Yoganand Shastri (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.
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 YearConstituencyResultVote percentageOpposition CandidateOpposition PartyOpposition vote percentage1993Malviya Nagar 42.41% Rajendra Gupta BJP42.99%1998Malviya Nagar 55.19% Rajendra Gupta BJP40.97%2003Malviya Nagar 48.10% Monika Arora BJP39.56%2008Mehrauli 32.83% Sher Singh Dagar BJP31.15%2013Mehrauli 22.21% Parvesh Sahib Singh BJP38.72%2015Malviya Nagar 5.96% Somnath Bharti AAP54.98%
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पूर्व विधानसभा अध्यक्ष का नौकर छेड़छाड़ में गिरफ्तार Dr Yoganand Shastri: Congress (Malviya Nagar)