Priyanka Balan Meghwal

Priyanka Balan Meghwal
प्रियंका बैलान मेघवाल
  • State Secretary, BJP Rajasthan
  • Chairperson, Anupgarh Municipal Council
Personal details
PartyBharatiya Janata Party

Priyanka Balan Meghwal is an Indian politician from Rajasthan and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She has served as chairperson of the Anupgarh Municipal Council and as a state office-bearer of the BJP's Rajasthan unit. In the 2024 Indian general election, she contested the Ganganagar Lok Sabha constituency as the BJP candidate.

Political career

Anupgarh municipal politics

In the 2020 Rajasthan local elections, the BJP won 18 of the 35 wards of the Anupgarh municipal board. Balan Meghwal was elected unopposed from ward 19, and the BJP selected her for the post of municipal chairperson.

BJP state organisation

In July 2023, Balan Meghwal was appointed as a pradesh mantri (state secretary) of the BJP's Rajasthan unit.

2024 Lok Sabha election

In March 2024, the BJP selected Balan Meghwal as its candidate from the Ganganagar Lok Sabha constituency, which is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes. Contemporary election coverage described her as the BJP's first woman candidate from the constituency.

Balan Meghwal contested the election against Kuldeep Indora of the Indian National Congress and other candidates. She received 638,339 votes and finished second, while Indora received 726,492 votes and won the constituency by 88,153 votes.

Education

According to her election affidavit, Balan Meghwal completed a Master of Business Administration from Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, in 2012.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mehta, Ashish (4 April 2024). "Cong counts on anti-incumbency, BJP fields first woman candidate in Ganganagar". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
  2. ↑ "अनूपगढ़ में पन्द्रह साल बाद कांग्रेस का गढ़ ढहा, भाजपा का लहराया परचम". Rajasthan Patrika (in Hindi). 13 December 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
  3. ↑ "For Sriganganagar seat, BJP bets on fresh face, ignores veteran leader". The Tribune. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
  4. ↑ "चुनावी रण के लिए भाजपा की विजय संकल्प टीम तैयार, 11 उपाध्यक्ष, 5 महामंत्री, 10 प्रदेश मंत्री बनाए गए". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). 1 July 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
  5. ↑ "Poll Pulse — Lok Sabha Election 2024" (PDF). Salar News. 18 April 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
  6. ↑ "Ganganagar(SC) Lok Sabha Election Results 2024". India Today. Retrieved 22 September 2026.
  7. 1 2 "Priyanka Balan Meghwal: Affidavit Information of Candidate". MyNeta. Association for Democratic Reforms. Retrieved 22 September 2026.