# Adesh Chauhan

Adesh Chauhan is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is the member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from the BHEL Ranipur constituency in Haridwar district. He first competed in Legislative election in 2012 from Ranipur constituency. He was elected once again in 2017 for a second time in a row.

## Adesh Chauhan Extortion Incident

In February 2025, Adesh Chauhan, a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for BHEL Ranipur in Haridwar, became the target of an extortion scheme. The perpetrator, posing as Jay Shah—the son of India's Home Minister Amit Shah—demanded INR 5 lakhs. Chauhan, initially deceived by the similarity of the impersonator's voice to Jay Shah's, grew suspicious and alerted the authorities. The swift response led by SHO Naresh Singh Rathore resulted in the arrest of the impostor, Piyush Pant, along with two accomplices in Delhi. For further details, see The Hawk's full report.

## Electoral performance

2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: BHEL Ranipur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Adesh Chauhan | 57,544 | 50.61% | 3.87 |
| | INC | Rajbir Singh Chauhan | 43,682 | 38.42% | 5.33 |
| | BSP | Ompal Singh | 5,880 | 5.17% | 4.42 |
| | AAP | Prashant Rai | 3,355 | 2.95% | New |
| | Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) | Praveen Surya | 1,480 | 1.30% | New |
| | NOTA | Nota | 629 | 0.55% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 13,862 | 12.19% | 9.20 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,13,702 | 69.32% | 1.44 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,64,022 | | 11.63 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | 3.87 | |
2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: BHEL Ranipur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Adesh Chauhan | 56,644 | 54.48% | 20.67 |
| | INC | Ambrish Kumar | 34,404 | 33.09% | 19.92 |
| | BSP | Prashant Rai | 9,971 | 9.59% | 8.59 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 22,240 | 21.39% | 12.92 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,03,974 | 70.76% | 1.86 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,46,932 | | 29.63 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | 20.67 | |
2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: BHEL Ranipur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Adesh Chauhan | 26,402 | 33.81% | New |
| | Independent | Ambrish Kumar | 19,791 | 25.34% | New |
| | BSP | Vishal Singh | 14,195 | 18.18% | New |
| | INC | Balvant Singh | 10,281 | 13.16% | New |
| | Independent | Ataur Rahman | 1,503 | 1.92% | New |
| | CPI | Munarika Yadav | 582 | 0.75% | New |
| | CPI(M) | Pitambar Baloni | 559 | 0.72% | New |
| | Independent | Arjun Nagyan | 534 | 0.68% | New |
| | Independent | Janak Singh | 420 | 0.54% | New |
| | Independent | Alok Kumar Gupta | 416 | 0.53% | New |
| | URM | Mohan Singh Rawat | 411 | 0.53% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 6,611 | 8.47% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 78,098 | 68.90% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,13,343 | | |
| | BJP win (new seat) | BJP win (new seat) | BJP win (new seat) | BJP win (new seat) | BJP win (new seat) |