Umesh Sharma
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Umesh Sharma | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2012 | |
| Constituency | Raipur |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Umesh Sharma Kau is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1] Sharma is a member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from the Raipur constituency in Dehradun district.[2][3][4]
In the 2012 Uttarakhand Assembly elections, Umesh Sharma Kau, then with the Indian National Congress, defeated Trivendra Singh Rawat by a narrow margin of 0.62% votes.[5][6]
In 2016, Umesh Sharma Kau along with other Congress MLAs rebelled and switched over to BJP.[7][8]
He was re-elected in 2017 and 2022 as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate with huge margin of 37.29% and 27.49% respectively.