Ajay Tamta

{{Infobox officeholder

| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1972|7|16|df=y}}

| image=The Minister of State for Textiles, Shri Ajay Tamta addressing at the inauguration of the 60th India International Garment Fair, in New Delhi on January 17, 2018.jpg

| residence =Almora, Uttarakhand

|office = Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways

|term_start = 11 June 2024

|primeminister =Narendra Modi

|minister =Nitin Gadkari

|office2 = Minister of State for Textiles

|term_start2 = 6 July 2016

|term_end2 = 24 May 2019

|primeminister2 = Narendra Modi

|office3 = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

|constituency3 =Almora

|term_start3 = 16 May 2014

| predecessor3 = Pradeep Tamta

| successor =

|office4 = Member of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

| term_start4 = 2007

| term_end4 = 2014

| predecessor4 = Pradeep Tamta

| successor4 = Rekha Arya

| constituency4 = Someshwar

| party =Bharatiya Janata Party

| spouse = Sonal Tamta

| nationality = Indian

| occupation = Politician

}}

Ajay Tamta (born 16 July 1972) is a politician from Uttarakhand, India. He represents Bharatiya Janata Party

serving as a Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-10 |title=Uttarakhand's Almora MP Ajay Tamta takes oath as Minister of State |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/uttarakhands-almora-mp-ajay-tamta-takes-oath-as-minister-of-state-2551125-2024-06-10 |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=India Today |language=en}} He had also served as Minister of State for Textiles and is Member of Parliament (MP) from Almora constituency.

He contested 2009 Lok Sabha elections from Almora of Uttarakhand but lost.{{Cite web|url=http://myneta.info/utk07/candidate.php?candidate_id=9|title=AJAY TAMTA (Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Someshwar (Almora ) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|website=myneta.info}} He was elected as member of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from Someshwar, Almora in 2012 elections as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ajay-tamta/candidates/candidateid-5167.cms|title=AJAY TAMTA (Male):Constituency- Almora - Information of Candidate|website=economictimes.indiatimes.com/}} He is the member of Lok Sabha since 2014.

In 2024 Indian general election, he won again with the margin of 234097 votes from the Almora.

Career

He started his political career by contesting in the district panchayat and he became a district panchayat member in 1996, that same year he was also elected as the vice-president of the panchayat.

Tamta unsuccessfully campaigned as an independent in the 2002 Assembly elections for the Someshwar seat. On the BJP banner, he ran again in 2007 and was able to obtain entry into the Dehradun Assembly.

He fought the Lok Sabha elections for the first time in 2009, but he lost. 2012 marked his first legislative victory when he won from the Someshwar constituency.

He fought the Lok Sabha elections in 2014, which he won. In the Lok Sabha elections of 2019, he repeated his victory again.

Tamta was elected to the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly twice, first in 2007 and then again in 2012. Additionally, he has held positions in the Uttarakhand government as a Minister of State from 2007 to 2008 and as the Cabinet Minister from 2008 to 2009.

During the first Modi administration, he was the Union Minister of State for Textiles.{{Cite news |date=2024-06-09 |title=Three-term MP from Uttarakhand Ajay Tamta says 'fortunate to get opportunity' in Modi 3.0 government |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/three-term-mp-from-uttarakhand-ajay-tamta-says-fortunate-to-get-opportunity-in-modi-3-0-government/articleshow/110839138.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-06-15 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}

Electoral performance

class="wikitable sortable" ! Election !! Constituency !! colspan="2"\|Party !! Result !! Votes % !! Opposition Candidate !! colspan="2"\|Opposition Party !! Opposition vote %	Ref
2002	Someshwar	{{party name with color\|Independent politician}}	{{Lost}}	4.84%	Pradeep Tamta	{{party name with color\|Indian National Congress}}	34.39%	{{cite web\|publisher=Election Commission of India\|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand \|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2002/Stat_rep_2002_UT.pdf\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114065248/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2002/Stat_rep_2002_UT.pdf\|archive-date=14 January 2012}}
2007	Someshwar	{{party name with color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}	{{Won}}	46.00%	Pradeep Tamta	{{party name with color\|Indian National Congress}}	41.64%	{{cite web\|publisher=Election Commission of India\|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2007 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand \|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2007/Stat_rept_2007_UT.pdf\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114082304/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2007/Stat_rept_2007_UT.pdf\|archive-date=14 January 2012}}
2012	Someshwar	{{party name with color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}	{{Won}}	39.43%	Rekha Arya	{{party name with color\|Independent politician}}	33.29%	{{cite web\|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand\|title=Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2012 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20) \|url=https://election.uk.gov.in/Vidhan_sabha2012/form20_2012_PDF/form20_2012.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929115647/https://election.uk.gov.in/Vidhan_sabha2012/form20_2012_PDF/form20_2012.htm\|archive-date=29 September 2022}}
2014	Almora	{{party name with color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}	{{Won}}	53.00%	Pradeep Tamta	{{party name with color\|Indian National Congress}}	38.44%	{{cite web\|title=Constituencywise-All Candidates\|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseU061.htm?ac=1\|publisher=Election Commission of India\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517135126/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseU061.htm?ac=1\|archivedate=17 May 2014}}
2019	Almora	{{party name with color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}	{{Won}}	64.03%	Pradeep Tamta	{{party name with color\|Indian National Congress}}	30.48%	{{cite news\|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections-full-list-of-winners-constituency-wise-5741562/\|title=Lok Sabha elections results 2019: Here is the full list of winners constituency-wise\|last1=The Indian Express\|date=22 May 2019\|accessdate=18 September 2022\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918103330/https://indianexpress.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections-full-list-of-winners-constituency-wise-5741562/\|archivedate=18 September 2022\|language=en}}
2024	Almora	{{party name with color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}	{{Won}}	64.2%	Pradeep Tamta	{{party name with color\|Indian National Congress}}	29.18%	{{cite news \|publisher=Election Commission of India \|title=2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Almora \|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S283.htm \|access-date=11 June 2024 \|date=4 June 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611112033/https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S283.htm \|archive-date=11 June 2024}}

References

Category:Living people

Category:Uttarakhand politicians

Category:Uttarakhand MLAs 2012–2017

Category:People from Almora district

Category:India MPs 2014–2019

Category:Lok Sabha members from Uttarakhand

Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttarakhand

Category:1972 births

Category:Narendra Modi ministry

Category:Union ministers from Uttarakhand

Category:India MPs 2019–2024

Category:India MPs 2024–2029

Ajay Tamta

Career

Electoral performance

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