Manharan Lal Pandey

Manharan Lal Pandey (27 October 1938 - 21 January 2013) was an Indian Politician and Member of Parliament representing Janjgir constituency of Madhya Pradesh (now in Chhattisgarh) in 11th Lok Sabha. He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.^[1][2][3]

Manharan Lal Pandey
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1996–1998
Preceded by	Bhawani Lal Verma
Succeeded by	Charan Das Mahant
Constituency	Janjgir–Champa
Minister of State Government of Madhya Pradesh
In office 1977–1980
Chief Minister	Kailash Joshi Virendra Saklecha Sunder Lal Patwa
Department	Home, Irrigation & Health
In office 1968–1969
Chief Minister	Govind Narayan Singh
Department	Electricity
Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 1985–1996
Preceded by	Taherbai
Succeeded by	Jagjeet Singh Makkad
Constituency	Takhatpur
In office 1977–1980
Preceded by	Rohani Kumar
Succeeded by	Taherbai
Constituency	Takhatpur
In office 1967–1972
Preceded by	Murlidhar Mishra
Succeeded by	Rohani Kumar
Constituency	Takhatpur
Personal details
Born	(1938-10-27)27 October 1938 Keshruwadih, Bilaspur, Madhya Pradesh, India (now Chhattisgarh, India)
Died	21 January 2013(2013-01-21) (aged 74) Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
Political party	Bhartiya Janata Party
Other political affiliations	Janata Party (1977-80) Bharatiya Jana Sangh (Before 1977)
Spouse	Nirmala Pandey ​ (m. 1963)​
Children	1 Son & 4 Daughters
Parent	Gangaram Pandey (father)
Education	Master of Commerce
Alma mater	Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University
Profession	Politician, Agriculturist

Career

Pandey was first elected to Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1967 from Takhatpur on Jan Sangh ticket and became Minister of State for Electricity.^[4] In 1972 Election, he lost the seat to Congress Party but won 1977 election on Janata Party ticket and became Minister of State in Kailash Chandra Joshi and Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha ministry. Again, he lost 1980 election but won 1985, 1990 and 1993 election consecutively. He was elected to 11th Lok Sabha in 1996 but lost 1998 General election to Charan Das Mahant of Congress by margin of 44,586 votes.