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