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Adesh Chauhan

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Adesh Chauhan is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is the member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from the BHEL Ranipur constituency in Haridwar district. He first competed in Legislative election in 2012 from Ranipur constituency. He was elected once again in 2017 for a second time in a row.[1][2][3]

Adesh Chauhan Extortion Incident

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In February 2025, Adesh Chauhan, a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for BHEL Ranipur in Haridwar, became the target of an extortion scheme. The perpetrator, posing as Jay Shah—the son of India's Home Minister Amit Shah—demanded INR 5 lakhs. Chauhan, initially deceived by the similarity of the impersonator's voice to Jay Shah's, grew suspicious and alerted the authorities. The swift response led by SHO Naresh Singh Rathore resulted in the arrest of the impostor, Piyush Pant, along with two accomplices in Delhi. For further details, see The Hawk's full report.


Electoral performance

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2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: BHEL Ranipur[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Adesh Chauhan 57,544 50.61% Decrease3.87
INC Rajbir Singh Chauhan 43,682 38.42% Increase5.33
BSP Ompal Singh 5,880 5.17% Decrease4.42
AAP Prashant Rai 3,355 2.95% New
Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) Praveen Surya 1,480 1.30% New
NOTA Nota 629 0.55% New
Margin of victory 13,862 12.19% Decrease9.20
Turnout 1,13,702 69.32% Decrease1.44
Registered electors 1,64,022 Increase11.63
BJP hold Swing Decrease3.87
2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: BHEL Ranipur[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Adesh Chauhan 56,644 54.48% Increase20.67
INC Ambrish Kumar 34,404 33.09% Increase19.92
BSP Prashant Rai 9,971 9.59% Decrease8.59
Margin of victory 22,240 21.39% Increase12.92
Turnout 1,03,974 70.76% Increase1.86
Registered electors 1,46,932 Increase29.63
BJP hold Swing Increase20.67
2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: BHEL Ranipur[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Adesh Chauhan 26,402 33.81% New
Independent Ambrish Kumar 19,791 25.34% New
BSP Vishal Singh 14,195 18.18% New
INC Balvant Singh 10,281 13.16% New
Independent Ataur Rahman 1,503 1.92% New
CPI Munarika Yadav 582 0.75% New
CPI(M) Pitambar Baloni 559 0.72% New
Independent Arjun Nagyan 534 0.68% New
Independent Janak Singh 420 0.54% New
Independent Alok Kumar Gupta 416 0.53% New
URM Mohan Singh Rawat 411 0.53% New
Margin of victory 6,611 8.47%
Turnout 78,098 68.90%
Registered electors 1,13,343
BJP win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ "Uttarakhand: In the seats of newly inducted MLAs, BJP's existing aspirants". The Indian Express. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  2. ^ My Neta
  3. ^ "'Defector for defector' triggers Congress standoff". The Times of India. 11 January 2017. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2022 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2017 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Uttarakhand State General Assembly Elections 2012 - AC-Wise Detailed Result (Form-20)". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttarakhand. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022.