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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Kailash Chand Verma, MLA.jpg
| caption = Verma in 2025
| name = Kailash Chand Verma
| office = [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly|Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency = [[Bagru Assembly constituency|Bagru]]
| term_start = 3 December 2023
| predecessor = Ganga Devi
| term_start1 = 2013
| term_end1 = 2018
| predecessor1 = Ganga Devi
| successor1 = Ganga Devi
| office2 = Parliamentary Secretary, [[Government of Rajasthan]]
| term_start2 = 10 December 2016
| term_end2 = 17 December 2018
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Nimeda, [[Jaipur]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]
| children = 1
| spouse = Sita Devi
| education = [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] & [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Rajasthan]]
| occupation = Politician
}}

'''Kailash Chand Verma''' is an Indian [[politician]] currently serving as a [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly|Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]] from [[Bagru Assembly constituency|Bagru]].<ref>{{cite web |date=3 December 2023 |title=Bagru Assembly Election Results 2023 Highlights: BJP's Kailash Chand Verma with 145170 defeats INC's Ganga Devi |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/bagru-assembly-election-results-2023-live-2470669-2023-12-03 |access-date=2023-12-04 |publisher=India Today}}</ref> He previously served as the Parliamentary Secretary in the [[Government of Rajasthan]] from 2016 to 2018. He is a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/elections/rajasthan/kailash-chand-verma-assembly-candidate-s20aed2008a056e2023c002/|title=Rajasthan Bagru Election Result 2023: Kailash Chand Verma|publisher=News18|access-date=2023-12-04}}</ref>

==Political career==
Verma was first elected to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly in 2013 from the [[Bagru (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|Bagru]] constituency'''.''' During his first term, he served as a Parliamentary Secretary or represented the Bagru constituency in the [[Government of Rajasthan]] from 2016 to 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wadhawan |first=Dev Ankur |date=2016-12-10 |title=Rajasthan cabinet expansion: Vasundhara Raje inducts 6 new ministers, including Dalit MLA |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/rajasthan-cabinet-expansion-vasundhara-raje-dalit-mla-kamsa-meghwal-kalyan-singh-356834-2016-12-10 |access-date=2026-02-18 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

In the 2018 [[2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election]], Verma contested again from Bagru but was defeated by [[Ganga Devi Verma|Ganga Devi]] of the [[Indian National Congress (INC)]]. He subsequently reclaimed the seat in the [[2023 elections in India|2023 election]], where he defeated Ganga Devi by a margin of '''45,250 votes'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenDecNew2023/partywisewinresult-369S20.htm|title=General Elections to Assembly Constituencies: Trends & Results Dec-2023|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=2023-12-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=BAGRU ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS 2023 NEWS|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/rajasthan/constituency-show/bagru|publisher=[[Times of India]]|access-date=2023-12-04}}</ref>

==Electoral record==
===2023 Bagru Assembly Election===
{| class="wikitable"
!Candidate !! Party !! Result !! Votes !! Vote share
|-
| Kailash Chand Verma || {{flagicon image|BJP flag.svg}}BJP || Elected || 145,170 || 56.54%
|-
| Ganga Devi || {{flagicon image|Indian_National_Congress_Flag.svg}}INC || Runner-up || 99,920 || 38.92%
|-
| Tarachand Raigar || RLTP || – || 3,732 || 1.45%
|}
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/rajasthan/constituency-show/bagru|title=Bagru Assembly Election Results 2023|website=The Times of India|access-date=18 April 2025}}</ref>
===2018 Bagru Assembly Election===
{| class="wikitable"
!Candidate !! Party !! Result !! Votes !! Vote share
|-
| Ganga Devi || {{flagicon image|Indian_National_Congress_Flag.svg}}INC || Elected || 96,635 || 44.77%
|-
| Kailash Chand Verma || {{flagicon image|BJP flag.svg}}BJP || Runner-up || 91,292 || 42.30%
|-
| Dinesh Rai Bhati || RLTP || – || 15,796 || 7.32%
|}
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/rajasthan/constituency-show/bagru|title=Bagru Assembly Election Results 2023|website=The Times of India|access-date=18 April 2025}}</ref>
===2013 Bagru Assembly Election===
{| class="wikitable"
!Candidate !! Party !! Result !! Votes !! Vote share
|-
| Kailash Chand Verma || {{flagicon image|BJP flag.svg}}BJP || Elected || 100,947 || 57.34%
|-
| Dr. Prahlad Raghu || {{flagicon image|Indian_National_Congress_Flag.svg}}INC || Runner-up || 54,591 || 31.01%
|-
| Ramji Lal Bairwa || NPEP || – || 11,998 || 6.82%
|}
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/rajasthan/constituency-show/bagru|title=Bagru Assembly Election Results 2023|website=The Times of India|access-date=18 April 2025}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Rajasthan MLAs 2023–2028]]
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[[Category:University of Rajasthan alumni]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Rajasthan]]

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Shailendra at 11:03, 18 February 2026