Pradeep Tamta

Pradeep Tamta
Pradeep Tamta
MP of Rajya Sabha for Uttarakhand
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 5 July 2016
Preceded by	Tarun Vijay, BJP
Constituency	Uttarakhand
Member of Parliament; for Almora
	In office; 2009–2014
Succeeded by	Ajay Tamta
Personal details
Born	16 June 1958 (age 68)
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Indian National Congress
Profession	Politician

Pradeep Tamta^[2] (born 16 June 1958) is an Indian politician of Indian National Congress (INC) from Uttarakhand state. He is currently serving as the member of the Rajya Sabha. He was the member of 15th Lok Sabha from Almora constituency and also served as the member of 1st Uttarakhand Assembly from Someshwar constituency.

Personal life

He was born in Lob Village of Bageshwar district to Gusain Ram and Parvati Devi. He received a MA, B.ed and LLB from Kumaun University, Nainital district. He is married to Renu Tamta and has two daughters.

Year	Description
2002 - 2007	Elected to 1st Uttarakhand Assembly (1st term) Vice Chairman - Uttarakhand Udyog Parishad (2002–03) Member - Assembly Committee on SCs, STs and OBCs (2002–04)^[3] Member - Committee on PSE and Corporate (2004–07)^[4]^[5]^[6]
2009 - 2014	Elected to 15th Lok Sabha (1st term) Member - Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests (2009 - 14) Member - Committee on Official Language (2009 - 14) Member - Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water and Sanitation (2009 - 14)
2016 - Till Date	Elected to Rajya Sabha (1st term) Member - Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (2016–19) & (2020 - Till date) Member - Committee on Water Resources (2016 - Till date) Member - Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Mines (2016–19) Member - Committee on Official Language (2018 - Till date) Member - All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rai Bareli (2019 - Till date) Member - Committee on Subordinate Legislation (2019 - Till date) Member - Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Rural Development and the Panchayati Raj

Year	Constituency	Result	Vote percentage	Opposition Candidate	Opposition Party	Opposition vote percentage
2009	Almora	Won	41.70%	Ajay Tamta	BJP	40.36%
2014	Almora	Lost	38.44%	Ajay Tamta	BJP	53.00%
2019	Almora	Lost	30.48%	Ajay Tamta	BJP	64.03%

Year	Constituency	Result	Vote percentage	Opposition Candidate	Opposition Party	Opposition vote percentage	Ref
1993	Bageshwar	Lost	12.34%	Ram Prasad	INC	42.82%
2002	Someshwar	Won	34.39%	Rajesh Kumar	BJP	31.07%	^[7]
2007	Someshwar	Lost	41.64%	Ajay Tamta	BJP	46.00%	^[8]

v t e Members of the 15th Lok Sabha from Uttarakhand
GE 2009	Harish Rawat Karan Chand Singh Baba Pradeep Tamta Satpal Maharaj Vijay Bahuguna (2009–2012)
By-election	Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah (2012–2014)
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Pradeep Tamta

MP of Rajya Sabha for Uttarakhand^[1]
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 July 2016
Preceded by	Tarun Vijay, BJP
Constituency	Uttarakhand
Member of Parliament for Almora
In office 2009–2014
Succeeded by	Ajay Tamta

Personal details
Born	(1958-06-16) 16 June 1958 (age 68)
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Indian National Congress
Profession	Politician