Umakant Chaudhary

Umakant Chaudhary
उमाकान्त चौधरी
Deputy General Secretary of Nepali Congress
Incumbent
Assumed office
17 December 2021
Preceded byPrakash Sharan Mahat
Minister for Water Supply
In office
8 October 2021 – 25 December 2022
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterSher Bahadur Deuba
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for
Bara 1
In office
4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
Preceded byRam Ayodhya Prasad Yadav
In office
May 1999 – May 2002
Preceded byMukunda Neupane
Succeeded bySaroj Kumar Yadav
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office
28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byBalbir Prasad Chaudhary
ConstituencyBara 5
Personal details
Born (1966-08-31) 31 August 1966 (age 58)[1]
Bara, Nepal
NationalityNepali
Political partyNepali Congress
SpouseGayatri Devi Tharuni
Children4
Parents
  • Chandrika Prasad Chaudhary (father)
  • Madeshiya Devi Chaudhary (mother)

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

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]

References

  1. ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. ^ "Council of Ministers | Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers". Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  3. ^ Election Commission of Nepal Archived October 12, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "निर्वाचन मतगणनाको परिणाम". result.election.gov.np. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  5. ^ Setopati, Setopati. "NC candidate Chaudhary wins from Bara-1". Setopati. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  6. ^ "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  7. ^ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.


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