Manharan Lal Pandey

Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

In office 1996–1998

Minister of State Government of Madhya Pradesh

In office 1977–1980

DepartmentHome, Irrigation & Health

In office 1968–1969

DepartmentElectricity

Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

In office 1985–1996

Preceded byTaherbai

Succeeded byJagjeet Singh Makkad

ConstituencyTakhatpur

In office 1977–1980

Preceded byRohani Kumar

Succeeded byTaherbai

ConstituencyTakhatpur

In office 1967–1972

Preceded byMurlidhar Mishra

Succeeded byRohani Kumar

ConstituencyTakhatpur

Personal details

Born(1938-10-27)27 October 1938 Keshruwadih, Bilaspur, Madhya Pradesh, India (now Chhattisgarh, India)

Died21 January 2013(2013-01-21) (aged 74) Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

Other political affiliationsJanata Party (1977-80) Bharatiya Jana Sangh (Before 1977)

SpouseNirmala Pandey (m. 1963)

Children1 Son & 4 Daughters

ParentGangaram Pandey (father)

ProfessionPolitician, Agriculturist

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.

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. 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.