Umesh Sharma

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]

Umesh Sharma
Member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
In office 2022–2027
Succeeded by	Hira Singh Bisht
In office 2017–2022
Succeeded by	Prabhu Lal
In office 2012–2017
Succeeded by	Trivendra Singh Rawat
Constituency	Raipur
Personal details
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party

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]

Electoral performance

Election	Constituency	Party		Result	Votes %	Opposition Candidate	Opposition Party		Opposition vote %	Ref
2022	Raipur		BJP	Won	60.15%	Hira Singh Bisht		INC	32.66%	[9]
2017	Raipur		BJP	Won	60.60%	Prabhu Lal		INC	23.31%	[10]
2012	Raipur		INC	Won	39.03%	Trivendra Singh Rawat		BJP	38.41%	[11]