Narsingrao Suryawanshi
| Narsingrao Suryawanshi | |
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| MP | |
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In office 2004-2009 |
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| Preceded by | Ramchandra Veerappa |
| Succeeded by | Dharam Singh |
| Constituency | Bidar |
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In office 1980-1991 |
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| Preceded by | Ramchandra Veerappa |
| Succeeded by | Ramachandra Veerappa |
| Constituency | Bidar |
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| Born | 20 January 1952 Dongaon, Bidar, Karnataka |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Sushila Suryawanshi |
| Children | 3 sons and 1 daughter |
| Residence | Bidar district |
| As of 23 September, 2011 Source: [1] |
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Narsingrao Suryawanshi is an Indian politician who is a member of the Indian National Congress. He contested an election for the first time in the year 1980, at the age of 28, and became the youngest member of Parliament in the 7th Lok Sabha India. He represents the Bidar constituency of Karnataka.
Narsingrao Suryawanshi was born in Dongaon village of Aurad taluk in Bidar District. Suryawanshi and his brothers and sisters are children of Agriculturists. His father was of unusually enterprising spirit and managed to educate his children. He completed his education and obtained a B.Sc. degree at Marathwada University, Aurangabad (Maharashtra). He graduated in 1974 and became a social worker. He married Sushila Suryawanshi and the couple have three sons Sanjay, Vijay, Ajay, one daughter Indira', a daughter-in-law Priyanka and a grand son Ayush.
Narsingrao Suryawanshi had applied for the Congress ticket in the year 1980 by post and the party ticket came to him through senior leaders when he was in his native village Dongaon in Aurad taluk, Bidar. He fought the first election in 1980 and won with a huge margin of 1.05 lakh votes (total votes 1,58,817) against Shankar Dev of JNP party who was the runner up (53,409 votes).
Suryawanshi then stood for 1984 elections and defeated Rajendra Verma of BJP party with 59,615 votes (total votes 1,79,836) And for the third Consecutive time, he won the 1989 elections with a margin of 38,947 votes (total votes being 1,77,828) against Prabhudev Kalmath IND.
Suryawanshi contested as a Congress candidate in 2004 general elections but was defeated by Ramachandra Veerappa by a margin of 23,539 votes. Total votes obtained by Suryawanshi being 2,89,217. In the same year Ramachandra Veerappa died and a by election was held in which Veerappa's son Basawraj Veerappa stood against Suryawanshi and lost by 13,470 votes making Narsingrao Suryawanshi a winner for the 4th term.
Only four candidates have represented Bidar Lok Sabha constituency though elections have been held for 13 times since 1962. The candidates who represented Bidar Lok Sabha constituency since 1962 till 2009 were Ramachandra Veerappa, Shankar Dev, Narasingrao Suryawanshi and Dharam Singh. Bidar holds a distinct record of having elected both the youngest and the oldest Member of Parliament when it was a reserved constituency. The youngest being Suryawanshi and oldest being Veerappa.
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