Kedar Singh Rawat Explained

Kedar Singh Rawat
Honorific-Prefix:MLA
Office:Member of Legislative Assembly
for Yamunotri
Term Start:2017
Term End:2022
Predecessor:Pritam Singh Panwar
Successor:Sanjay Dobhal
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party earlier he was in Congress party

Kedar Singh Rawat is an Indian politician from Uttarakhand. He is a six time MLA from Yamunotri Assembly constituency in Uttarkashi district.[1] He won as the Indian National Congress candidate in the 2002, 2007 and 2012 elections and later shifted to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He retained the seat in the 2017 and 2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, thus winning the Yamunotri seat for six consecutive terms in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly.[2] [3]

Career

Rawat has been active in political life since college days when he was elected the general secretary from DAV college Dehradun. He has been a successful lawyer before quitting practice and contesting elections since 2002 when Uttarakhand became a separate state and first elections were held.

Electoral performance

Election Constituency Party Result Votes % Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote %Ref
2022Yamunotri20.36%Sanjay Dobhal44.01%[4]
2017Yamunotri41.88%Sanjay Dobhal29.27%[5]
2012Yamunotri30.25%Pritam Singh Panwar36.15%[6]
2007Yamunotri31.37%Pritam Singh Panwar24.16%[7]
2002Yamunotri19.47%Pritam Singh Panwar26.37%[8]

Notes and References

  1. from 2007 to 2012 he was elected from Congress party their whole family or encistor was attached with Congress party but in modi lahar he changes party.U'khand Cong leaders Yashpal Arya, Kedar Singh Rawat join BJP
  2. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/policy/bjp-banking-on-khanduris-clean-image-to-return-to-power-in-uttarakhand/article2837245.ece BJP banking on Khanduri’s clean image to return to power in Uttarakhand
  3. http://www.enewsdesk.in/2017/01/11/yamunotri-constituency-profile/ Yamunotri: Congress, BJP struggling to find right candidates
  4. Web site: Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2022 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20) . https://web.archive.org/web/20220615102703/https://election.uk.gov.in/CEO-Website/VidhanSabha2022/Form20/form20_2022.htm. 15 June 2022.
  5. Web site: Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2017 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20) . https://web.archive.org/web/20220630093109/https://election.uk.gov.in/CEO-Website/VidhanSabha2017/Form_20/form20_2017.htm. 30 June 2022.
  6. Web site: Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2012 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20) . https://web.archive.org/web/20220929115647/https://election.uk.gov.in/Vidhan_sabha2012/form20_2012_PDF/form20_2012.htm. 29 September 2022.
  7. Web site: Election Commission of India. Statistical Report on General Election, 2007 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand . https://web.archive.org/web/20120114082304/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2007/Stat_rept_2007_UT.pdf. 14 January 2012. pdf.
  8. Web site: Election Commission of India. Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand . https://web.archive.org/web/20120114065248/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2002/Stat_rep_2002_UT.pdf. 14 January 2012. pdf.

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