Bhagchand Saini Tankda

Bhagchand Saini Tankda
Bhagchand Saini Tankda
Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 3 December 2023
Preceded by	Gajraj Khatana
Constituency	Bandikui
Personal details
Born	Gola Ka Bas, Dausa, Rajasthan, India
Nationality	India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Parent	Bholaram Saini (father)
Residence(s)	Dausa, Rajasthan
Education	B.A.
Alma mater	Jaipur National University
Occupation	MLA
Profession	Agriculture, business, politics

Bhagchand Saini Tankda is an Indian politician from Rajasthan. He is a member of the 16th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from the Bandikui Assembly constituency representing the Bharatiya Janata Party.^[1]^[2]

Early life and education

Tankda is from Bandikui, Dausa district, Rajasthan. He is the son of Bholaram Saini. He completed his graduation in arts from Jaipur National University.

Tankda won from the Bandikui Assembly constituency representing the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election.^[3] He polled 92,067 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Gajraj Khatana of the Indian National Congress, by a margin of 12,380 votes.^[4]^[5]

He had earlier contested the 2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election from the same seat as a candidate of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), and in 2013 as a candidate of the Indian National Congress.^[6]

Candidate	Party	Result	Votes	Vote share
Bhagchand Tankda	Bharatiya Janata Party	Elected	92,067	51.27%
Gajraj Khatana	Indian National Congress	Runner-up	79,687	44.38%
Bhawani Singh Mall	Bahujan Samaj Party	–	3,308	1.84%

Candidate	Party	Result	Votes	Vote share
Gajraj Khatana	Indian National Congress	Elected	56,433	35.36%
Ram Kishor Sani	Bharatiya Janata Party	Runner-up	51,669	32.37%
Bhagchand Saini	Bahujan Samaj Party	–	44,992	28.19%