Ramesh Bais

Ramesh Bais
This is official portrait of MP Ramesh Bais taken from the Lok sabha member page
Member of parliament
for Raipur
Assumed office
1996
Constituency Raipur
Personal details
Born (1947-08-02) 2 August 1947
Raipur, Chhattisgarh
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s) Rambai Bais
Children 1 son and 2 daughters
Residence Raipur

Ramesh Bais (born 2 August 1947) is a member of the 16th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Raipur constituency of Chhattisgarh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Career

Bais was elected to Municipal Corporation of Raipur in 1978. He was a member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1980 to 1984. He was elected for the first time to the Indian parliament as a member of the 9th Lok Sabha from Raipur, Madhya Pradesh in 1989 and was re-elected consecutively from 1996 to 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th,15th and 16th Lok Sabha. He also served as a Union minister in the Government of India.

Positions held

  • Mar. 1998 - Oct. 1999 Union Minister of State, Steel and Minerals
  • Oct. 1999 - Sep. 2000 Union Minister of State, Chemicals and Fertilizers
  • Sep. 2000 - Jan. 2003 Union Minister of State, Information and Broadcasting
  • Jan. 2003 - Jan. 2004 Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Mines
  • Jan. 2004 - May 2004 Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Environment & Forests

Election results

Indian general elections, 2004: Raipur
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Ramesh Bais 3,76,029 54.54
INC Shyama Charan Shukla 2,46,510 35.75
BSP Dr. Heeraman Banjare 32,252 4.68
Majority 1,29,519 18.79
Turnout 6,89,517 50.32
BJP hold Swing
Indian general elections, 2009: Raipur
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Ramesh Bais 3,64,943 49.19
INC Bhupesh Baghel 3,07,042 41.39
BSP Vidhya Devi Sahu 16,853 2.27
Independent Navin Gupta 8,123 1.09
Independent Shrikant Kaser 6,208 0.84
Majority 57,901 7.80
Turnout 7,41,861 47.00
BJP hold Swing
Indian general elections, 2014: Raipur
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Ramesh Bais 6,54,922 52.36 +3.17
INC Satya Narayan Sharma 4,83,276 38.64 -2.75
AAP Sandeep Tiwari 15,139 1.21 N/A
BSP Guruji Virendra Kumar Dahariya 13,147 1.05 -1.22
Independent Om Prakash Dande 12,699 1.02 N/A
NOTA None of the Above 5,796 0.46 N/A
Majority 1,71,646 13.72 +5.92
Turnout 12,50,845 65.69 +18.69
BJP hold Swing +3.17
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