Ganesh Singh

Ganesh Singh (Hindi pronunciation: [gəɳeːʃ sɪŋgʱ]) is an Indian politician belonging to BJP and a member of parliament from Satna (Lok Sabha constituency), Madhya Pradesh. He is elected 5 times in a row from this constituency (14th Lok Sabha, 15th Lok Sabha, 16th Lok Sabha, 17th Lok Sabha & 18th Lok Sabha).

Early life and education

Ganesh Singh was born on 2 July 1962 in Gram Panchyat Khamahariya, Satna district, Madhya Pradesh State in a Kurmi family. He is the second of seven children born to Kamal Bhan Singh and Phoolmati Singh.

He started is political career as a general secretary of law college then becoming president of law college, he came close to socialist leaders of janta party and started working with them. He was also heading socialist youth of Madhya Pradesh State in 1989, he contested Zilla panchayat member elections in 1994 and won by huge margin, again in 1999 he became member of Zilla panchayat of Satna this time he became chairman of Zilla panchayat Satna with minister of state in charge. He is known for development in Vindhya region, he worked hard for the development of gram panchayats and providing the basic facilities of health, sanitation, education, irrigation, infrastructure at panchayat level, functioning of panchayats, providing drinking water, developing dams and small ponds. After seeing all his work public wanted him see in bigger role therefore he contested Lok Sabha elections in 2004 and won with huge margin of 85,000 and after that never looked back.

He did his Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1981, Master of Arts (MA) in 1984, L.L.B in 1986, All the degrees from Awadhesh Pratap University, Rewa district, [Madhya Pradesh State].

In 2024 Lok Sabha Election, Singh won with 4,59,728 votes. He defeated INC candidate Siddharth Sukhlal Kushwaha by 84949 votes.