Vinay Shankar Tiwari (born 15 February 1966) is an Indian politician and was a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh representing Chillupar.
His father Hari Shankar Tiwari was six times MLA from Chillupar and his brother Bhishma Shankar Tiwari was MP of Sant Kabir Nagar (2009-2014).
He started his political career in 2008 bypoll elections, he got ticket by Bahujan Samaj Party from Ballia (Lok Sabha constituency), but lost to SP's Neeraj Shekhar by a margin of 1,31,286 votes.
[5] In 2009 General elections, he got ticket by Bahujan Samaj Party from Gorakhpur (Lok Sabha Constituency).
[8] In 2022, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Elections, he again contested elections from Chillupar constituency but lost to Rajesh Tripathi of Bhartiya Janta Party by a huge margin of 14,243 votes.