Awadhesh Kumar Rai

Awadhesh Kumar Rai or Awadesh Yadav (Hindi: अवधेश कुमार राय, born c. 1952[1]) is an Indian politician, affiliated to the Communist Party of India. Rai represented the Bachwara constituency in the Bihar Legislative Assembly 1990-2000.[2][3] In the 2000 election, he lost the seat to Uttam Kumar Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal by a narrow margin of 464 votes.[4]

Rai finished in second place in the Bachwara seat in the two legislative elections of 2005.[1][5] He regained the Bachwara seat in the 2010 election,[6] being supported by the United Left Bloc alliance.[7] He was the sole CPI legislator in Bihar during this tenure.[8]

References
  1. Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2005 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR
  2. Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1990 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR
  3. Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1995 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR
  4. Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2000 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR
  5. Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2005 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR
  6. Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2010 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR
  7. Times of India. BJP nominee cast(e)s a shadow on others
  8. Telegraph. CPI hand for Cong against land bill
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