Mayukh Singh Mahar
Mayukh Singh Mahar is an Indian politician from Uttarakhand who is the current member of Uttarakhand [Legislative Assembly] from Pithoragarh [Assembly constituency|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 [Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election|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 election|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.