Umakant Chaudhary
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Umakant Chaudhary | |
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उमाकान्त चौधरी | |
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Deputy General Secretary of Nepali Congress | |
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 | [1] Bara, Nepal | 31 August 1966
Nationality | Nepali |
Political party | Nepali Congress |
Spouse | Gayatri Devi Tharuni |
Children | 4 |
Parents |
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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]
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
[edit]Bara 1 | |||
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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 |
Bara 1 | |||
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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] |
References
[edit]- ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
- ^ "Council of Ministers | Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers". Retrieved 2021-12-17.
- ^ Election Commission of Nepal Archived October 12, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "निर्वाचन मतगणनाको परिणाम". result.election.gov.np. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
- ^ Setopati, Setopati. "NC candidate Chaudhary wins from Bara-1". Setopati. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
- ^ "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
- ^ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.