Madan Singh Bisht

Madan Singh Bisht was married. His wife, Uma was also a politician. Uma Bisht died in 2025, at the age of 58.^[4]

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.^[5][6] 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.^[7] He contested his first election in 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.