Pradeep Tamta

Pradeep Tamta^[2] (born 16 June 1958) is an Indian politician of Indian National Congress (INC) from Uttarakhand state. He served as the member of the Rajya Sabha. He was the member of 15th Lok Sabha from Almora constituency and also served as the member of 1st Uttarakhand Assembly from Someshwar constituency.

Pradeep Tamta
MP of Rajya Sabha[1]
In office 5 July 2016 – 5 July 2022
Preceded by	Tarun Vijay
Constituency	Uttarakhand
Member of the Lok Sabha
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by	Bachi Singh Rawat
Succeeded by	Ajay Tamta
Constituency	Almora
Personal details
Born	(1958-06-16) 16 June 1958 (age 67)
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Indian National Congress
Profession	Politician

Personal life

He was born in Lob Village of Bageshwar district to Gusain Ram and Parvati Devi. He received a MA, B.ed and LLB from Kumaun University, Nainital district. He is married to Renu Tamta and has two daughters.

Positions held

Year	Description
2002 - 2007	Elected to 1st Uttarakhand Assembly (1st term) Vice Chairman - Uttarakhand Udyog Parishad (2002–03) Member - Assembly Committee on SCs, STs and OBCs (2002–04)[3] Member - Committee on PSE and Corporate (2004–07)[4][5][6]
2009 - 2014	Elected to 15th Lok Sabha (1st term) Member - Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests (2009 - 14) Member - Committee on Official Language (2009 - 14) Member - Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water and Sanitation (2009 - 14)
2016 - 2022	Elected to Rajya Sabha (1st term) Member - Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (2016–19) & (2020 - 2022) Member - Committee on Water Resources (2016 - 2022) Member - Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Mines (2016–19) Member - Committee on Official Language (2018 - 2022) Member - All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rai Bareli (2019 - 2022) Member - Committee on Subordinate Legislation (2019 - 2022) Member - Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Rural Development and the Panchayati Raj

Elections contested

Loksabha

Year	Constituency	Result	Vote percentage	Opposition Candidate	Opposition Party	Opposition vote percentage	Ref
2009	Almora	Won	41.70%	Ajay Tamta	BJP	40.36%
2014	Almora	Lost	38.44%	Ajay Tamta	BJP	53.00%
2019	Almora	Lost	30.48%	Ajay Tamta	BJP	64.03%
2024	Almora	Lost	29.18%	Ajay Tamta	BJP	64.20%

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

Year	Constituency	Result
1993	Bageshwar	Lost[7]
2002	Someshwar	Won[8]
2007		Lost[9]