Mahendra Ray Yadav is a Nepali politician, former minister and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. 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.
Political life As of March 2017, he was leading Tarai Madhes Sadbhawana Party in the legislature parliament as party chairman. Following the formation of Rastriya Janata Party Nepal, he was one of the six members of the party presidium. He became the coordinator of the chairman council on 20 January 2019, taking over from Rajendra Mahato.
Electoral history
2017 legislative elections Sarlahi 2PartyCandidateVotesRastriya Janata Party NepalMahendra Raya Yadav29,191Nepali CongressJangi Lal Raya18,976CPN (Maoist Centre)Dinesh Raya8,037Naya Shakti Party, NepalPushpa Ranjitkar1,449Others1,617Invalid votes4,399ResultRJPN gainSource: Election Commission
2013 Constituent Assembly election Sarlahi 4PartyCandidateVotesTerai Madhesh Sadbhavna PartyMahendra Raya Yadav11,534Sadbhavana PartyRajendra Mahato8,790CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ram Narayan Sah8,348Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, NepalRam Chandra Raya Yadav5,020Nepali CongressLaxman Raya2,605Rastriya Madhesh Samajbadi PartyDinesh Raya1,714UCPN (Maoist)Ram Kishun Ray1,601Others2,729ResultTMSP gainSource: NepalNews
1999 legislative elections Sarlahi 1PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Mahendra Raya Yadav23,444Nepali CongressRamasis Sah Teli19,126Samyukta Janamorcha NepalPralhad Kumar Budhathoki1,746Nepal Sadbhawana PartyAsarfi Chaudhary1,653CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Indra Bahadur Khadka1,450Rastriya Prajatantra PartyTulsi Raj Ghimire1,065Others1,856Invalid Votes1,795ResultCPN (UML) holdSource: Election Commission
1994 legislative elections Sarlahi 1PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Mahendra Raya Yadav23,758Nepali CongressBramha Narayan Chaudhary13,553Rastriya Prajatantra PartyAmmar Bahadur Thapa3,393Nepal Sadbhawana PartyAnup Raya Yadav1,875Others421ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission
See also Nepal Socialist Party
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