Raj Kishor Yadav

Raj Kishor Yadav is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the People's Socialist Party. He was Industry, Commerce and Supplies Minister of Nepal since 10 June 2021 but was removed from the post by Supreme Court on 22 June 2021 making the tenure of just 12 days and shortest till date. In the 2017 Nepalese general election he was elected from the Siraha 4 constituency, securing 21144 (40.19%) votes.[2][3]

Raj Kishor Yadav
राज किशोर यादव
Ministrer of Industry, Commerce and Supplies
In office
10 June 2021  22 June 2021
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKP Sharma Oli
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Assumed office
22 December 2022
Preceded bySuresh Chandra Das
ConstituencySiraha 2
In office
4 March 2018  18 September 2022
Preceded byRam Chandra Yadav
Succeeded byBirendra Prasad Mahato
ConstituencySiraha 4
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office
28 May 2008  28 May 2012
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byGanesh Kumar Mandal
ConstituencySiraha 6
Personal details
Born (1973-08-01) 1 August 1973[1]
NationalityNepali
Political partyPeople's Socialist Party
Other political
affiliations
MJF-N
MJF-N (Republican)
Rastriya Janata Party

Electoral history

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Raj Kishor YadavPeople's Socialist Party, Nepal24,17835.68
Chitra Lekha YadavNepali Congress23,02833.98
Binod Kumar YadavJanamat Party16,90224.94
Others3,6605.40
Total67,768100.00
Majority1,150
People's Socialist Party, Nepal
Source: [4]

2017 general elections

Party Candidate Votes
Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Raj Kishor Yadav 21,144
CPN (Maoist Centre) Ajay Shankar Nayak 17,575
Nepali Congress Mokhtar Ahmed 10,088
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Ram Iqbal Yadav 2,219
Others 1,585
Invalid votes 4,744
Result RJPN gain
Source: Election Commission

References


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