Mahindra Ray Yadav

Mahendra Ray Yadav
महिन्द्र राय यादव
Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizen
Assumed office
31 March 2023
PresidentRam Chandra Paudel
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Vice PresidentRam Sahaya Yadav
Preceded byPushpa Kamal Dahal
President of Nepal Socialist Party
Assumed office
30 July 2022
Serving with Baburam Bhattarai
Preceded byPosition established
Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development
In office
8 October 2021 – 4 July 2022
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterSher Bahadur Deuba
Member of House of Representatives
Assumed office
4 March 2018
Preceded byRam Chandra Chaudhary
ConstituencySarlahi 2
In office
October 1994 – May 2002
Preceded byBramha Narayan Chaudhary
ConstituencySarlahi 1
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office
21 January 2012 – 14 October 2017
Preceded byRajendra Mahato
Succeeded byAmresh Kumar Singh
ConstituencySarlahi 4
In office
28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
ConstituencyParty list
Personal details
Born (1954-06-24) 24 June 1954 (age 70)[1]
Sarlahi District
NationalityNepali
Political partyNepal Socialist Party
Other political
affiliations
CPN (Manandhar)
CPN (UML)
TMLP
TMSP
Rastriya Janata Party

Mahendra Ray Yadav is a Nepali politician, former minister and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal.[2] He is the current central committee chairman of Nepal Socialist Party.

He was elected under the first-past-the-post system from Sarlahi-2 constituency, representing Rastriya Janata Party Nepal. In the 2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, he defeated his nearest rival, Rajendra Mahato of Sadbhawana Party, acquiring 11,534 votes to the latter's 8,790.[3]

Political life

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As of March 2017, he was leading Tarai Madhes Sadbhawana Party in the legislature parliament as party chairman.[4][5] Following the formation of Rastriya Janata Party Nepal, he was one of the six members of the party presidium.[6] He became the coordinator of the chairman council on 20 January 2019, taking over from Rajendra Mahato.[7][8]

Electoral history

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Sarlahi 2
Party Candidate Votes
Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Mahendra Raya Yadav 29,191
Nepali Congress Jangi Lal Raya 18,976
CPN (Maoist Centre) Dinesh Raya 8,037
Naya Shakti Party, Nepal Pushpa Ranjitkar 1,449
Others 1,617
Invalid votes 4,399
Result RJPN gain
Source: Election Commission
Sarlahi 4
Party Candidate Votes
Terai Madhesh Sadbhavna Party Mahendra Raya Yadav 11,534
Sadbhavana Party Rajendra Mahato 8,790
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ram Narayan Sah 8,348
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal Ram Chandra Raya Yadav 5,020
Nepali Congress Laxman Raya 2,605
Rastriya Madhesh Samajbadi Party Dinesh Raya 1,714
UCPN (Maoist) Ram Kishun Ray 1,601
Others 2,729
Result TMSP gain
Source: NepalNews[9]
Sarlahi 1
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Mahendra Raya Yadav 23,444
Nepali Congress Ramasis Sah Teli 19,126
Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal Pralhad Kumar Budhathoki 1,746
Nepal Sadbhawana Party Asarfi Chaudhary 1,653
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Indra Bahadur Khadka 1,450
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Tulsi Raj Ghimire 1,065
Others 1,856
Invalid Votes 1,795
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[10][11]
Sarlahi 1
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Mahendra Raya Yadav 23,758
Nepali Congress Bramha Narayan Chaudhary 13,553
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Ammar Bahadur Thapa 3,393
Nepal Sadbhawana Party Anup Raya Yadav 1,875
Others 421
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[12]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. ^ "Mahendra ray yadav". hr.parliament.gov.np. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  3. ^ "Sarlahi : Province 2 - Nepal Election Latest Updates and Result for Federal Parliament". election.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  4. ^ "TMSP Chief Yadav rues UML obstruction". The Himalayan Times. 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  5. ^ "UDMF announces withdrawal of support, walks out of House". The Himalayan Times. 2017-03-15. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  6. ^ "Statute will not be implemented sans amendment, says Yadav". The Himalayan Times. 2018-08-03. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  7. ^ "Yadav at the helm of RJP-Nepal presidium". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  8. ^ "Mahendra Raya Yadav new coordinator of RJP chairman council". Setopati. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  9. ^ "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  10. ^ "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  11. ^ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  12. ^ "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". Election Commission, Nepal. 24 January 2008. Archived from the original on 24 January 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2020.