Name of Member: Shri Mahendra Karma
Political Party: Independents
Constituency & State: Bastar-ST (Madhya Pradesh)
Lok Sabha Experience: 11
Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament XI LOK SABHA
KARMA, SHRI MAHENDRA
INDEPENDENT - BASTAR (ST) (MADHYA PRADESH)
Father's Name : Late Shri Boda Manjhi
Date of Birth : 5 August 1950
Place of Birth : Faraspal in Distt. Bastar (Madhya Pradesh)
Marital Status : Married on 25 May 1976
Spouse's Name : Smt. Devati Karma
Children : Three sons and three daughters
Educational Qualifications :
B.A.
Educated at Ravishankar University, Raipur
(Madhya Pradesh)
Profession :
Agriculturist
Permanent Address :
Vill. & P.O. Faraspal, Via Dantewada,
Distt. Bastar-494334 (Madhya Pradesh)
Positions Held :
1980-84 Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
1990 till now President, Zila Parishad, Bastar
1996 Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh)
Social and Cultural Activities :
Promoted social consciousness among the students in Bastar as
President, Youth Organisation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Countries Visited :
Hungary
Other Information :
Led a movement against Naxalites from 1989 to 1992 and engineered the
surrender of six to seven thousand naxalites in Bastar
Election Result :
Bastar-ST Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate 9,23,408
Total votes polled 4,22,541
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates:
(1) Shri Mahendra Karma (Ind.) 1,24,322
(2) Shri Mankuram Sodhi (I.N.C.) 1,10,265
(3) Shri Rajaram Todem (B.J.P.) 84,523
(4) Shri Minish Kunjam (C.P.I.) 59,908
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