Kishore Upadhyaya

Kishore Upadhyaya is an Indian National Congress politician from Uttarakhand and a two term Member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. He was twice elected from Tehri assembly constituency in the 2002 and 2007 assembly elections. In 2012 Assembly election, he lost to Dinesh Dhanai an Independent candidate with a margin of just 377 votes.[1] He served as the Minister of state for Industrial development under N. D. Tiwari Chief ministership from 2002 to 2004.

Kishore Upadhyaya
President
Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee
In office
13 June 2014 – 4 May 2017
Preceded byYashpal Arya
Succeeded byPritam Singh
Member of Legislative Assembly
for Tehri
In office
2002–2012
Preceded byLakhiram Joshi
Succeeded byDinesh Dhanai
Personal details
Born (1958-06-01) 1 June 1958
Tehri, Uttar Pradesh, India
(now in Uttarakhand, India)
Political partyIndian National Congress
ResidenceNew Tehri, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand

He was the President of Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee or Uttarakhand PCC from 2014 to 2017. He took over from Yashpal Arya.[2][3]

Positions held
Year Description
2002 - 2007 Elected to 1st Uttarakhand Assembly
  • Minister - Industrial Development (2002–04)
  • Member - Committee on Government Assurances (2004–07)
  • Member - Committee on Assembly Rules (2004–07)
2007 - 2012 Elected to 2nd Uttarakhand Assembly (2nd term)
  • Member - Committee on PSE and Corporate (2007–08)
  • Member - Committee on Assembly Rules (2008–12)

Elections contested
Year Constituency Result Vote percentage Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote percentage
2002TehriWon41.95%Ratan Singh GunsolaBJP31.41%
2007TehriWon35.31%Khem Singh ChauhanBJP28.14%
2012TehriLost28.83%Dinesh DhanaiIND29.77%
2017SahaspurLost23.30%Sahdev Singh PundirBJP40.75%
2022TehriElection to be held in January - February 2022

References
  1. My Neta
  2. Kishore Upadhyaya is new president of Uttarakhand Congress
  3. Kishore Upadhyaya appointed new Pradesh Congress committee chief in Uttarakhand
Party political offices
Preceded by
Yashpal Arya		 President
Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee
13 June 2014 – 4 May 2017		 Succeeded by
Pritam Singh
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