Kartar Singh Tanwar

Kartar Singh Tanwar (born 1962) is an Indian politician and a member of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi.[1][2] He represents the Chhatarpur constituency of New Delhi and is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party political party.[3][4]

Kartar Singh Tanwar
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
for Chhatarpur
Assumed office
Feb 2015
Preceded byBrahm Singh Tanwar
Personal details
Born (1962-12-12) 12 December 1962[1]
New Delhi[1]
NationalityIndian
Political partyAam Aadmi Party[1]
ParentHoram (father)[1]
ResidenceNew Delhi
Alma materG. B. Pant Polytechnic[2]
ProfessionPolitician & businessperson

Early life and education

Kartar Singh Tanwar was born in New Delhi. A Gurjar by caste, he attended the G. B. Pant Polytechnic and attained a Diploma in engineering.[2][1]

Political career

Tanwar is a MLA for second term. He represented the Chhatarpur constituency and is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party political party.[2][1] Before joining AAP in 2014, he was a leader with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). His political career, however, started way back in 2007, when he became the corporator for the Bhati ward (two terms). Before taking the plunge into politics, Tanwar was a junior engineer with the Delhi Jal Board (DJB).

On 27 July 2016, the Income Tax department raided Tanwar's home, office, farmhouse along with his brother Chatar Singh's residence. Tanwar had submitted an affidavit in 2015 to the Election Commission of India showing only ₹176 million (US$2.2 million) of total assets.[5]

Electoral performance
Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Chhatarpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Kartar Singh Tanwar 69,411 49.13 -5.16
BJP Brahm Singh Tanwar 65,691 46.15 +9.71
INC Satish Lohia 3,874 2.74 -4.75
NOTA None of the above 707 0.50 +0.07
BSP Suraj Bharti 369 0.26 -0.14
NCP Rana Sujeet Singh 177 0.13
Majority 3,720 2.65 -15.20
Turnout 1,41,283 64.59 -2.75
AAP hold Swing -5.16

References
  1. "Member Profile". Legislative Assembly official website. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  2. "Candidate affidavit". My neta.info. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  3. "2015 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  4. "All MLAs from constituency". elections.in. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  5. Ghose, Debobrat (10 August 2016). "Fresh crisis for Arvind Kejriwal with Aam Aadmi Party's Kartar Singh Tanwar on I-T radar". First Post. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
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