Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
12th Lok Sabha









CHINMAYANAND, SWAMI
[BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY - MACHHLISHAHR (UTTAR PRADESH)]



Father's Name       	Swamy Dharmanand                        

Date of Birth       	3 March 1947

Place of Birth      	Ramaipur Tyorasi, Distt. Gonda (Uttar Pradesh)    

Marital Status        	Unmarried

Educational Qualifications  

               	M.A., Ph.D.

               	Educated at Prachya Darshan Mahavidyalaya, Vrindavan,
               	Mathura (Uttar Pradesh)

Profession         

                Political and Social Worker and Religious Missionary

Permanent Address  

		(i)Mumukshu Ashram, 
		   Shahjahanpur-242226    
               	   (Uttar Pradesh)                         

            	   Tels. (05842) 23401                                        
		   Fax (05842) 25282

	       (ii)Parmarth Ashram, 
	           Hardwar-249420
	           (Uttar Pradesh)
			
		    Tels. (0133) 427473, 427099
		    Fax (0133) 426192

Present Address  

		B-201, M.S. Flats, 
		B.K.S. Marg,
		New Delhi-110001

		Tel. (011) 3714965
		Fax (011) 3711366

Positions Held  

1954		Mukhia, Hathiwan Panchayat

1991-96        Elected to 10th Lok Sabha

1991           Member, Committee on Government Assurances

               Member, Committee on Human Resource Development

               Member, Committee on Telecommunications

1998           Re-elected to 12th Lok  Sabha (2nd term)

1998-99        Member, Committee on Human Resource Development
	       and its Sub-Committee-I on Value-based Education

	       Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
	       Civil Aviation

Social and Cultural Activities  

Associated with several spiritual, cultural and educational
organisations

Favourite Pastime and Recreation  

Reading, writing, travelling, gardening and yoga

Countries Visited  

Widely travelled

Other Information  

Chairman, (i) Bihar Co-operative Federation, 1980-86;
(ii) Bihar State Co-operative Land Development Bank Ltd.;
Member, (i) Central Board of Secondary Education; 
(ii) Hindi Shiksha Samiti, 1998-99; and (iii) Central
Sanskrit Shiksha Board; and Teacher, 1944-55

Election Result of
Machhlishahr Lok Sabha Constituency  

Total electorate 	12,51,475
Total votes polled 	 6,99,689

Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates

(1) Swami Chinmayanand 		(B.J.P.) 2,37,895
(2) Shri Haribansh Singh 	(S.P.)   1,96,361
(3) Shri Durbali Ram Bind 	(B.S.P.) 1,54,095
(4) Shri Vijay Chand Patel 	(A.D.)     38,118
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