Girish Chandra

Girish Chandra (born 15 January 1964) is an Indian politician & former Member of Lok Sabha for Nagina since 2019.^[1][2]

Girish Chandra
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 23 May 2019 – 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Yashwant Singh
Succeeded by	Chandrashekhar Azad
Constituency	Nagina
Personal details
Born	(1964-01-15) 15 January 1964 (age 61) Khushalpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party	Bahujan Samaj Party
Other political affiliations	Mahagathbandhan
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Political career

In March 2019, Mahagathbandhan, the grand alliance of Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and Rashtriya Lok Dal announced that Chandra would contest the upcoming 2019 Indian general election from Nagina constituency on the symbol of Bahujan Samaj Party.^[3] On 23 May 2019, Chandra was elected to the Lok Sabha after defeating Yashwant Singh of Bharatiya Janata Party, his nearest rival by a margin of 1,66,832 votes. Chandra polled 5,68,378 votes.^[4][5]

• He is well known for his attendance in Lok Sabha. He has 93% attendance in parliament as opposed to the national average of 84%. Varta Broadcasting helps him to interacts with public ^[6][7]