Rajpal Singh Baliyan

Rajpal Singh Baliyan is an Indian politician and member of the 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly. Baliyan represented the Budhana (Assembly constituency) constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Rashtriya Lok Dal.[1][2][3] [4]

Rajpal Singh Baliyan
MLA in 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly
Assumed office
2022
Preceded byUmesh Malik
ConstituencyBudhana
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
1996–2007
Preceded bySudhir Kumar Baliyan
Succeeded byYograj Singh
Personal details
Born (1951-07-01) 1 July 1951
Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyRashtriya Lok Dal
ChildrenAnil Baliyan
ResidenceGarhi Nobad Muzaffarnagar
ProfessionAgriculturist & politician

Political career

Rajpal Baliyan was a close aide of farmer leader Mahendra Singh Tikait and senior leader of Bharatiya Kisan Union in his early days. He is honest and respected personality in Muzaffarnagar politics.

Rajpal Baliyan was first elected as MLA from the Khatauli Assembly constituency in 1996 with the support of the Bharatiya Kisan Union defeating incumbent minister Sudhir Kumar Baliyan of the Bharatiya Janata Party by 37,790 votes. He was re-elected from the same seat in the next election of 2002 defeating Pramod Tyagi of the Samajwadi Party by 28,171 votes.

In the 2007 election, he lost to Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Yograj Singh by nearly 16,000 votes. After 5 years in 2012, he again lost the election to Nawazish Alam Khan of the Samajwadi Party by 10,000 votes. In the 2017 election party chief Ajit Singh denied a ticket to him but he again got a ticket from the Budhana Assembly constituency in 2022. He won by huge margin this time defeating BJP's firebrand leader Umesh Malik by 28,310 votes.

References
  1. "Profile" (PDF). Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  2. "All MLAs from Assembly Constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  3. "2007 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  4. "2012 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
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