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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Alka Rai
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| constituency = [[Mohammadabad, Ghazipur]], Uttar Pradesh
| office = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]], [[Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|17th Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 2017
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| nationality = Indian
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| residence = [[Mohammadabad, Ghazipur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
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| occupation = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| profession = Politician
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'''Alka Rai''' is an Indian politician associated with the Bhartiya Janta Party. Alka Rai contested the Uttar Pradesh assembly election held in 2017. She got elected from the Mohammadabad assembly constituency. She defeated Ex. MLA Shibgatullah Ansari with a margin of more than one [[lakh]] votes.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://myneta.info/uttarpradesh2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=5789|title=My Neta National Election Watch}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://indianexpress.com/elections/uttar-pradesh-assembly-elections-2017/mukhtar-ansari-krishnanand-rai-bjp-mla-murder-mohammadabad-ghazipur-4556095/|title=Up election 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.india.com/assembly-election-2017/uttar-pradesh/mohammadabad/|title=Mohammadabad – Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results 2017}}</ref>

She claimed that her husband [[Krishnanand Rai]] was allegedly murdered by [[Mukhtar Ansari]] but later in 2019 [[Mukhtar Ansari]] was found not guilty.<ref>[https://www.rediff.com/news/report/mukhtar-ansari-let-off-in-2005-murder-case-of-bjp-mla/20190703.htm, Ansaris acquitted in Krishnanand Rai murder case]</ref><ref>[https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/ansaris-acquitted-in-mla-murder-case/article28276196.ece, Ansaris found not guilty in 2005 MLA murder case]</ref> The person she defeated in the elections was Ansari's brother.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/uttar-pradesh-election-alka-rai-jail-minister-mukhtar-ansari/1/905115.html|title=UP: Alka Rai, widow of murdered MLA, could become states jail minister|access-date=19 May 2017}}</ref> However this is not the first victory of Alka Rai in an assembly election. She defeated her rival in the by-poll of year 2005, when her husband was shot dead. In the by-poll of 2005 no one from Ansari family contested the election. However they pitched Sri Krishan urf Gama Ram in the contest and supported him. Krisan Kumar was defeated by Alka Rai with a margin of 33,744 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/mohammadabad.html|title=Sitting and previous MLAs from Mohammadabad Assembly Constituency}}</ref>

==Posts held==
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! # !! From !! To !! Position !! Comments
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| 01 || 2017 || Incumbent || Member, [[Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|17th Legislative Assembly]] ||
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==See also==
*[[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]

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[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022]]
[[Category:People from Ghazipur]]
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