MLA Kedar Singh Rawat | |
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Member of Legislative Assembly for Yamunotri | |
In office 2017–2022 | |
Preceded by | Pritam Singh Panwar |
Succeeded by | Sanjay Dobhal |
Personal details | |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party earlier he was in Congress party |
Kedar Singh Rawat is an Indian politician from Uttarakhand. He is a two time MLA from Yamunotri Assembly constituency in Uttarkashi district. [1] He won as the Indian National Congress candidate in the 2007 and as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate in 2017. [2] [3]
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.
Election | Constituency | Party | Result | Votes % | Opposition Candidate | Opposition Party | Opposition vote % | Ref | ||
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2022 | Yamunotri | BJP | Lost | 20.36% | Sanjay Dobhal | Independent | 44.01% | [4] | ||
2017 | Yamunotri | BJP | Won | 41.88% | Sanjay Dobhal | INC | 29.27% | [5] | ||
2012 | Yamunotri | INC | Lost | 30.25% | Pritam Singh Panwar | UKD | 36.15% | [6] | ||
2007 | Yamunotri | INC | Won | 31.37% | Pritam Singh Panwar | UKD | 24.16% | [7] | ||
2002 | Yamunotri | INC | Lost | 19.47% | Pritam Singh Panwar | UKD | 26.37% | [8] |