Davinder Kumar Bhutto

Davinder Kumar Bhutto (born 1974)^[1] is an Indian politician from Himachal Pradesh. He was a member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Kutlehar Assembly constituency in Una district. He won the 2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election representing the Indian National Congress.

Davinder Kumar Bhutto
Member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Preceded by	Virender Kanwar
Succeeded by	Vivek Sharma
Constituency	Kutlehar
Personal details
Born	1974 (age 50–51) Una district, Himachal Pradesh
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress

Early life and education

Bhutto is from Kutlehar, Una district, Himachal Pradesh. He is the son of Piar Singh. He passed Class 12 in 2011 through National Institute of Open Schooling.^[1]

Career

Bhutto won from Kutlehar Assembly constituency representing the Indian National Congress in the 2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. He polled 36,636 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Virender Kanwar of the Bharatiya Janata Party, by a margin of 7,579 votes.^[2][3] In February 2024, he was disqualified along with five other Congress MLAs for cross voting for BJP in the Rajya Sabha election.^[4] In May 2024 by election, he contested on the BJP ticket and lost the Kutlehar seat to his Congress rival Vivek Sharma by 5,356 votes. He polled 31,497 votes against 36,853 votes garnered by Sharma.^[5]