022. In 2017, he won the elections with a margin of more than 37,000 votes, thereby getting the 68% of the total polled votes. He further won 2022 elections to serve his fifth term by winning with a margin of more than 15,000 votes. [1][2][3]
Madan Kaushik | |
|---|---|
| State President, BJP Uttarakhand | |
| In office 12 March 2021 – 30 July 2022 | |
| Member of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2002 | |
| Constituency | Haridwar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 January 1965 |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Electoral performance
edit| Election | Constituency | Party | Result | Votes % | Opposition Candidate | Opposition Party | Opposition vote % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Haridwar | BJP | Won | 55.45% | Satpal Brahamchari | INC | 39.56% | ||
| 2017 | Haridwar | BJP | Won | 65.91% | Brahmswroop Brahmchari | INC | 27.56% | ||
| 2012 | Haridwar | BJP | Won | 51.26% | Satpal Brahamchari | INC | 40.81% | ||
| 2007 | Haridwar | BJP | Won | 49.85% | Ambrish Kumar | INC | 18.17% | ||
| 2002 | Haridwar | BJP | Won | 31.26% | Paras Kumar Jain | INC | 26.33% | ||
References
edit- ^ "Row over BJP legislator Madan Kaushik 's WhatsApp audio". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 30 March 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ^ "MADAN KAUSHIK (Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Hardwar (Hardwar ) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". Myneta.info. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ^ "Pro-BJP wave in Uttarakhand, says Haridwar MLA Kaushik". Tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 16 January 2017.