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<p>Add: title. Changed bare reference to CS1/2. | <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:UCB" class="extiw" title="wp:UCB">Use this bot</a>. <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:DBUG" class="extiw" title="wp:DBUG">Report bugs</a>. | Suggested by BrownHairedGirl | Linked from User:BrownHairedGirl/Articles_with_bare_links | #UCB_webform_linked 623/2087</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian politician}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=April 2015}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Pushpa Devi Singh&#039;&#039;&#039; (born 18 May 1948) is an Indian politician who served on the [[7th Lok Sabha]] for the [[Indian National Congress]] party.<br /> <br /> Pushpa Devi Singh was born into a tribal family at [[Raipur, Chhattisgarh]], the daughter of [[Raja Naresh Chandra Singh]] of [[Sarangarh]], who had been Chief Minister of [[Madhya Pradesh]]. She was educated at St. Joseph&#039;s Convent, Sagar and [[Maharani Laxmibai College]], [[Bhopal]] and [[Vikram University]], [[Ujjain]].<br /> <br /> In 1980, Pushpa Singh polled 53.76 percent of the valid vote to win election to the [[Lok Sabha]] at age 31, making her one of that parliament&#039;s youngest members. Her nearest rival, [[Narhari Prasad Sai]] of [[Janata party]], a minister in the [[Morarji Desai Ministry|Morarji cabinet]], polled 21.97 percent of the vote.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |url=http://www.eci.gov.in/electionanalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S26/partycomp02.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-08-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050902162628/http://www.eci.gov.in/ElectionAnalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S26/partycomp02.htm |archivedate=2 September 2005 |df=dmy-all }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> In 1984 she was again elected for the [[Indian National Congress]] party, to the [[8th Lok Sabha]]. Her 62.51 percent vote share at this election, beating [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate [[Nand Kumar Sai]] with 29.98 percent of the vote, was an unbroken record in her constituency until 2004.<br /> <br /> In 1989 General Election Pushpa Singh was defeated by [[Nand Kumar Sai]], when there was a wave against [[Rajiv Gandhi]]&#039;s Congress. &lt;br&gt;<br /> At elections to the [[10th Lok Sabha]] in 1991 Singh won again, with 53.13 percent of the vote, again beating [[Nand Kumar Sai]] by then the President of the State BJP.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |url=http://www.eci.gov.in/electionanalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S26/partycomp02.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-08-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050902162628/http://www.eci.gov.in/ElectionAnalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S26/partycomp02.htm |archivedate=2 September 2005 |df=dmy-all }}&lt;/ref&gt; Her victories in these three elections are the only occasions when Congress polled more than 50% of the votes in her constituency. &lt;!-- same ref --&gt;<br /> <br /> In 1996 Lok Sabha polls, Nand Kumar Sai beat Pushpa Singh. Out of the 4 contests between the two, Pushpa Singh won 2 (1984, 1991) and Nand Kumar Sai won (1989, 1996) twice.<br /> <br /> She is an active member of the Indian [[Nationalist Congress Party]] and lives at Girivilas Palace in [[Sarangarh]], [[Chhattisgarh]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/s/sarangarh.|title = The University of Queensland Homepage}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Pushpa Devi}}<br /> [[Category:1948 births]]<br /> [[Category:Living people]]<br /> [[Category:Vikram University alumni]]<br /> [[Category:7th Lok Sabha members]]<br /> [[Category:8th Lok Sabha members]]<br /> [[Category:10th Lok Sabha members]]<br /> [[Category:People from Raigarh district]]<br /> [[Category:Women in Chhattisgarh politics]]<br /> [[Category:Lok Sabha members from Chhattisgarh]]<br /> [[Category:People from Ujjain]]<br /> [[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Chhattisgarh]]<br /> [[Category:Nationalist Congress Party politicians from Chhattisgarh]]<br /> [[Category:20th-century Indian women politicians]]<br /> [[Category:20th-century Indian politicians]]<br /> [[Category:Women members of the Lok Sabha]]</div>

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