Kedar Singh Rawat

MLA Kedar Singh Rawat
Member of Legislative Assembly for Yamunotri
In office 2017–2022
Preceded by	Pritam Singh Panwar
Succeeded by	Sanjay Dobhal
Personal details
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party earlier he was in Congress party

Kedar Singh Rawat is an Indian politician from Uttarakhand. He is a six time MLA from Yamunotri Assembly constituency in Uttarkashi district.[1] He won as the Indian National Congress candidate in the 2002, 2007 and 2012 elections and later shifted to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He retained the seat in the 2017 and 2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, thus winning the Yamunotri seat for six consecutive terms in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly.[2][3]

Career

Rawat has been active in political life since college days when he was elected the general secretary from DAV college Dehradun. He has been a successful lawyer before quitting practice and contesting elections since 2002 when Uttarakhand became a separate state and first elections were held.

Electoral performance

Election	Constituency	Party		Result	Votes %	Opposition Candidate	Opposition Party		Opposition vote %	Ref
2022	Yamunotri		BJP	Lost	20.36%	Sanjay Dobhal		Independent	44.01%	[4]
2017	Yamunotri		BJP	Won	41.88%	Sanjay Dobhal		INC	29.27%	[5]
2012	Yamunotri		INC	Lost	30.25%	Pritam Singh Panwar		UKD	36.15%	[6]
2007	Yamunotri		INC	Won	31.37%	Pritam Singh Panwar		UKD	24.16%	[7]
2002	Yamunotri		INC	Lost	19.47%	Pritam Singh Panwar		UKD	26.37%	[8]

References

1. from 2007 to 2012 he was elected from Congress party their whole family or encistor was attached with Congress party but in modi lahar he changes party.U'khand Cong leaders Yashpal Arya, Kedar Singh Rawat join BJP
2. BJP banking on Khanduri’s clean image to return to power in Uttarakhand
3. Yamunotri: Congress, BJP struggling to find right candidates
4. "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2022 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022.
5. "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2017 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022.
6. "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2012 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022.
7. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2007 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.
8. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.