Umakant Chaudhary

Umakant Chaudhary (Nepali: उमाकान्त चौधरी) is a Nepalese politician and the former minister for Water Supply of Nepal.^[2] He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 2017 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress.^[3]

Umakant Chaudhary
उमाकान्त चौधरी
Deputy General Secretary of Nepali Congress
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 December 2021
Preceded by	Prakash Sharan Mahat
Minister for Water Supply
In office 8 October 2021 – 25 December 2022
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	Sher Bahadur Deuba
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for Bara 1
In office 4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
Preceded by	Ram Ayodhya Prasad Yadav
In office May 1999 – May 2002
Preceded by	Mukunda Neupane
Succeeded by	Saroj Kumar Yadav
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office 28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
Preceded by	Constituency created
Succeeded by	Balbir Prasad Chaudhary
Constituency	Bara 5
Personal details
Born	(1966-08-31) 31 August 1966 (age 59)[1] Bara, Nepal
Nationality	Nepali
Political party	Nepali Congress
Spouse	Gayatri Devi Tharuni
Children	4
Parents	Chandrika Prasad Chaudhary (father) Madeshiya Devi Chaudhary (mother)

He was appointed in 2004 as minister of state for agriculture and cooperation. In 2009 he became Health Minister. He hails from Bara and elected from Bara 1.^[4][5]

Electoral history

2017 legislative elections

Bara 1
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Umakant Chaudhary	24,450
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Achyut Prasad Mainali	22,030
	Rastriya Janata Party Nepal	Ram Kishore Prasad Yadav	20,144
	Others		598
Invalid votes			3,004
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission

1999 legislative elections

Bara 1
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Umakant Chaudhary	23,601
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Mukunda Neupane	20,646
	Nepal Sadbhawana Party	Parmananda Prasad Yadav	4,890
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Chabi Lal Uprety	2,363
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Raj Narayan Sah Teli	2,136
	Others		553
Invalid Votes			1,340
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[6][7]