Umakant Chaudhary | |
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उमाकान्त चौधरी | |
| Deputy General Secretary of Nepali Congress | |
| Assumed office 17 December 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Prakash Sharan Mahat |
| Minister for Water Supply | |
| In office 8 October 2021 – 25 December 2022 | |
| President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
| In office 4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Ram Ayodhya Prasad Yadav (as Member of the Constituent Assembly) |
| Succeeded by | Achyut Prasad Mainali |
| Constituency | Bara 1 |
| In office 28 April 2006 – 16 January 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Himself (2002) |
| Succeeded by | Saroj Kumar Yadav (as Member of the Constituent Assembly) |
| Constituency | Bara 1 |
| In office 23 June 1999 – 22 May 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Mukunda Neupane |
| Succeeded by | Himself (2006) |
| Constituency | Bara 1 |
| Member of the Constituent Assembly | |
| In office 28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Balbir Prasad Chaudhary |
| Constituency | Bara 5 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 August 1966 |
| Party | Nepali Congress |
| Spouse | Gayatri Devi Tharuni |
| Children | 4 |
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Umakant Chaudhary (Nepali: उमाकान्त चौधरी) is a Nepalese politician and the former minister for Water Supply of Nepal. He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 2017 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress.
He was appointed in 2004 as minister of state for agriculture and cooperation. In 2009 he became Health Minister. He hails from Bara and elected from Bara 1.
| Bara 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
| Nepali Congress | Umakant Chaudhary | 24,450 | |
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Achyut Prasad Mainali | 22,030 | |
| Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | Ram Kishore Prasad Yadav | 20,144 | |
| Others | 598 | ||
| Invalid votes | 3,004 | ||
| Result | Congress hold | ||
| Source: Election Commission | |||
| Bara 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
| Nepali Congress | Umakant Chaudhary | 23,601 | |
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Mukunda Neupane | 20,646 | |
| Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Parmananda Prasad Yadav | 4,890 | |
| CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Chabi Lal Uprety | 2,363 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Raj Narayan Sah Teli | 2,136 | |
| Others | 553 | ||
| Invalid Votes | 1,340 | ||
| Result | Congress gain | ||
| Source: Election Commission | |||