Yoganand Shastri

Yoganand Shastri
Speaker
Delhi Legislative Assembly
In office
2008–2013
Preceded byChaudhary Prem Singh
Succeeded byManinder Singh Dhir
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
In office
2008–2013
ConstituencyMehrauli
In office
1998–2008
ConstituencyMalviya Nagar
Personal details
Born (1944-04-17) 17 April 1944 (age 80)
Nationality India
Political partyIndian National Congress (-2021, 2024- Present)
Other political
affiliations		Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) (2023-2024) Nationalist Congress Party (2021-2023)

Yoganand Shastri[1][2] (born 17 April 1944) is an Indian politician from Delhi. He thrice served as member of Delhi Legislative Assembly. He also served as the Speaker of Delhi Legislative Assembly from 2008 to 2013. He was a cabinet minister for Development, Food and Civil Supplies in First Dikshit cabinet and Minister for Health and Social Welfare in Second Dikshit cabinet. He twice represented Malviya Nagar Assembly constituency and one time Mehrauli Assembly constituency. He entered the Nationalist Congress Party in November 2021 in the presence of party chief Sharad Pawar.

Position held

Year Description
1998 - 2003 Elected to 2nd Delhi Assembly for Malviya Nagar
  • Cabinet Minister for Development, Food and Civil Supplies
2003 - 2008 Elected to 3rd Delhi Assembly for Malviya Nagar (2nd term)
  • Cabinet Minister for Health and Social Welfare
2008 - 2013 Elected to 4th Delhi Assembly for Mehrauli (3rd term)

Electoral Performances

Year Constituency Result Vote percentage Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote percentage
1993 Malviya Nagar Lost 42.41% Rajendra Gupta BJP 42.99%
1998 Malviya Nagar Won 55.19% Rajendra Gupta BJP 40.97%
2003 Malviya Nagar Won 48.10% Monika Arora BJP 39.56%
2008 Mehrauli Won 32.83% Sher Singh Dagar BJP 31.15%
2013 Mehrauli Lost 22.21% Parvesh Sahib Singh BJP 38.72%
2015 Malviya Nagar Lost 5.96% Somnath Bharti AAP 54.98%

References

  1. ^ "Dr. Yoganand Shastri". Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Congress may field Yoganand Shastri from South Delhi". 22 April 2019 – via Business Standard.