Kishore Upadhyaya

Kishore Upadhyaya (born 1 June 1958) is an Indian politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly representing Tehri in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He has been elected three times to represent Tehri, in 2002, 2007 and 2022. In 2012 Assembly election, he lost to Dinesh Dhanai an Independent candidate by 377 votes. He served as the Minister of state for Industrial Development under N. D. Tiwari ministry from 2002 to 2004.

Kishore Upadhyaya was the President of Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee from 2014 to 2017, taking over from Yashpal Arya.

Positions held Year Description 2002 - 2007 Elected to 1st Uttarakhand Assembly Minister - Industrial Development Member - Committee on Government Assurances Member - Committee on Assembly Rules 2007 - 2012 Elected to 2nd Uttarakhand Assembly (2nd term) Member - Committee on PSE and Corporate Member - Committee on Assembly Rules 2022 - 2027 Elected to 5th Uttarakhand Assembly (3rd term)

Elections contested

YearConstituencyResultVote percentageOpposition CandidateOpposition PartyOpposition vote percentage2002 Tehri 41.95% Ratan Singh Gunsola BJP 31.41% 2007 Tehri 35.31% Khem Singh Chauhan BJP 28.14% 2012 Tehri 28.83% Dinesh Dhanai IND 29.77% 2017 Sahaspur 23.30% Sahdev Singh Pundir BJP 40.75% 2022 Tehri 42.31% Dinesh Dhanai UJP 40.28%