Ambrish Kumar

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Ambrish Kumar (died 21 July 2021) was an Indian politician from Uttarakhand and former MLA of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from Haridwar.

He was a member of the Indian National Congress. He had contested 2019 Indian general election as a candidate of Indian National Congress from Haridwar Lok Sabha constituency and lost the election to Former Union Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal.{{cite web|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/lok-sabha-election/story-haridwar-lok-sabha-congress-candidate-ambrish-kumar-corners-union-government-during-lok-sabha-election-2019-campaigning-in-haridwar-2468128.html|title=Lok Sabha Election 2019: कांग्रेस प्रत्याशी अंबरीष ने केंद्र सरकार के बारे में क्या कहा ? पढ़िए|website=Livehindustan.com|accessdate=3 April 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/congress-announces-all-5-candidates-from-uttarakhand/articleshow/68545683.cms|title=Congress announces all 5 candidates from Uttarakhand|date=24 March 2019|accessdate=3 April 2019|newspaper=The Economic Times}}{{cite web|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/lok-sabha-election/story-haridwar-parliamentary-seat-congress-candidate-ambrish-kumar-files-nomination-paper-for-lok-sabha-election-2019-in-uttarakhand-2460498.html|title=Lok Sabha Election 2019: हरिद्वार: कांग्रेस प्रतयाशी अंबरीष कुमार ने किया नामांकन|website=Livehindustan.com|accessdate=3 April 2019}}

Kumar died in 2021 from COVID-19.https://khabaruttarakhand.com/bad-news-for-uttarakhand-congress-former-mla-died-was-infected-with-corona/

Elections contested

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!width=75|Election Type

!width=100|Constituency

!width=70|Result

!width=70|Vote percentage

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!width=70|Opposition Party

!width=70|Opposition vote percentage

1991MLAHaridwar{{Lost}}34.09%Jagdish MuniBJP42.60%
1996MLAHaridwar{{Lost}}30.09%Jagdish MuniBJP40.21%
1996MLAHaridwar{{Won}}40.58%Jagdish MuniBJP23.80%
2002MLAHaridwar{{Lost}}16.06%Madan KaushikBJP31.26%
2007MLAHaridwar{{Lost}}18.18%Madan KaushikBJP49.84%
2009MPHaridwar{{Lost}}4.67%Harish RawatINC42.16%
2012MLABHEL Ranipur{{Lost}}25.50%Adesh ChauhanBJP34.01%
2017MLABHEL Ranipur{{Lost}}33.31%Adesh ChauhanBJP54.84%
2019MPHaridwar{{Lost}}32.01%Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'BJP52.37% {{cite web |title=Final Result Sheet Part-2 |url=https://ceo.uk.gov.in/files/LS-2019/form20/05-Haridwar-Form-20(II).pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519054351/https://ceo.uk.gov.in/files/LS-2019/form20/05-Haridwar-Form-20(II).pdf |archive-date= 19 May 2023 |url-status=live |location=Haridwar (BHEL HRDC) |date=23 May 2019}}

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