Kishore Upadhyaya

Kishore Upadhyay
Office	President; Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee
Office	Member of Legislative Assembly; for Tehri ; ; ;
Term start	13 June 2014
Term end	4 May 2017
Predecessor	Yashpal Arya
Successor	Pritam Singh
Predecessor	Lakhiram Joshi
Successor	Dinesh Dhanai ; ;
Born	1958-06-01 (age 68)
Born	Tehri, Uttar Pradesh, India; (now in Uttarakhand, India) ; ; ; ;
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (2022- Present) Indian National Congress (2002-2022) ; ; ; ; ;

Kishore Upadhyaya (born 1 June 1958) is an Indian politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly representing Tehri in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. He has been a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party since moving from the Indian National Congress in January 2022. 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.^[1] He served as the Minister of state for Industrial Development under N. D. Tiwari from 2002 to 2004.

Kishore Upadhyaya was the President of Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee from 2014 to 2017, taking over from Yashpal Arya.^[2]^[3]

Positions held

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

Year	Constituency	Result	Vote percentage	Opposition Candidate	Opposition Party	Opposition vote percentage
2002	Tehri	Template:Won	41.95%	Ratan Singh Gunsola	BJP	31.41%
2007	Tehri	Template:Won	35.31%	Khem Singh Chauhan	BJP	28.14%
2012	Tehri	Template:Lost	28.83%	Dinesh Dhanai	IND	29.77%
2017	Sahaspur	Template:Lost	23.30%	Sahdev Singh Pundir	BJP	40.75%
2022	Tehri	Template:Won	42.31%	Dinesh Dhanai	UJP	40.28%

Office	President Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee
Office	Member of Legislative Assembly for Tehri
Term start	13 June 2014
Term end	4 May 2017
Predecessor	Yashpal Arya
Successor	Pritam Singh
Predecessor	Lakhiram Joshi
Successor	Dinesh Dhanai
Born	1958-06-01 (age 68)
Born	Tehri, Uttar Pradesh, India (now in Uttarakhand, India)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (2022- Present) Indian National Congress (2002-2022)