Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah : The Gorkha who win this Loksabha Election

Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah (born August 23, 1950) (Hindi, Nepali: माला राज्यलक्ष्मी शाह) is a political and social worker and a Member of Parliament elected from the Tehri Garhwal constituency in the Indian state of Uttarakhand being a Bhartiya Janata Party candidate.Mala Rajya Laxmi was born on August 23, 1950 in Kathmandu, Nepal. She married Manujendra Shah on February 7, 1973 and has a daughter. She is an Intermediate and studied at Convent of Jesus and Mary, Pune and Ratna Rajya Laxmi College, Kathmandu. She was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha in a bye-election and is a Member, BJP State Parliamentary Board in Uttarakhand. She defeated Saket Bahuguna son of Vijay Bahuguna then chief minister of Uttrakhand and a candidate of Indian National Congress by a margin of over 22,000. Mala Raj Laxmi Shah is the daughter-in-law of erstwhile Tehri royal family scion Manabendra Shah, who represented the seat in Lok Sabha for a record eight times. She is the first woman elected to Lok Sabha from the state since its creation as a separate state on 9 November 2000.

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Father's Name Late Rt. Hon. Gen Arjun S.J.B. Rana Mother's Name Late Rani Bindu Devi Rana Date of Birth 23.08.1950 Place of Birth Kathmandu, Nepal Marital Status Married Date of Marriage 07 Feb 1973 Spouse's Name Shri Manujendra Shah No.of Daughters 1 Educational Qualifications Intermediate Educated at Convent of Jesus & Mary, Pune and Ratna Rajya Laxmi College, Kathmandu (attended for 2 years) profession Social Worker Permanent Address The Palace, P.O. Narendra Nagar, Distt. Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand - 249175 Tels. (01378) 227231, 227235 Present Address Tehri Garhwal House, 5, Bhagwan Das Road, New Delhi - 110001 Tels. (011) 23782818, 23782816, 09411103899 (M) Fax. (011) 23782815 Uttarakhand - Tehri Garhwal Result Declared Candidate Party Votes MALA RAJYA LAXMI SHAH Bharatiya Janata Party 446733 SAKET BAHUGUNA Indian National Congress 254230 ANOOP NAUTIYAL Aam Aadmi Party 24043 SHISHPAL SINGH Bahujan Samaj Party 11538 SOHAN PAL SINGH Independent 6672 SHIV PRASAD DEOLI Communist Party of India (Marxist) 6577 GAURAV PUNDIR Independent 2302 PREM SINGH YADAV Independent 2007 JAPINDER SINGH Rashtriya Lok Dal 1958 RAJU MAURYA Independent 1935 NAVNEET SINGH GOSAIN Rashtriya Uttarakhand Party 1629 JAI PRAKASH UPADHYAY Independent 1619 BARHM DEV JHA Independent 1554 HAJI MOHD. YOUSUF Peace Party 900 SATENDRA SHARMA Naya Daur Party 878 JAUHARI LAL SUMAN(MUNI) Bharatiya Mool Niwasi Samaj Party 877 None of the Above None of the Above 10762 Last Updated at 11:18 AM On 17/5/2014