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{{Short description|Indian politician and former teacher}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Chandra Pant
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|15 January 1968|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Pithoragarh]]
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| office = Member of the [[Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency = [[Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Pithoragarh]]
| term_start = 2019
| term_end = 2022
| predecessor = [[Prakash Pant]]
| successor = [[Mayukh Mahar]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
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| spouse = [[Prakash Pant]] (m.1989; died 2019)
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| education = [[M.A.]] and [[B.Sc]] from [[Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University]]
| profession = Teacher and politician
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'''Chandra Pant''' (born, 15 January 1968) is an Indian politician who served as Member of the [[Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly]] from [[Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Pithoragarh]] from 2019 till 2022. She was elected in the [[2019 elections in India|by-election in 2019]] as a [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate. By-election was held due to death of her husband, [[Prakash Pant]]. She lost in [[2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election|2022]] to [[Mayukh Mahar]].
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== Education ==
She is a post graduate and holds a degree of [[M.A.]] from [[Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University]] and also a degree of [[B.Sc]]. Before entering politics, she was a teacher.

== Electoral performance ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Election !! Constituency !! colspan="2"|Party !! Result !! Votes % !! Opposition Candidate !! colspan="2"|Opposition Party !! Opposition vote %|| Ref
|-
|[[2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election|2022]]||[[Pithoragarh Assembly constituency|Pithoragarh]]||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||{{Lost}}||38.84%||[[Mayukh Mahar]]||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||47.48%||<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand|title=Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2022 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20) |url=https://election.uk.gov.in/CEO-Website/VidhanSabha2022/Form20/form20_2022.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615102703/https://election.uk.gov.in/CEO-Website/VidhanSabha2022/Form20/form20_2022.htm|archive-date=15 June 2022}}</ref>
|-
|[[2019 elections in India#Uttarakhand|2019 By-election]]||[[Pithoragarh Assembly constituency|Pithoragarh]]||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||{{Won}}||52.44%||Anju Lunthi||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||45.88%||0
|}

==References==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pant, Chandra}}
[[Category:1968 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:People from Pithoragarh]]
[[Category:Women members of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Uttarakhand MLAs 2017–2022]]

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