Ratan Dewasi Desai (born 25 September 1975) is an Indian politician. He is a member of All India Congress Committee and state spokesperson of Rajasthan State Congress. [1] He has been an MLA from Raniwara constituency in the Rajasthan Assembly elections, 2008 [2] and Deputy Chief Whip (Minister of State) in the Ashok Gehlot government.

Ratan Dewasi Desai
रतन देवासी (देसाई)
Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2023
Preceded byNarayan Singh Dewal
ConstituencyRaniwara
In office
2008–2013
Succeeded byNarayan Singh Dewal
ConstituencyRaniwara
Personal details
Born (1975-09-25) 25 September 1975 (age 49)
Mount Abu, Sirohi District, Rajasthan
Nationality Indian
Political partyCongress
Spouse
Viraj Desai
(m. 1997)
ParentShankar Lal Desai
Residence(s)Mandoli, Jalore District, Rajasthan
EducationSenior Secondary, Diploma in Hotel Management
OccupationMember of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly & former Dy. Chief Whip for the Government of Rajasthan
Nickname(s)Ratan, RD

He was elected MLA from Raniwara constituency in the 2008 assembly elections and since 2011 has been the government deputy chief whip in the then Ashok Gehlot government. At present, he is a popular, active and powerful leader of the Congress party in Jalore and Sirohi districts of western Rajasthan.

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Personal, early life and background

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Ratan Dewasi was born on 25 September 1975 in Mount Abu, Sirohi district of Rajasthan. His father's name is Shankarlal Dewasi and his wife's name is Viraj Dewasi. Dewasi has been a bright student since childhood. He is a diploma in hotel management degree holder.

Politics started from student life

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Ratan Dewasi first started politics as a student leader by joining the student political organization National Student Union of India (a unit of the Congress Party). He was always and any time ready for student interest in order to solve the problems of poor and backward students, he was always a pioneer in protest and protest against the administration and in view of his skilful leadership ability and youthful zeal, the party High Command in 1997 entrusted the responsibility of district president of Sirohi District, N.S.U.I. After that, Dewasi continued to win the maximum number of candidates with his ability, dedication and hard work to win the party's candidates and reinvigorated the organization across the district.

Legislative Assembly election

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Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election 2003

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The result of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election, 2003 was declared on 6 December, in which the BJP defeated the ruling party Congress. In the election of the Congress party had fielded Ratan Dewasi in place of Ratana Ram Chaudhary, a strong farmer leader and four-time MLA from Raniwara region. The first assembly election was for Ratan Dewasi, a new candidate from the Congress. And Arjun Singh Deora from BJP was in front of him. In the first election, Ratan Dewasi had to face defeat and Arjun Singh Deora again became MLA. In this election, Deora got 50445 votes and Dewasi got 38650 votes.

Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election 2008

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The assembly elections of 2008, in front of Congress candidate Ratan Dewasi, new candidate from BJP Narayan Singh Dewal and Independent Candidate Arjun Singh Deora were in the election. After cutting the ticket of Arjun Singh Deora, a 3-time MLA from Raniwara region and a minister in the BJP government, the BJP made Dewal a candidate, due to which, Deora rebelled and made the election in an independent ground very exciting. In this election, Dewasi got 46716 and Narayan Singh Dewal got 26914 votes. In this triangular election, Ratan Dewasi registered a historic victory by a margin of 20 thousand votes.

Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election 2013

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Loss

Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election 2018

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Loss

Parliament election

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Notes

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  1. ^ "for result click on this link, then see 145th line". elections.in.
  2. ^ "Shri Ratan Desai, MLA Raniwara, Rajasthan". Archived from the original on 16 November 2016.
  3. ^ "see 145th line". elections.in.
  4. ^ "Ratan Dewasi - MLA". Janpratinidhi.
  5. ^ "Dewasi Asked To Congress Councillors: Ratan Dewasi". Rajasthan Patrika. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Info: Ratan Dewasi". myneta.com.
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