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 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]
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] |
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