Harbans Kapoor

Harbans Kapoor
हरबंस कपूर
Member of Legislative Assembly
for Dehradun Cantt
Assumed office
1989
Speaker of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
In office
2007–2012
Minister of State
Urban Development
Government of Uttarakhand
In office
2001–2002
Minister of State
Labour & Unemployment
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
1992–1993
Minister of State
Rural Development
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
1991–1992
Personal details
Born (1946-01-07) 7 January 1946
Political party Bhartiya Janta Party
Website Official website

Harbans Kapoor (born 7 January 1946) is an Indian politician who is a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttarakhand State. He is a former Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly.[1] He was Speaker from 2007 to 2012. He was elected to the assembly from Dehra Khas constituerncy.[2] He has never lost Legislative Assembly elections and won for a record seven terms in a row (four times as the member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly and thrice as the member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly) from Dehradun.

Early life and education

Harbans Kapoor was born in Bannu in 1946 to the Hindu Punjabi family. He completed his early schooling from St. Joseph's Academy, Dehradun. He graduated in Law from DAV College, Dehradun, HNB Garhwal University.

Politics

Starting as a grass root level politician, he joined the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha in 1989 as a member of the 10th Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha from Dehradun constituency, followed by the 11th Vidhan Sabha, 12th Vidhan Sabha and the 13th Vidhan Sabha. He also maintained his victory in the first election of the new state of Uttarakhand in 2002 and continued his victory spree in all the elections after the inception. In 2007, he was unanimously elected the Speaker of Uttarakhand Assembly,[3]

Elections contested

Year Constituency Result Vote percentage Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote percentage Ref
1985 Dehradun Lost 22.85% Hira Singh Bisht INC 66.76% [4]
1989 Dehradun Won 42.84% Hira Singh Bisht INC 31.11% [5]
1991 Dehradun Won 54.14% Vinod INC 31.30% [6]
1993 Dehradun Won 53.74% Dinesh Agarwal INC 38.55% [7]
1996 Dehradun Won 56.37% Dinesh Agarwal INC 17.98% [8]
2002 Dehrakhas Won NA Sanjay Sharma INC NA [9]
2007 Dehrakhas Won NA Lal Chand Sharma INC NA [10]
2012 Dehradun Cantt Won NA Devendra Singh Sethi INC NA [11]
2017 Dehradun Cantt Won NA Suryakant Dhasmana INC NA [12]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.harbanskapoor.com/about.html
  2. ↑ Harbans Kapoor unanimously elected Uttarakhand Speaker - News Oneindia
  3. ↑ Harbans Kapoor is new Uttarakhand Speaker The Times of India, 12 March 2007.
  4. ↑ Page No 594
  5. ↑ Page No 600
  6. ↑ Page No 629
  7. ↑ Page No 669
  8. ↑ Page No 577
  9. ↑ Page No 89
  10. ↑ Page No 13
  11. ↑ Page No 10
  12. ↑ http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS2821.htm?ac=21


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