Devendra Patel
| Devendra Patel | |
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| Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Silwani | |
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Assumed office 2008 | |
| Majority | 217 |
Devendra Patel is a politician from Madhya Pradesh.He had fought the 2008 Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly elections from Silwani in the district of Raisenon the ticket of Bharatiya Janshakti Party in 2008.[1] He won the election by defeating Rampal Singh of Bhartiya Janata Party by a margin of 247 votes only.[2] After the party's founder Uma Bharti merged the party with Bhartiya Janata Party Patel was started being ignored by BJP members and so he decided to join Indian National Congress in 2013 ahead of the 2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative assembly elections along with his 17 supporters.[3] In 2014 he will contest for the Lok Sabha elections from Hoshangabad.[4]
References
- ↑ "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election 2008". Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ↑ "Madhya Pradesh Elections Results : Oct 2008 : Silwani Assembly : Detailed". pardaphash.com. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ↑ Press Trust of India (31 October 2013). "BJP MLA Devendra Patel joins Congress ahead of Assembly elections". news18.com. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ↑ "Indian National Congress". Inc.in. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
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