Mangat Ram Singhal

Mangat Ram Singhal^[1][2][3] (born on 14 November 1942) is an Indian politician from Delhi. He has been active in politics since his early youth and college days. He belongs to Indian National Congress Party. He was elected to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) in 1977 for the first time. He was again elected to MCD in 1983. He was also the Chairman of Works Committee, MCD from 1983-1990. He served as a Councillor till 1988. He has thrice served as member of Delhi Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Second Legislative Assembly for the first time in 1998 and was the Chief Whip of Congress Party in the Delhi Legislative Assembly. He was again elected as a member of Third and Fourth Legislative Assembly and was endowed with the responsibility of Minister of Industry, Land, Social Welfare, Labour & Employment, Law Justice & Legislative Affairs and Elections in Second Dikshit cabinet and Third Dikshit cabinet. He has represented Adarsh Nagar Assembly constituency from 1998 till 2013 in the Delhi Legislative Assembly.

Mangat Ram Singhal
Minister of Industries, Labour, Land & Building, Employment, Social Welfare, Law, Justice & Legislative Affairs and Election, Government of Delhi
In office 2003-2013
Constituency	Adarsh Nagar constituency
Member of Delhi Legislative Assembly for Adarsh Nagar
In office 1998-2013
Preceded by	Jai Prakash Yadav
Succeeded by	Ram Kishan Singhal
Chairman, Works Committee, MCD
In office 1983-1990
Personal details
Born	(1942-11-14) 14 November 1942 (age 82) Delhi, India
Citizenship	Indian
Nationality	India
Political party	Indian National Congress (1977-present)
Spouse	Angoori Devi
Children	Sanjay Singal, Ajay Singal, Vinay Singal
Residence(s)	Shalimar Bagh, Delhi

Positions held

Year	Description
1977-1988	Elected to Municipal Corporation of Delhi Chairman, Works Committee Chief Whip of Congress Party
1998 - 2003	Elected to 2nd Delhi Assembly for Adarsh Nagar Chief Whip Of Congress Party
2003 - 2008	Elected to 3rd Delhi Assembly for Adarsh Nagar (2nd term) Cabinet Minister for Industries
2008 - 2013	Elected to 3rd Delhi Assembly for Adarsh Nagar (3rd term) Cabinet Minister for Social Welfare, Labour, Employment, Law, Justice and Legislative Affairs and Election
2011	Chairman, Rural Development Board, Govt. of Delhi

Electoral performances

Year	Constituency	Result	Vote percentage	Opposition Candidate	Opposition Party	Opposition vote percentage
1993	Adarsh Nagar	Lost	34.10%	Jai Prakash Yadav	BJP	34.18%
1998	Adarsh Nagar	Won	61.75%	Jai Prakash Yadav	BJP	32.11%
2003	Adarsh Nagar	Won	47.12%	Ravinder Singh	BJP	39.56%
2008	Adarsh Nagar	Won	44.84%	Ravinder Singh	BJP	39.29%
2013	Adarsh Nagar	Lost	26.31%	Ram Kishan Singhal	BJP	38.08%