Bhupinder Singh (politician)

Bhupinder Singh is an Indian (Odia)politician. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2014 from Odisha.[3] He is the former Leader of Opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly representing from Narla constituency. He is a member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) political party. He had left Congress and joined BJD in March 2014.[4]

Bhupinder Singh
MP of Rajya Sabha for Odisha
In office
26 June 2014  1 July 2016
Leader of Opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly
In office
2009–2014
Preceded byLate Ulaka Rama Chandra
Succeeded byNarasingha Mishra
ConstituencyNarla
Personal details
Born (1951-04-13) 13 April 1951[1]
Political partyBiju Janata Dal
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)Inderjeet Kaur
Alma materSambalpur University[2]
ProfessionPolitician

Bhupinder Singh again elected as a member of Legislative assembly in 2019 Odisha State Election from Narla (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency). He got 53264 votes which is 31.12% of Total Votes[5] while his nearest contestant Aniruddha Padhan got 44244 votes which is 25.85% of total votes.


References

  1. "Shri Bhupinder Singh". Colorofnation.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  2. "myneta.info/orissa2009/candidate.php?candidate_id=507". MyNeta.info. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  3. "Odisha BJD leader AU Singhdeo, Bhupinder Singh elected to Rajya Sabha unopposed". Orissa Diary. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  4. "Leader of Opposition in Odisha Bhupinder Singh quits, joins BJD". The Economic Times. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  5. "Narla Election Results & News". News18. News18. Retrieved 11 March 2020.


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