Mayukh Singh Mahar

Mayukh Singh Mahar (born, 1 January 1956) is an Indian politician from Uttarakhand who is the current member of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from Pithoragarh. He is a three term member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly and is a member of Indian National Congress.

Ethnically, he is a Kumaoni and a Kshatriya Rajput. He was elected as MLA from Pithoragarh constituency for the first time in 2012, defeating Prakash Pant by a significant margin of 13,197 votes and polling 59.46% of the votes cast and winning by over 23.10%. This was the highest victory margin in terms of number of votes and percentage in the history of Pithoragarh Assembly constituency. Then, in 2017 assembly elections, he got defeated by Prakash Pant by a margin of 2,684 votes, securing 45.15% of the votes cast. Afterwards, in 2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Elections, he again came to power, defeating Chandra Pant from Bharatiya Janata Party by a margin of 6,054 votes and securing 47.48% of the votes cast. He was also elected in 2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election from the now defunct Kanalichhina Assembly constituency in Pithoragarh district, defeating UKD chief Kashi Singh Airy by a margin of 4,473 votes by securing 42.21% of the votes cast.

Electoral performance