Sumit Hridayesh

Sumit Hridayesh is an Indian politician and the MLA from Haldwani Assembly constituency. He is a member of the Indian National Congress.

Political career

Hridayesh had contested the Haldwani mayoral election in 2018 as a Congress candidate but lost to Jogendra Pal Singh Rautela of the Bharatiya [Janata Party] by a margin of 10,854 votes. In 2022, he was declared the Congress representative from Haldwani Assembly constituency following the death of his mother Indira Hridayesh. He won the seat by a margin of 7,814 votes, defeating the city's then mayor, Jogendra Pal Singh Rautela.