Raj Kishor Yadav

Honourable
Raj Kishor Yadav
राज किशोर यादव
Minister 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
Incumbent
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 (age 51)[1]
NationalityNepali
Political partyPeople's Socialist Party
Other political
affiliations		MJF-N
MJF-N (Republican)
Rastriya Janata Party

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 his 12-day tenure the shortest for any Nepali minister till date. In the 2017 Nepalese general election he was elected from the Siraha 4 constituency, securing 21144 (40.19%) votes. His two sons are Saurav Raj Yadav and Sharad Raj Yadav.[2][3]

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

  1. ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. ^ Election Commission of Nepal
  3. ^ RSS. "Lawmakers demand correction in budget". My Republica. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
  4. ^ "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.


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