Hira Singh Bisht

Hira Singh Bisht is an Indian politician from Uttarakhand and a three term Member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. Bisht represents the Doiwala (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency).[1] Bisht is a member of the Indian National Congress. He has served as the Cabinet minister in the Cabinet of former Chief Minister Shri N. D. Tiwari. With portfolios of transport ,Labour , technical education

Hira Singh Bisht
Member of Legislative Assembly
for Doiwala
In office
2014–2017
Member of Legislative Assembly
for Rajpur
In office
2002–2007
Personal details
Political partyIndian National Congress
Residence(s)Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

He is currently INTUC president of Uttrakhand

He is founder member of Cricket association of Uttarakhand ,

During his first term as MLA, He allotted land for Raipur Cricket stadium from Shri veer Bahadur who was chief minister of Uttar Pradesh at that time and completed that project in 2017 during Vijay Bahuguna and Harish Rawat Government in Uttrakhand


Positions held
Year Description
1985 Elected to 9th Uttar Pradesh Assembly
2002 Elected to 1st Uttarakhand Assembly (2nd term)
  • Cabinet Minister
2014 Elected to 3rd Uttarakhand Assembly in by election (3rd term)

Elections contested
Year Election Type Constituency Result Vote percentage Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote percentage Ref
1977MPTehri GarhwalLost29.07%Trepan Singh NegiBLD58.47%
1985MLADehradunWon66.76%Harbans KapoorBJP22.85%[2]
1989MLADehradunLost33.11%Harbans KapoorBJP42.84%[2]
1996MLAMussoorieLost18.20%Rajendra SinghBJP49.38%[3]
1998MPTehri GarhwalLost15.88%Manabendra ShahBJP51.82%[4]
2002MLARajpurWon34.98%Khushal S RanawatBJP28.07%[5]
2007MLARajpurLost33.53%Ganesh JoshiBJP39.27%
2012MLADoiwalaLost29.01%Dr. Ramesh PokhriyalBJP30.68%
2014 (By Elect)MLADoiwalaWon52.07%Trivendra Singh RawatBJP42.65%
2017MLADoiwalaLost34.75%Trivendra Singh RawatBJP60.45%
2022MLARaipurLost32.66%Umesh Sharma 'Kau'BJP60.15%

References
  1. "Counting LIVE: Congress candidate Hira Singh Bisht wins Doiwala seat". Archive.news18.com. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  2. "Election Commission of India". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  3. "Empoweringindia.org Is For Sale". Empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  4. "Empoweringindia.org Is For Sale". Empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  5. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2002 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTARANCHAL" (PDF). Ceo.uk.gov.in. p. 88. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
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