MLA
Sarita Arya
सरिता आर्या
President
Uttarakhand Pradesh Mahila Congress
In office
12 May 2015 – 17 January 2022
Preceded bySarojani Kaintura
Succeeded byJyoti Rautela
Member of Legislative Assembly 2022
for Nainital
Assumed office
2022
Chairperson
Nainital Nagar Palika Parishad
In office
2003–2008
Personal details
Born1961 (age 62–63)
Political partyBhartiya Janta Party (2022-till date) Indian National Congress (1999-2022)
Residence(s)Nainital Uttarakhand, India
Websitesaritaarya.in

Sarita Arya (Hindi: सरिता आर्या) is the sitting and second time elected M.L.A. (Member of Legislative Assembly (India)) from 58 Legislative Assembly seat of lake city Nainital in the state of Uttarakhand. She was elected for the first term in the year 2012 from Indian National Congress and held the elected post till 2017. She won her second term from the same constituency in the 2022 state polls contesting from the Bhartiya Janta Party.[1]

By winning the Nainital seat in the year 2012 she set a unique record of being the first woman to win this prestigious seat since independence. Before her, three women candidates contested this seat but could not win. Her then party Indian National Congress bagged this seat after a long gap of 23 years, this seat was either with UKD (Uttarakhand Kranti Dal) or BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) starting from the year 1989 until she won in the assembly polls of 2012.[2]

In the month of May 2015, she was appointed the Women State President of Indian National Congress for the state of Uttarakhand by Rahul Gandhi, the then Congress Vice President. Before being elected as the member of legislative assembly she held the post of Chairperson Municipal Corporation Nainital, for which she was elected in the year 2003 and her tenure lasted till 2008.[3][4]

On 17 January 2022 she joined the BJP (Bhartiya Janta Party) and contested the legislative assembly election held in the month of February 2022 from 58 Vidhansabha seat of Nainital.[5][6]

Currently she also holds the position of District President of AIWC (All India Women's Conference) since 2009. Apart from this she is also an avid social worker and fights for women empowerment and gender equality. [7][8][9]

Positions held

Elections Contested

Year Election Type Constituency Result Vote percentage Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote percentage Ref
2012MLANainitalWon49.71%Hem Chand AryaBJP37.45%[10]
2017MLANainitalLostSanjeev AryaBJP[11]
2022MLANainitalWonSanjeev AryaINC[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Nainital Election Results 2022 Declared: BJP Candidate Sarita Arya Wins by Margin of 7881 Votes".
  2. ↑ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Dehradun Edition".
  3. ↑ "Sarita Arya appointed Uttarakhand Mahila Congress president - The Economic Times". The Economic Times.
  4. ↑ "Sarita Arya Appointed U'khand Mahila Cong President".
  5. ↑ "Uttarakhand Mahila Congress president Sarita Arya joins BJP". The Economic Times.
  6. ↑ "Uttarakhand CM holds advisory group meeting as state gears up for Global Investors Summit". The Hawk.
  7. ↑ "उत्तराखंड समाचार".
  8. ↑ "Seven MLAs in Uttarakhand made parliamentary secretaries - Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". 15 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "The Times Group".
  10. ↑ "Vuabai9 - game nổ hũ, quay hũ uy tín nhất 2022 - VB9".
  11. ↑ "Election Commission of India".
  12. ↑ "Election Commission of India".
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