Sarwat Karim Ansari

{{Short description|Indian politician (1956–2023)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Sarwat Karim Ansari

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1956|08|26}}

| birth_place = Manglaur, Haridwar district, Uttar Pradesh, India

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2023|10|30|1956|08|26}}

| death_place = Delhi, India

| residence = Uttarakhand, India

| office = Member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

| constituency = Manglaur

| term_start = 10 March 2022

| term_end = 30 October 2023

| predecessor = Qazi Nizamuddin, INC

| successor =

| term_start1 = 6 March 2012

| term_end1 = 11 March 2017

| predecessor1 = Qazi Nizamuddin, BSP

| successor1 = Qazi Nizamuddin, INC

| party = Bahujan Samaj Party

| parents =

| spouse =

| profession =

}}

Sarwat Karim Ansari{{Cite web|title=लॉकडाउन: मस्जिद में नमाज अदा करने गए पूर्व BSP विधायक, रोकने पर मौलाना से की मारपीट|url=https://www.aajtak.in/crime/story/corona-virus-covid-19-lockdown-former-bsp-mla-haji-sarwat-karim-ansari-beat-mosque-imam-mangalore-karnataka-1054800-2020-04-19|access-date=2021-12-04|website=Aaj Tak|language=hi}}{{Cite web|date=2020-04-19|title=हरिद्वार: BSP के Ex MLA लोगों को लेकर नमाज पढ़ने पहुंचे, मना करने पर मौलाना को पीटा, केस दर्ज|url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/uttarakhand/haridwar-ex-mla-of-bsp-hazji-sarwat-kareem-ansar-in-haridwar-rushed-to-offer-namaz-to-people-beat-maulana-on-refusal-nodsm-3029773.html|access-date=2021-12-04|website=News18 हिंदी|language=hi}}{{Cite web|author=Tapan Susheel|date=Apr 19, 2020|title=Former BSP legislator Sarwat Karim Ansari booked {{!}} Dehradun News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/former-bsp-mla-booked/articleshow/75226386.cms|access-date=2021-12-04|website=The Times of India|language=en}} (26 August 1956 – 30 October 2023) was an Indian politician from the Bahujan Samaj Party, in the state of Uttarakhand. He represented the Manglaur constituency in the 3rd and 5th Uttarakhand legislative Assembly. Ansari died from heart disease on 30 October 2023, at the age of 67.[https://www.deccanherald.com/india/uttarakhand/bsp-mla-sarwat-karim-ansari-dies-2747763 BSP MLA Sarwat Karim Ansari dies]

Positions held

class="wikitable"
Year

! Description

2012–2017

| Elected to 3rd Uttarakhand Assembly

  • Member of Public Accounts Committee (2012–2013)
  • Member of Petition Committee (2012–2013)
  • Member of Uttarakhand Waqf Board
2022–2023

| Elected to 5th Uttarakhand Assembly

Electoral performances

class="wikitable"
Year

!Election

!colspan="2"|Party

!Constituency Name

!Result

!Votes gained

!Vote share%

!Margin

2002

|1st Uttarakhand Assembly

| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

| rowspan="2" |Indian National Congress 

| rowspan="5" |Manglaur

|{{Lost}}

|14,561

|27.5%

|6,594

2007

|2nd Uttarakhand Assembly

|{{Lost}}

|18,629

|26.9%

|6,930

2012

|3rd Uttarakhand Assembly

| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}" |

| rowspan="3" |Bahujan Samaj Party 

|{{Won}}

|24,706

|34.03%

|698

2017

|4th Uttarakhand Assembly

|{{Lost}}

|28,684

|35.45%

|2,668

2022

|5th Uttarakhand Assembly

|{{Won}}

|32,660

|37.18%

|598

References