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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{for|the mountaineer|Harish Chandra Singh Rawat}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2014}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Harish Rawat
| name               = Harish Rawat
| office = [[List of Chief Ministers of Uttarakhand|7th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand]]
| image              = HarishRawat.jpg
| native_name = हरीश रावत
| order              = 7th
| image =HarishRawat.jpg
| office              = Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
| predecessor = [[President's Rule]]
| governor            = [[Krishan Kant Paul]]
| successor = [[Trivendra Singh Rawat]]
| term_start          = 11 May 2016
| governor =  
| term_end            = 18 March 2017
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| predecessor         = [[President's rule]]
| predecessor1 = [[Vijay Bahuguna]]
| successor           = [[Trivendra Singh Rawat]]
| successor1 = President's Rule
| governor1          = Krishan Kant Paul
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|04|27|df=y}}
| term_start1        = 21 April 2016
| birth_place = [[Almora district|Almora]], [[United Provinces (1937–50)|United Provinces]], [[Dominion of India|India]]<br/>(now in [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]])
| term_end1          = 22 April 2016
| alma_mater = [[University of Lucknow]]
| predecessor1        = President's rule
| term_start = 11 May 2016
| successor1          = President's rule
| term_end = 18 March 2017
| governor2          = [[Aziz Qureshi]]<br>Krishan Kant Paul
| term_start1 = 1 February 2014
| term_start2        = 1 February 2014
| term_end1 = 27 March 2016
| term_end2          = 27 March 2016
| office4 = [[Minister of Water Resources (India)|Union Minister of Water Resources]]
| predecessor2        = [[Vijay Bahuguna]]
| term_start4 = 30 October 2012
| successor2          = President's rule
| term_end4 = 31 January 2014
| office4             = [[Minister of Water Resources (India)|Union Minister of Water Resources]]
| predecessor4 = [[Pawan Kumar Bansal]]
| primeminister4      = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| successor4 = [[Uma Bharti]]
| term_start4         = 30 October 2012
| office5 = [[Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Haridwar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Haridwar]]
| term_end4           = 31 January 2014
| term_start5 = May 2009
| predecessor4       = [[Pawan Kumar Bansal]]
| term_end5 = May 2014
| successor4         = [[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]
| predecessor5 = [[Rajendra Kumar Badi]]
| office5             = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| successor5 = [[Ramesh Pokhriyal]]
| constituency5      = [[Haridwar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Haridwar]]
| office6 = Member of [[Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start5         = 2009
| constituency6 = [[Rajya Sabha members from Uttarakhand|Uttarakhand]]
| term_end5           = 2014
| term_start6 = 2002
| predecessor5       = [[Rajendra Kumar Badi]]
| term_end6 = 2008
| successor5         = [[Ramesh Pokhriyal]]
| office7 = [[Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Almora (Lok Sabha constituency)|Almora]]
| constituency6      = [[Almora (Lok Sabha constituency)|Almora]]
| term7 = 1980-91
| term_start6        = 1980
| predecessor7 = [[Murli Manohar Joshi]]
| term_end6          = 1991
| successor7 = Jeewan Sharma
| predecessor6        = [[Murli Manohar Joshi]]
| religion = [[Hinduism]]
| successor6          = Jeewan Sharma
| office7            = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| constituency7      = [[Rajya Sabha members from Uttarakhand|Uttarakhand]]
| term_start7        = 2002
| term_end7          = 2008
| predecessor7        = [[Manohar Kant Dhyani]]
| successor7          = [[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1948|04|27|df=y}}
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| alma_mater          = [[University of Lucknow]]
| parents            = [[Rajendra Singh Rawat]] (father)<br/>[[Devki Devi]] (mother)
| nationality        = [[India]]n
| party              = [[Indian National Congress]]
| citizenship        = [[India]]
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'''Harish Chandra Singh Rawat''' (born 27 April 1948) is an Indian politician who was  [[Chief Minister of Uttarakhand]] from 2014-2017.<ref>http://thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/uttarakhand-chief-minister-vijay-bahuguna-resigns/article5638527.ece</ref> In July 2014, he won a by-election from Dharchula assembly seat by over 19,000 votes.<ref name="jiley-tu">{{cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-07-25/news/52026380_1_assembly-seat-dharchula-assembly-doiwala|title= Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat wins Dharchula's Assembly seat|accessdate=27 July 2014|date = 9 August 2014|publisher=[[The Economic Times]]}}</ref>
'''Harish Singh Rawat''' (born 27 April 1948) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[politician]] who was  [[Chief Minister of Uttarakhand]] from 2014 to 2017. A five-time [[Parliament of India|Member of Parliament]], Rawat is a leader of the [[Indian National Congress]] party. As a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|member]] of [[15th Lok Sabha]], Rawat served as [[Minister of Water Resources (India)|Union Minister of Water Resources]] in the [[Union Council of Ministers of India|cabinet]] of Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] from 2012 to 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=88704|title=Harish Rawat Rawat takes Charge as Union Minister of Water Resources|publisher=[[Press Information Bureau]]}}</ref> He also worked as [[Minister (government)|Minister]] of State at the [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)|Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs]], [[Ministry of Agriculture (India)|Ministry of Agriculture]], [[Ministry of Food Processing Industries]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thehindu.com/news/national/union-council-of-ministers-july-12-2011/article2220841.ece|title=Union Council of Ministers|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=12 July 2011}}</ref> (2011–2012) and [[Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)|Ministry of Labour and Employment]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ndtv.com/article/india/list-of-ministers-and-their-portfolios-3876|title=Ministers and their portfolios|publisher=[[NDTV]]|access-date=15 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129213748/http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/list-of-ministers-and-their-portfolios-3876|archive-date=29 November 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> (2009–2011).
 
==Early life and education==
Harish Rawat was born in a [[Kumaoni people| Kumaoni]] [[Rajput]] family<ref>{{Cite news|last=Chaturvedi|first=Rakesh Mohan|title=Battle for Uttarakhand: Harish Rawat main hurdle for BJP|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/battle-for-uttarakhand-harish-rawat-main-hurdle-for-bjp/articleshow/55321005.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2020-07-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Not Just BJP, Congress' Harish Rawat Faces Ire of Party Workers Too as he Contests From Nainital : "I am Rana Sanga-Rajput King of 16 Century."|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/not-just-bjp-congress-harish-rawat-faces-ire-of-party-workers-as-he-contests-from-nainital-2076157.html|access-date=2020-07-27|website=News18|date=24 March 2019}}</ref> in Mohnari village (Adbora Mohnari Graam Sabha), near Chaunalia (263680), [[Ranikhet]]  in [[Almora district]] of the [[United Provinces (1937–50)|United Provinces]] (now [[Uttarakhand]]) on 27 April 1948  to Rajendra Singh Rawat and Devki Devi. He studied from GIC Chaunalia in his early days. He received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] and [[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B.]] from [[Lucknow University]].<ref>[http://archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=2864 Detailed Profile: Shri Harish Rawat] National Portal of India</ref> He is married to his fellow Congress member and politician Renuka Rawat who also obtained Bachelor of Law from Lucknow University.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Harish Rawat Biography - About family, political life, awards won, history|url=https://www.elections.in/political-leaders/harish-rawat.html/|access-date=2020-07-27|website=Elections in India}}</ref>
 
==Early political career==
Starting at village level politics, and after staying as a trade unionist and an [[Indian Youth Congress]] member for many years, he joined the [[Indian Parliament]] in 1980 as a member of the [[7th Lok Sabha]] by defeating the BJP veteran [[Murli Manohar Joshi]] from [[Almora]] parliamentary constituency, followed by the [[8th Lok Sabha]] and the [[9th Lok Sabha]]. He has been head of Congress Volunteer Wing, ''Congress Seva Dal'', since 1980.
 
==Later years==
In 2000, he was unanimously elected as President of  [[Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080218154407/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2000/12/04/stories/1404229c.htm Harish Rawat elected Uttaranchal PCC chief ] ''[[The Hindu]]'', 4 December 2000.</ref> and remained so until he was replaced by [[Yashpal Arya]]. In 2002, he was elected as a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of Indian parliament.
 
In the [[2009 Indian general election|2009 general election]], he left his traditional stronghold of [[Almora]] after it became a reserved seat post [[delimitation]] to contest from [[Haridwar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Haridwar]], and won the election with over 3.3 Lakh of votes.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090519200056/http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/electionresults/constituency/28/28/hardwar.html Haridwar] [[CNN IBN]].</ref>
 
==Chief Minister of Uttarakhand==
In February 2014, Rawat took the oath of office as Chief Minister of [[Uttarakhand]] when [[Vijay Bahuguna]] resigned due to criticism of his handling of rehabilitation after [[2013 North India floods|June 2013 floods]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/uttarakhand-chief-minister-vijay-bahuguna-resigns/article5638527.ece|title = Bahuguna gives himself a parting gift|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 31 January 2014|last1 = Chandramohan|first1 = C. k.}}</ref> In July 2014, he won a by-election from [[Dharchula]] assembly seat by over 19,000 votes.<ref name="jiley-tu">{{cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-07-25/news/52026380_1_assembly-seat-dharchula-assembly-doiwala|title= Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat wins Dharchula's Assembly seat|access-date=27 July 2014|date = 9 August 2014|publisher=[[The Economic Times]]}}</ref>
 
On 18 March 2016, nine Congress MLAs rebelled against Rawat, reducing the Congress-led Government to a minority. The Union Government decided to impose [[President's Rule]] in the state, and the order was signed by President [[Pranab Mukherjee]] on 27 March 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sting operation on Harish Rawat sea fate in Uttarakhand|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/sting-operation-on-harish-rawat-seals-congress-fate-in-uttarakhand/story-nM1NY7SpyBFki0TMoSnGfI.html|website=hindustantimes.com|date=28 March 2016|publisher=Hindustan Times|access-date=28 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=उत्तराखंड के पूर्व CM हरीश रावत के खिलाफ कथित MLA खरीद फरोख्त का मामला दर्ज |url=https://khabar.ndtv.com/news/uttarakhand/cbi-registered-case-against-former-uttarakhand-cm-harish-rawat-in-horse-trading-case-2121588 |website=ndtvkhabar.com}}</ref> He was later reinstated as Chief Minister on 11 May 2016 after winning the trust vote. On 11 March, Congress under the leadership of Harish Rawat lost the [[2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election|2017 Assembly Elections]] to [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]. He was also defeated from the two seats (Haridwar Rural and Kichcha) from which he contested.
 
==Positions held==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Description
|-
| 1980 - 1984
| Elected to [[7th Lok Sabha]] 
* Member, House Committee 
* Member, Public Accounts Committee
|-
| 1984 - 1989
| Elected to [[8th Lok Sabha]] (2nd term)
|-
| 1989 - 1991
| Elected to [[9th Lok Sabha]] (3rd term)
* Member, House Committee (1989–91)
* Member, Committee on Official Language (1990–91)
* Member, Consultative Committee of Ministry of Communications (1990–91)
|-
| 2002 - 2008
| Elected to [[Rajya Sabha]]
* Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development (2003–04)
* Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Power (2004–08)
* Member, Indian Council of Agricultural Research Society (2004–08)
* Member, Committee on [[Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme|MPLADS]] (Rajya Sabha) (2004–08)
|-
| 2009 - 2014
| Elected to [[15th Lok Sabha]] (4th term)
* Union Minister of State, Labour and Employment (2009–11)
* Union Minister of State, Agriculture and Food Processing Industries (2011 - 2012)
* Union Minister of State, Parliamentary Affairs (2011 - 2012)
* Union Cabinet Minister, Water Resources (2012–14)
|-
| 2014 - 2017
| Elected to [[Third Uttarakhand Assembly|3rd Uttarakhand Assembly]] in bye Election
* [[Chief Minister of Uttarakhand|8th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand]] (2014–17)
|}
 
==Elections contested==
===[[Lok Sabha]]===
{|class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!width=50|Year
!width=120|Constituency
!width=70|Result
!width=70|Vote percentage
!width=150|Opposition Candidate
!width=70|Opposition Party
!width=70|Opposition vote percentage
!width=25|Ref
|-
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]|| [[Almora (Lok Sabha constituency)|Almora]] ||{{Won}}|| 46.31% || [[Murli Manohar Joshi]]  ||[[Janata Party|JNP]]||21.27% || <ref>[http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/Pconstituency.aspx?eid=530&cid=3]</ref>
|-
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]|| [[Almora (Lok Sabha constituency)|Almora]] ||{{Won}}|| 61.26% || [[Murli Manohar Joshi]]  ||[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]||14.79% || <ref>[http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/Pconstituency.aspx?eid=461&cid=3]</ref>
|-
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]|| [[Almora (Lok Sabha constituency)|Almora]] ||{{Won}}|| 42.45% || [[Kashi Singh Airy]] ||[[Uttarakhand Kranti Dal|UKD]]||39.39% || <ref>[http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/Pconstituency.aspx?eid=488&cid=3]</ref>
|-
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]|| [[Almora (Lok Sabha constituency)|Almora]] ||{{Lost}}|| 37% || Jeewan Sharma  ||[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]||45.94% || <ref>[http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/Pconstituency.aspx?eid=677&cid=3]</ref>
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]|| [[Almora (Lok Sabha constituency)|Almora]] ||{{Lost}}|| 26.59% || [[Bachi Singh Rawat]]  ||[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]||41.05% || <ref>[http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/Pconstituency.aspx?eid=414&cid=3]</ref>
|-
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]|| [[Almora (Lok Sabha constituency)|Almora]] ||{{Lost}}|| 33.60% || [[Bachi Singh Rawat]]  ||[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]||52.39% || <ref>[http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/Pconstituency.aspx?eid=377&cid=3]</ref>
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]|| [[Almora (Lok Sabha constituency)|Almora]] ||{{Lost}}|| 45.50% || [[Bachi Singh Rawat]]  ||[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]||48.39% || <ref>[http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/Pconstituency.aspx?eid=346&cid=3]</ref>
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]|| [[Haridwar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Haridwar]] ||{{Won}}|| 42.16% || Swami Yatindranand Giri  ||[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]||25.99% || <ref>[http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/Pconstituency.aspx?eid=303&cid=5]</ref>
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]|| [[Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar]] ||{{Lost}}|| 34.41% || [[Ajay Bhatt (politician)|Ajay Bhatt]] ||[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]||61.65% || <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://results.eci.gov.in/pc/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS284.htm?ac=4|title = Election Commission of India}}</ref>
|}
 
===[[Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly]]===
{|class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!width=100|Year
!width=80|Constituency
!width=70|Result
!width=70|Vote percentage
!width=150|Opposition Candidate
!width=70|Opposition Party
!width=70|Opposition vote percentage
!width=25|Ref
|-
|[[2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election|2014 (Bye Elect)]]|| [[Dharchula (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Dharchula]] ||{{Won}}|| 72.83% || Vishnu Dutt || [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] || 24.75%  || <ref>[http://election.uk.gov.in/Bye_Election_2014/Result-Bye_Election_2014/Form-21D&21E-42-Dharchula.pdf]</ref>
|-
|[[2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election|2017]]|| [[Haridwar Rural (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Haridwar Rural]] ||{{Lost}}|| 33.28% || [[Yatishwaranand]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]|| 45.78% ||
|-
|[[2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election|2017]]|| [[Kichha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kichha]] ||{{Lost}}|| 43.66% || [[Rajesh Shukla]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]||45.77% ||
|}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
12. उत्तराखंड के मुख्यमंत्री ने प्रवासियों से कहा - घर लौट आओ प्लीज
http://www.uttarakhandnews.org/2015/02/uttarakhandchiefministerharishrawat_4.html
 
==External links==
*[http://cm.uk.gov.in Official website of CM of Uttarakhand]
* {{Twitter|harishrawatcmuk}}
* {{Facebook|harishrawatcmuk}}
* {{Instagram|harishrawatcmuk}}
* {{Telegram|harishrawatcmuk}}


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Latest revision as of 20:23, 16 January 2022


For the mountaineer, see Harish Chandra Singh Rawat.

Harish Rawat
HarishRawat.jpg
7th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
In office
11 May 2016 – 18 March 2017
GovernorKrishan Kant Paul
Preceded byPresident's rule
Succeeded byTrivendra Singh Rawat
In office
21 April 2016 – 22 April 2016
GovernorKrishan Kant Paul
Preceded byPresident's rule
Succeeded byPresident's rule
In office
1 February 2014 – 27 March 2016
GovernorAziz Qureshi
Krishan Kant Paul
Preceded byVijay Bahuguna
Succeeded byPresident's rule
Union Minister of Water Resources
In office
30 October 2012 – 31 January 2014
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byPawan Kumar Bansal
Succeeded byGhulam Nabi Azad
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2009–2014
Preceded byRajendra Kumar Badi
Succeeded byRamesh Pokhriyal
ConstituencyHaridwar
In office
1980–1991
Preceded byMurli Manohar Joshi
Succeeded byJeewan Sharma
ConstituencyAlmora
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
2002–2008
Preceded byManohar Kant Dhyani
Succeeded byBhagat Singh Koshyari
ConstituencyUttarakhand
Personal details
Born (1948-04-27) 27 April 1948 (age 77)
Almora, United Provinces, India
(now in Uttarakhand, India)
CitizenshipIndia
NationalityIndian
Political partyIndian National Congress
Parent(s)Rajendra Singh Rawat (father)
Devki Devi (mother)
EducationBachelor of Arts
L.L.B.
Alma materUniversity of Lucknow
OccupationPolitician

Harish Singh Rawat (born 27 April 1948) is an Indian politician who was Chief Minister of Uttarakhand from 2014 to 2017. A five-time Member of Parliament, Rawat is a leader of the Indian National Congress party. As a member of 15th Lok Sabha, Rawat served as Union Minister of Water Resources in the cabinet of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh from 2012 to 2014.[1] He also worked as Minister of State at the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Food Processing Industries[2] (2011–2012) and Ministry of Labour and Employment[3] (2009–2011).

Early life and education[edit]

Harish Rawat was born in a Kumaoni Rajput family[4][5] in Mohnari village (Adbora Mohnari Graam Sabha), near Chaunalia (263680), Ranikhet in Almora district of the United Provinces (now Uttarakhand) on 27 April 1948 to Rajendra Singh Rawat and Devki Devi. He studied from GIC Chaunalia in his early days. He received a Bachelor of Arts and LL.B. from Lucknow University.[6] He is married to his fellow Congress member and politician Renuka Rawat who also obtained Bachelor of Law from Lucknow University.[7]

Early political career[edit]

Starting at village level politics, and after staying as a trade unionist and an Indian Youth Congress member for many years, he joined the Indian Parliament in 1980 as a member of the 7th Lok Sabha by defeating the BJP veteran Murli Manohar Joshi from Almora parliamentary constituency, followed by the 8th Lok Sabha and the 9th Lok Sabha. He has been head of Congress Volunteer Wing, Congress Seva Dal, since 1980.

Later years[edit]

In 2000, he was unanimously elected as President of Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee,[8] and remained so until he was replaced by Yashpal Arya. In 2002, he was elected as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian parliament.

In the 2009 general election, he left his traditional stronghold of Almora after it became a reserved seat post delimitation to contest from Haridwar, and won the election with over 3.3 Lakh of votes.[9]

Chief Minister of Uttarakhand[edit]

In February 2014, Rawat took the oath of office as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand when Vijay Bahuguna resigned due to criticism of his handling of rehabilitation after June 2013 floods.[10] In July 2014, he won a by-election from Dharchula assembly seat by over 19,000 votes.[11]

On 18 March 2016, nine Congress MLAs rebelled against Rawat, reducing the Congress-led Government to a minority. The Union Government decided to impose President's Rule in the state, and the order was signed by President Pranab Mukherjee on 27 March 2016.[12][13] He was later reinstated as Chief Minister on 11 May 2016 after winning the trust vote. On 11 March, Congress under the leadership of Harish Rawat lost the 2017 Assembly Elections to BJP. He was also defeated from the two seats (Haridwar Rural and Kichcha) from which he contested.

Positions held[edit]

Year Description
1980 - 1984 Elected to 7th Lok Sabha
  • Member, House Committee
  • Member, Public Accounts Committee
1984 - 1989 Elected to 8th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1989 - 1991 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
  • Member, House Committee (1989–91)
  • Member, Committee on Official Language (1990–91)
  • Member, Consultative Committee of Ministry of Communications (1990–91)
2002 - 2008 Elected to Rajya Sabha
  • Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development (2003–04)
  • Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Power (2004–08)
  • Member, Indian Council of Agricultural Research Society (2004–08)
  • Member, Committee on MPLADS (Rajya Sabha) (2004–08)
2009 - 2014 Elected to 15th Lok Sabha (4th term)
  • Union Minister of State, Labour and Employment (2009–11)
  • Union Minister of State, Agriculture and Food Processing Industries (2011 - 2012)
  • Union Minister of State, Parliamentary Affairs (2011 - 2012)
  • Union Cabinet Minister, Water Resources (2012–14)
2014 - 2017 Elected to 3rd Uttarakhand Assembly in bye Election

Elections contested[edit]

Lok Sabha[edit]

Year Constituency Result Vote percentage Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote percentage Ref
1980 Almora Won 46.31% Murli Manohar Joshi JNP 21.27% [14]
1984 Almora Won 61.26% Murli Manohar Joshi BJP 14.79% [15]
1989 Almora Won 42.45% Kashi Singh Airy UKD 39.39% [16]
1991 Almora Lost 37% Jeewan Sharma BJP 45.94% [17]
1996 Almora Lost 26.59% Bachi Singh Rawat BJP 41.05% [18]
1998 Almora Lost 33.60% Bachi Singh Rawat BJP 52.39% [19]
1999 Almora Lost 45.50% Bachi Singh Rawat BJP 48.39% [20]
2009 Haridwar Won 42.16% Swami Yatindranand Giri BJP 25.99% [21]
2019 Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar Lost 34.41% Ajay Bhatt BJP 61.65% [22]

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly[edit]

Year Constituency Result Vote percentage Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote percentage Ref
2014 (Bye Elect) Dharchula Won 72.83% Vishnu Dutt BJP 24.75% [23]
2017 Haridwar Rural Lost 33.28% Yatishwaranand BJP 45.78%
2017 Kichha Lost 43.66% Rajesh Shukla BJP 45.77%

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Harish Rawat Rawat takes Charge as Union Minister of Water Resources". Press Information Bureau.
  2. ↑ "Union Council of Ministers". The Hindu. 12 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Ministers and their portfolios". NDTV. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  4. ↑ Chaturvedi, Rakesh Mohan. "Battle for Uttarakhand: Harish Rawat main hurdle for BJP". The Economic Times. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "Not Just BJP, Congress' Harish Rawat Faces Ire of Party Workers Too as he Contests From Nainital : "I am Rana Sanga-Rajput King of 16 Century."". News18. 24 March 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  6. ↑ Detailed Profile: Shri Harish Rawat National Portal of India
  7. ↑ "Harish Rawat Biography - About family, political life, awards won, history". Elections in India. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  8. ↑ Harish Rawat elected Uttaranchal PCC chief The Hindu, 4 December 2000.
  9. ↑ Haridwar CNN IBN.
  10. ↑ Chandramohan, C. k. (31 January 2014). "Bahuguna gives himself a parting gift". The Hindu.
  11. ↑ "Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat wins Dharchula's Assembly seat". The Economic Times. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  12. ↑ "Sting operation on Harish Rawat sea fate in Uttarakhand". hindustantimes.com. Hindustan Times. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  13. ↑ "उत्तराखंड के पूर्व CM हरीश रावत के खिलाफ कथित MLA खरीद फरोख्त का मामला दर्ज". ndtvkhabar.com.
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  19. ↑ [6]
  20. ↑ [7]
  21. ↑ [8]
  22. ↑ "Election Commission of India".
  23. ↑ [9]

12. उत्तराखंड के मुख्यमंत्री ने प्रवासियों से कहा - घर लौट आओ प्लीज http://www.uttarakhandnews.org/2015/02/uttarakhandchiefministerharishrawat_4.html

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