Ajit Singh Mehta

Not to be confused with Ajit Kumar Mehta.

Ajit Singh Mehta is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Tonk. In the Rajasthan Assembly Election of 2013, Ajit Singh Mehta was fielded against Independent candidate Saud Saidi in Tonk. He secured 49.96% of the votes polled and won the election by 30,343 votes.^[1]

Ajit Singh Mehta
Member of Legislative Assembly, Rajasthan
Constituency	Tonk
In office 2013–2018
Preceded by	Zakiya Imam
Succeeded by	Sachin Pilot, INC
Personal details
Born	(1965-05-09) 9 May 1965 (age 60)
Spouse	Nirmala Mehta
Children	Vishal Mehta
Occupation	Politician

Early life and political career

Mehta was born on 9 May 1965 in Tonk, Rajasthan. His father's name is Ummed Singh.^[2] He is married to Nirmala Mehta and has a son Vishal Mehta and a daughter Nitika Mehta.^{[citation needed]} Prior to being an MLA, he served as the Divisional President and District Vice President.

2013 Assembly election result

2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Tonk^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ajit Singh Mehta	66,845	46.96
	Independent	Saud Saidi	36,502	25.64
	INC	Zakiya Imam	21,645	15.21
	Independent	Shiv Pratap	10,366	7.28
	None of the Above	None of the Above	2,715	1.91
	NCP	Ajmal Khan	1,216	0.85
	CPI(M)	Akhatar Jung	1,145	0.80
	BSP	Mahesh Joshi	1,036	0.73
	JD(U)	Ram Prasad	881	0.62
Majority			30,343	21.32
Turnout			1,42,351	75.04
	BJP gain from INC		Swing