Laxminarayan Pandey

Laxminarayan Pandey (28 March 1928 – 19 May 2016) was a member of the 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Mandsaur constituency of Madhya Pradesh and was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party.^[1][2]

Dr. Laxminarayan Pandey
Member 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th Lok Sabha
In office 1989 - 2009
Preceded by	Balkavi Bairagi (INC)
Succeeded by	Meenakshi Natarajan (INC)
Constituency	Mandsaur
Personal details
Born	(1928-03-25)25 March 1928 Jaora, Jaora State, British India
Died	19 May 2016(2016-05-19) (aged 88) Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Chandrawali Pandey
Children	3 sons and 4 daughters
Residence	Jaora
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Political career

Pandey has had many spells as an MP. The first was in 1971 and 1977 where he was elected on the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) and Bharatiya Lok Dal (BLD) ticket, respectively. Pandey was the first MP from Mandsaur for Jan Sangh and a very close aide of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and LK Advani.

Death

He died aged 88 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh after battling old-age related illnesses in a private hospital.^[3]