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Pushkar Singh Dhami
| Pushkar Singh Dhami |
|---|
| Dhami, c. 2025 |
| Incumbent |
| Assumed office 4 July 2021 |
| Gurmit SinghBaby Rani Maurya |
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| Secrecy & Home AffairsPublic AdministrationOfficial LanguageCultureAdministrative Reforms |
| Tirath Singh Rawat |
| Incumbent |
| Assumed office 3 June 2022 |
| Kailash Chandra Gahtori |
| Champawat |
| In office8 March 2012 – 10 March 2022 |
| Gopal Singh Rana |
| Bhuwan Chandra Kapri |
| Khatima |
| (1975-09-16) 16 September 1975Tundi, Uttarakhand, India |
| Bhartiya Janata Party |
| Geeta Dhami |
| 2 |
| BA (1996), Diploma in Public Administration (1997), Master in Human Resource Management (1999), LLB (2002) |
| University of Lucknow |
| PersonalOfficial |
Pushkar Singh Dhami (born 16 September 1975) is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, serving as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand since 4 July 2021. He has represented the Champawat Assembly constituency in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly since 2022 and represented Khatima from 2012 to 2022. He lost his seat in the 2022 elections, but was re-elected as Chief Minister by BJP MLAs. He was later elected to Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly following a by-election. He is the only Chief Minister of the state to assume a second consecutive term as CM.
Pushkar Singh Dhami was born in a Kumaoni Rajput family at Tundi village of Pithoragarh. His ancestral village is Harkhola, Pithoragarh district in the state of Uttarakhand. His family moved to Tundi village where he studied until 5th standard. After that, they moved to Nagla Tarai Bhabar, Khatima. His father was in the army and retired as a Subedar.
He graduated from Lucknow University in Human Resource Management and pursued LL.B. from University of Lucknow. He has also served as an adviser to Bhagat Singh Koshiyari while Koshiyari was serving as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand in 2001.
Dhami started his political career in 1990 with Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the student wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Pushkar Singh Dhami worked as a political adviser to former CM Bhagat Singh Koshyari. He also served as the state president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha until 2008. During this time, he was credited with asserting the state government to reserve 70% of opportunities for the local youth in industries of the state. On 2021, in political crisis Dhami to be considered as the deputy chief minister.
On 3 July 2021, he was sworn in as the 10th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, after the resignation of Tirath Singh Rawat due to political crisis regarding his legitimacy to hold the post and assumed office on 4 July 2021. He became the youngest Chief Minister of Uttarakhand at the age of 45.
Pushkar Singh Dhami, the current chief minister and a CM face, lost the 2021 legislative election against congress candidate, Bhuwan Chandra Kapri from Khatima constituency of Uttarakhand legislative assembly. He was re-elected for the position of Chief Minister of Uttarakhand on 21 March 2022. On 3 June 2022 he won the Champawat Assembly bypoll, which was allowed by the resignation of incumbent Kailash Chandra Gahtori by a landslide, securing over 93.5% of the total votes polled.
| Year | Description |
|---|---|
| 2012 - 2017 | Elected to 3rd Uttarakhand Assembly (1st term) |
| Member - Committee on Estimates (2012–17) | |
| Member - Committee on Government Assurances (2012–17) | |
| 2017 - 2022 | Elected to 4th Uttarakhand Assembly (2nd term) |
| Member - Committee on Government Assurances (2017–21) | |
| Member - Committee on Petitions (2017–21) | |
| 10th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (4 July 2021 - 23 March 2022) | |
| 2022 - Till date | Elected to 5th Uttarakhand Assembly in by election (3rd term) |
| 10th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (23 March 2022 - Till date) |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | 58,258 | 93.50% | 43.24 | |
| INC | 3,233 | 5.19% | 36.74 | |
| SP | 413 | 0.66% | 0.33 | |
| Independent | 402 | 0.65% | New | |
| NOTA | 377 | 0.61% | 0.86 | |
| 55,025 | 88.31% | 80.12 | ||
| 62,306 | 64.43% | 2.64 | ||
| 97,619 | 0.19 | |||
| BJP hold | 43.24 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | 48,177 | 51.89% | 18.85 | |
| BJP | 41,598 | 44.80% | 8.43 | |
| BSP | 937 | 1.01% | 20.91 | |
| AAP | 764 | 0.82% | New | |
| NOTA | 656 | 0.71% | 0.39 | |
| 6,579 | 7.09% | 3.75 | ||
| 92,850 | 75.57% | 0.91 | ||
| 1,22,870 | 15.70 | |||
| INC gain from BJP | 15.52 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | 29,539 | 36.37% | 6.46 | |
| INC | 26,830 | 33.03% | 10.96 | |
| BSP | 17,804 | 21.92% | 8.16 | |
| Independent | 4,516 | 5.56% | New | |
| NOTA | 890 | 1.10% | New | |
| Independent | 452 | 0.56% | New | |
| 2,709 | 3.34% | 4.50 | ||
| 81,223 | 76.48% | 0.92 | ||
| 1,06,200 | 16.57 | |||
| BJP hold | 6.46 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | 20,586 | 29.91% | 10.07 | |
| INC | 15,192 | 22.07% | 19.05 | |
| Independent | 13,845 | 20.11% | New | |
| BSP | 9,475 | 13.76% | 2.10 | |
| SP | 4,056 | 5.89% | 0.34 | |
| Independent | 1,804 | 2.62% | New | |
| Maidani Kranti Dal | 640 | 0.93% | New | |
| UKD | 564 | 0.82% | 17.16 | |
| Independent | 543 | 0.79% | New | |
| Independent | 469 | 0.68% | New | |
| Independent | 467 | 0.68% | New | |
| 5,394 | 7.84% | 13.45 | ||
| 68,835 | 75.56% | 8.38 | ||
| 91,104 | ||||
| BJP gain from INC | 11.21 |
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