Kishore Upadhyaya

Kishore Upadhyay
Kishore Upadhyay
President; Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee
	In office; 13 June 2014 – 4 May 2017
Preceded by	Yashpal Arya
Succeeded by	Pritam Singh
Member of Legislative Assembly; for Tehri
	In office; 2002–2012
Preceded by	Lakhiram Joshi
Succeeded by	Dinesh Dhanai
Personal details
Born	1 June 1958 (age 66); Tehri, Uttar Pradesh, India; (now in Uttarakhand, India)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (2022- Present) Indian National Congress (2002-2022)
Residence	New Tehri, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand

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 heldEdit

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)
2022 - 2027	Elected to 5th Uttarakhand Assembly (3rd term)

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

Party political offices
Preceded by Yashpal Arya	President Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee 13 June 2014 – 4 May 2017	Succeeded by Pritam Singh

Kishore Upadhyay

President Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee
In office 13 June 2014 – 4 May 2017
Preceded by	Yashpal Arya
Succeeded by	Pritam Singh
Member of Legislative Assembly for Tehri
In office 2002–2012
Preceded by	Lakhiram Joshi
Succeeded by	Dinesh Dhanai

Personal details
Born	(1958-06-01) 1 June 1958 (age 66) Tehri, Uttar Pradesh, India (now in Uttarakhand, India)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (2022- Present) Indian National Congress (2002-2022)
Residence	New Tehri, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand