Rajesh Gupta

Rajesh Gupta
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
for Wazirpur
Incumbent
Assumed office
Feb 2015
Preceded byDr Mahender Nagpal
Personal details
NationalityIndian
Political partyAam Aadmi Party
Websitehttp://rajeshgupta.info

Rajesh Gupta (born 2 November 1978)[1] is an Indian politician and member of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi (M.L.A.). He has also been the Parliamentary Secretary of Health in the state. He is a member of Aam Aadmi Party and represents Wazirpur (Assembly constituency) of Delhi.[2]

Early life

Rajesh Gupta was born in Delhi Damodar Prasad Gupta.[1] He completed his schooling from Tyagi Public School. As a teenager, he was into theatre arts and performed street plays and nukkad nataks. During the anti-corruption movement he left his family shoe business and a potential career in theatrics to join Aam Aadmi Party. He passed Class 12 in 1997.[1]

Career

Gupta actively participated in Anti-Corruption Protest led by Anna Hazare in 2011. He also took part in the campaigning during the 2013 Assembly elections. Eventually he contested and won as an MLA in 2015 Delhi Elections. He secured 61,208 votes and defeated former MLA Mahender Nagpal of BJP and won by a margin of 22,044 votes. He served as a Member (2022-2023) on the Committee on Government Undertakings[3] and on the Committee on Estimates.[3]

Electoral performance

This section is transcluded from Wazirpur Assembly constituency. (edit | history)
Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Wazirpur [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Rajesh Gupta 57,331 52.64 −2.21
BJP Mahender Nagpal 45641 41.91 +6.81
INC Harikishan Jindal 3501 3.21 −4.29
BSP Mustqim Ahmed 889 0.82 −0.24
NOTA None of the above 477 0.44 +0.02
Majority 11,690 10.73 −9.02
Turnout 1,09,654 60.50 −7.92
AAP hold Swing -2.21


References

  1. ^ a b c "Rajesh Gupta(AAP):Constituency- WAZIRPUR(NORTH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". www.myneta.info. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Election result". Election commission of India. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Delhi Legislative Assembly National Capital Territory Of Delhi Composition Of House Committees 2021-2022". Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  4. ^ "General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India.
State Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
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 Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
from Wazirpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
2020– 		Incumbent