Mahindra Ray Yadav

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.

Mahendra Ray Yadav
महिन्द्र राय यादव
Mahindra Ray Yadav in 2021
Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizen
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 March 2023
President	Ram Chandra Paudel
Prime Minister	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Vice President	Ram Sahaya Yadav
Preceded by	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
President of Nepal Socialist Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 July 2022 Serving with Baburam Bhattarai
Preceded by	Position established
Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development
In office 8 October 2021 – 4 July 2022
President	Bidya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	Sher Bahadur Deuba
Member of House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 March 2018
Preceded by	Ram Chandra Chaudhary
Constituency	Sarlahi 2
In office October 1994 – May 2002
Preceded by	Bramha Narayan Chaudhary
Constituency	Sarlahi 1
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office 21 January 2012 – 14 October 2017
Preceded by	Rajendra Mahato
Succeeded by	Amresh Kumar Singh
Constituency	Sarlahi 4
In office 28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
Constituency	Party list
Personal details
Born	(1954-06-24) 24 June 1954 (age 70)[1] Sarlahi District
Nationality	Nepali
Political party	Nepal Socialist Party
Other political affiliations	CPN (Manandhar) CPN (UML) TMLP TMSP Rastriya Janata 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

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

2017 legislative elections

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

2013 Constituent Assembly election

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]

1999 legislative elections

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]

1994 legislative elections

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

• Nepal Socialist Party