Kamlesh Shah

Kamlesh Pratap Shah (born 1972) is an Indian politician from Madhya Pradesh. He is a three time MLA from Amarwara constituency.^[4][5] He won the 2023 Assembly election, representing Indian National Congress, but later shifted to the Bharatiya Janata Party necessitating a by-election and won the 2024 by-election.^[6][4]

Kamlesh Shah
Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2013
Preceded by	Premnarayan Thakur[1]
Constituency	Amarwara
Personal details
Born	(1972-03-21) 21 March 1972 (age 53)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (2024-present)[2]
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Madhvi Shah
Residence	Harrai
Education	10th Pass[3]
Profession	Agriculturist

Early life and education

Shah is from Amarwara, Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh. He is the son of Ugra Pratap Bhanu Shah. He married Madhvi Shah. He passed Class 10 in 1989 at Mathura Prasad School, Chhindwara.^{[citation needed]}

Political career

Shah won from Amarwara Assembly constituency in the 2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election representing Indian National Congress. He polled 109,765 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Monika Batti of the Bharatiya Janata Party, by a margin of 25,086 votes. He first became an MLA winning the 2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.^[7] He retained the Amarwara Assembly constituency seat again in the 2018 Assembly election and won for the third time in the 2023 Assembly election.^[8][9]

See also

• Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
• 2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
• 2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election