Umesh Sharma

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}

{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Umesh Sharma

| relations =

| office = Member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

| constituency2 = Raipur

| termstart = 2022| termend = 2027

| termstart1 = 2017| termend1 = 2022

| termstart2 = 2012| termend2 = 2017

| predecessor =

| successor = Hira Singh Bisht

| successor1 = Prabhu Lal

| successor2 = Trivendra Singh Rawat

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

}}

Umesh Sharma Kau is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.{{cite news |title=umesh-sharma-kau in Uttarakhand Assembly Elections 2022 |url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2022/uttarakhand/umesh-sharma-kau-raipur-candidate-s28a019c01/ |access-date=26 May 2022 |work=News18 |language=en}} Sharma is a member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from the Raipur constituency in Dehradun district.[http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/dehradun/i-was-being-pressurised-to-shift-my-constituency-umesh-sharma.html I WAS BEING PRESSURISED TO SHIFT MY CONSTITUENCY: UMESH SHARMA][http://myneta.info/utt2012/candidate.php?candidate_id=269 My Neta][http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/uttarakhand/politics/i-can-t-shift-to-dehradun-cantt-seat-raipur-mla/219337.html I can't shift to Dehradun Cantt seat: Raipur MLA]

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.{{Cite web|title=The Margin of Victory Series: Uttarakhand|url=https://meradesh.org/Elections/The-Margin-of-Victory-Series-Uttarakhand|access-date=2021-12-22|website=meradesh.org}}{{Cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2012 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTARAKHAND|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3231-uttarakhand%092012/|access-date=22 December 2021|website=Election Commission of India}}

In 2016, Umesh Sharma Kau along with other Congress MLAs rebelled and switched over to BJP.{{Cite web|title=Uttarakhand BJP MLA denies plan to join Congress, insiders point at plum post|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2021/oct/15/uttarakhand-bjp-mla-denies-plan-to-join-congress-insiders-point-at-plum-post-2371773.html|access-date=2021-12-22|website=The New Indian Express}}{{Cite web|agency=TNN|date=Oct 7, 2019|title=Dehradun: BJP slaps Umesh Sharma Kau with show-cause notice {{!}} Dehradun News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/bjp-slaps-kau-with-show-cause-notice/articleshow/71469635.cms|access-date=2021-12-22|website=The Times of India|language=en}}