Mahendra Ray Yadav is a Nepali politician, former minister and a member of the

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of the federal parliament of Nepal. He is the current central committee chairman of

Nepal Socialist Party The Socialist Party of Nepal () is a democratic socialist political party in Nepal. It is led jointly by former prime minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai and leaders of the Terai-Madhesh region Mahindra Ray Yadav and Ramesh Prasad Yadav. The party ...

. He was elected under the

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system from

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-2 constituency, representing

Rastriya Janata Party Nepal The Rastriya Janata Party, Nepal, abbr. ''RJPN'' (, translation: National People's Party, Nepal) was the fourth-largest political party in Nepal after the Nepali Congress, the Nepal Communist Party and the Samajbadi Party, Nepal. It was formed ...

. In the

2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election Constituent Assembly elections were held in Nepal on 19 November 2013. The vote was repeatedly delayed, having previously been planned for 22 November 2012 following the dissolution of the 1st Constituent Assembly on 27 May 2012, but it was put ...

, he defeated his nearest rival, Rajendra Mahato of Sadbhawana Party, acquiring 11,534 votes to the latter's 8,790.

Political life

As of March 2017, he was leading Tarai Madhes Sadbhawana Party in the legislature parliament as party chairman. Following the formation of Rastriya Janata Party Nepal, he was one of the six members of the party presidium. He became the coordinator of the chairman council on 20 January 2019, taking over from Rajendra Mahato.

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Living people Rastriya Janata Party Nepal politicians Madhesi people Place of birth missing (living people) Nepal MPs 2017–2022 Nepal MPs 1999–2002 Nepal MPs 1994–1999 Government ministers of Nepal Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly Members of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) politicians Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party politicians Nepal Socialist Party politicians 1954 births Nepal MPs 2022–present {{Nepal-politician-stub

Political life

Electoral history

2017 legislative elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

1999 legislative elections

1994 legislative elections

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