Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
XI Lok Sabha

KARMA, SHRI MAHENDRA
INDEPENDENT - BASTAR (ST) (MADHYA PRADESH)


Father's Name:   Late Shri Boda Manjhi

Date of Birth:   5 August 1950

Place of Birth:   Faraspal in Distt. Bastar (Madhya Pradesh)

Marital Status:   Married on 25 May 1976

Spouse's Name:   Smt. Devati Karma

Children:   Three sons and three daughters

Educational Qualifications :
B.A.
Educated at Ravishankar University, Raipur 
(Madhya Pradesh)

Profession :
   Agriculturist

Permanent Address :
   Vill. & P.O. Faraspal, Via Dantewada, 
        Distt. Bastar-494334 (Madhya Pradesh)

Positions Held :
   
1980-84Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
1990 till nowPresident, Zila Parishad, Bastar
1996Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh)

Social and Cultural Activities :
   Promoted social consciousness among the students in Bastar as 
        President, Youth Organisation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

Countries Visited :
   Hungary

Other Information :
   Led a movement against Naxalites from 1989 to 1992 and engineered the 
         surrender of six to seven thousand naxalites in Bastar

Election Result :
   
Bastar-ST Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate9,23,408
Total votes polled4,22,541
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates:
(1) Shri Mahendra Karma (Ind.)1,24,322
(2) Shri Mankuram Sodhi (I.N.C.)1,10,265
(3) Shri Rajaram Todem (B.J.P.)84,523
(4) Shri Minish Kunjam (C.P.I.)59,908