Yoganand Shastri

Yoganand Shastri^[1][2] (born 17 April 1944) is an Indian politician from Delhi. He thrice served as member of Delhi Legislative Assembly. He also served as the Speaker of Delhi Legislative Assembly from 2008 to 2013. He was a cabinet minister for Development, Food and Civil Supplies in First Dikshit cabinet and Minister for Health and Social Welfare in Second Dikshit cabinet. He twice represented Malviya Nagar Assembly constituency and one time Mehrauli Assembly constituency. He entered the Nationalist Congress Party in November 2021 in the presence of party chief Sharad Pawar and later joined congress in 2024.^[3]

Yoganand Shastri
Speaker Delhi Legislative Assembly
In office 2008–2013
Preceded by	Chaudhary Prem Singh
Succeeded by	Maninder Singh Dhir
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
In office 2008–2013
Constituency	Mehrauli
In office 1998–2008
Constituency	Malviya Nagar
Personal details
Born	(1944-04-17) 17 April 1944 (age 81)
Nationality	India
Political party	Indian National Congress (-2021, 2024- Present)
Other political affiliations	Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) (2023-2024) Nationalist Congress Party (2021-2023)

Positions held

Year	Description
1998 - 2003	Elected to 2nd Delhi Assembly for Malviya Nagar Cabinet Minister for Development, Food and Civil Supplies
2003 - 2008	Elected to 3rd Delhi Assembly for Malviya Nagar (2nd term) Cabinet Minister for Health and Social Welfare
2008 - 2013	Elected to 4th Delhi Assembly for Mehrauli (3rd term) Speaker of the Delhi Legislative Assembly

Electoral Performances

Year	Constituency	Result	Vote percentage	Opposition Candidate	Opposition Party	Opposition vote percentage
1993	Malviya Nagar	Lost	42.41%	Rajendra Gupta	BJP	42.99%
1998	Malviya Nagar	Won	55.19%	Rajendra Gupta	BJP	40.97%
2003	Malviya Nagar	Won	48.10%	Monika Arora	BJP	39.56%
2008	Mehrauli	Won	32.83%	Sher Singh Dagar	BJP	31.15%
2013	Mehrauli	Lost	22.21%	Parvesh Sahib Singh	BJP	38.72%
2015	Malviya Nagar	Lost	5.96%	Somnath Bharti	AAP	54.98%