# Pritam Singh (politician, born 1958)

Pritam Singh is an Indian politician who is a six-term Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Chakrata, Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. A member of the Indian National Congress he is serving as Central Election Committee (CEC) Member. He has served as the Leader of Opposition (CLP Leader Uttarakhand) in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly and has also served as the president of Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee (Uttarakhand PCC). He is a six-term Member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. During the Congress government (2002–2007 and 2012–2017) in Uttarakhand he had served as a Cabinet Minister for Home, Rural Development, Food and Civil Supplies, Panchayti Raj and Minor Irrigation in Government of Uttarakhand. He was also elected as a Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1993. Singh represents Chakrata assembly.

## Early life and education

Singh was born in Virnad village in Dehradun district of the Uttar Pradesh (now Uttarakhand) on 11 November 1958 in a Rajput family. Pritam Singh is the eldest son of Gulab Singh who was a member of the Indian National Congress, an eight term Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly and also served as minister during the Congress government in Uttar Pradesh. Gulab Singh was elected unopposed to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in the year 1985. Pritam Singh is a law graduate and a member of the Bar Council of Uttarakhand. He is married to Anita Singh and has one daughter and one son.

## Positions held

| Year | Description |
| 1988 - 1993 | Block Pramukh - Chakrata |
| 1993 - 1996 | Elected to 12th Uttar Pradesh Assembly from Chakrata Assembly |
| 2002 - 2007 | Elected to 1st Uttarakhand Assembly from Chakrata Assembly (2nd term) Cabinet Minister - Panchayati Raj, Sports, Rural Engineering, Freedom Fighters, Food & Civil Supplies (2002-07) |
| 2007 - 2012 | Elected to 2nd Uttarakhand Assembly from Chakrata Assembly (3rd term) Member - Committee on SC, ST and Other Caste (2007-09) Member - Public Accounts Committee (2008–12) Chairman - Public Accounts Committee (2010–11) Best Legislator Award 2011 |
| 2012 - 2017 | Elected to 3rd Uttarakhand Assembly from Chakrata Assembly (4th term) Cabinet Minister - Food & Civil Supplies, Minor Irrigation, Rural Development, Panchayati Raj (2012–14) Cabinet Minister - Food & Civil Supplies, Minor Irrigation, Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Home, Backward Area development (2014–17) |
| 2017 - 2022 | Elected to 4th Uttarakhand Assembly from Chakrata Assembly (5th term) Leader of Opposition (2021-22) Member - Public Accounts Committee (2017–22) |
| 2022 - Till date | Elected to 5th Uttarakhand Assembly from Chakrata Assembly (6th term) |

## Electoral Performances

| Year | Election | Party | Constituency Name | Result | Votes gained | Vote share% | Margin |
| 1993 | 12th Uttar Pradesh Assembly | Indian National Congress | Chakrata | Won | | | |
| 1996 | 13th Uttar Pradesh Assembly | Indian National Congress | Chakrata | Lost | | | |
| 2002 | 1st Uttarakhand Assembly | Indian National Congress | Chakrata | Won | | | |
| 2007 | 2nd Uttarakhand Assembly | Indian National Congress | Chakrata | Won | | | |
| 2012 | 3rd Uttarakhand Assembly | Indian National Congress | Chakrata | Won | | | |
| 2017 | 4th Uttarakhand Assembly | Indian National Congress | Chakrata | Won | | | |
| 2019 | 17th Lok Sabha | Indian National Congress | Tehri Garhwal | Lost | 2,64,747 | 30.22% | 3,00,586 |
| 2022 | 5th Uttarakhand Assembly | Indian National Congress | Chakrata | Won | | | |