Ajay Tamta Explained

and serving as a Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.^[1] 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.^[2] He was elected as member of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from Someshwar, Almora in 2012 elections as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.^[3] 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.^[4]

Electoral performance

Election	Constituency	Party		Result	Votes %	Opposition Candidate	Opposition Party		Opposition vote %	Ref
2002	Someshwar			4.84%	Pradeep Tamta		34.39%	[5]
2007	Someshwar			46.00%	Pradeep Tamta		41.64%	[6]
2012	Someshwar			39.43%	Rekha Arya		33.29%	[7]
2014	Almora			53.00%	Pradeep Tamta		38.44%	[8]
2019	Almora			64.03%	Pradeep Tamta		30.48%	[9]
2024	Almora			64.2%	Pradeep Tamta		29.18%	[10]

See also

• Third Modi ministry

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2024-06-10 . Uttarakhand's Almora MP Ajay Tamta takes oath as Minister of State . 2024-06-15 . India Today . en.
2. Web site: AJAY TAMTA (Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Someshwar (Almora) - Affidavit Information of Candidate. myneta.info.
3. Web site: AJAY TAMTA (Male):Constituency- Almora - Information of Candidate. economictimes.indiatimes.com/.
4. News: 2024-06-09 . Three-term MP from Uttarakhand Ajay Tamta says 'fortunate to get opportunity' in Modi 3.0 government . 2024-06-15 . The Economic Times . 0013-0389.
5. Web site: Election Commission of India. Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand . https://web.archive.org/web/20120114065248/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2002/Stat_rep_2002_UT.pdf. 14 January 2012.
6. Web site: Election Commission of India. Statistical Report on General Election, 2007 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand . https://web.archive.org/web/20120114082304/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2007/Stat_rept_2007_UT.pdf. 14 January 2012.
7. Web site: Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2012 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20) . https://web.archive.org/web/20220929115647/https://election.uk.gov.in/Vidhan_sabha2012/form20_2012_PDF/form20_2012.htm. 29 September 2022.
8. Web site: Constituencywise-All Candidates. Election Commission of India. https://web.archive.org/web/20140517135126/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseU061.htm?ac=1. 17 May 2014.
9. News: Lok Sabha elections results 2019: Here is the full list of winners constituency-wise. The Indian Express. 22 May 2019. 18 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220918103330/https://indianexpress.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections-full-list-of-winners-constituency-wise-5741562/. 18 September 2022. en.
10. News: Election Commission of India . 2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Almora . 11 June 2024 . 4 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240611112033/https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S283.htm . 11 June 2024.