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'''Madan Singh Bisht''' (born 1963) is an Indian politician from [[Uttarakhand]]. He is an MLA from [[Dwarahat Assembly constituency]] in [[Almora district]]. He won the [[2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election]] representing the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-09 |title=Dwarahat (Uttarakhand) Assembly Election Results 2022 Live: Winner, Runner-up |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/dwarahat-uttarakhand-assembly-election-results-2022-live-winner-runner-up-candidates-7810366/ |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=GEN ELECTION TO VIDHAN SABHA TRENDS & RESULT MARCH-2022 |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMar2022/ConstituencywiseS2848.htm?ac=48 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925060059/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMar2022/ConstituencywiseS2848.htm?ac=48 |archive-date=25 September 2022 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=results.eci.gov.in |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Bisht is from [[Dwarahat]], Almora district, Uttarakhand. He is the son of the late Hukum Singh Bisht. He completed his L.L.B. in 1992 at Delhi University. Earlier, he did B.Com. in 1984.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Madan Singh Bisht(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- DWARAHAT(ALMORA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://www.myneta.info/uttarakhand2022/candidate.php?candidate_id=35 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Madan Singh Bisht was married. His wife, Uma was also a politician. Uma Bisht died in 2025, at the age of 58.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-27 |title=uttarakhand: द्वाराहाट विधायक की पत्नी व निवर्तमान प्रशासक उमा बिष्ट का निधन, शोक की लहर |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttarakhand/almora-uma-bisht-wife-of-dwarahat-mla-madan-singh-bisht-passes-away-24026574.html|access-date=2025-08-27 |website=Dainik Jagran|language=hi}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Bisht won from Dwarahat Assembly constituency representing the Indian National Congress in the [[2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election]]. He polled 17,766 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Anil Shahi of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], by a narrow margin of 162 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-10 |title=Dwarahat, Uttarakhand Assembly Election Results 2022 LIVE Updates: INC's Madan Singh Bisht wins Dwarahat with 16252 votes |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/dwarahat-uttarakhand-assembly-election-results-2022-live-updates-1923007-2022-03-09 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | date=2022-03-10 |title=Dwarahat Uttarakhand Election 2022 Final Results LIVE: INC Candidate MADAN SINGH BISHT wins from Dwarahat, Details Inside |url=https://news.abplive.com/elections/dwarahat-election-2022-results-live-updates-constituency-vote-counting-winner-loser-tally-who-will-winuttarakhand-assembly-election-2022-news-1518662 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=news.abplive.com |language=en}}</ref> Earlier, he lost the [[2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election]] to Mahesh Singh Negi of Bharatiya Janata Party by a margin of 6,593 votes. He became an MLA for the first time winning the [[2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election]] defeating [[Pushpesh Tripathi]] of [[Uttarakhand Kranti Dal]] by a margin of 3,326 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-10 |title=Dwarahat Election Result 2022 LIVE Updates: Madan Singh Bisht of INC Wins |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/dwarahat-election-result-2022-live-updates-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-4853585.html |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref> He contested his first election in [[2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election|2007]] as an independent candidate and lost to [[Pushpesh Tripathi]] of [[Uttarakhand Kranti Dal]] by a margin of 2,944 votes, finishing third behind the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate Sadanand.<br />
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