Uma Kanta Chaudhari
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Uma Kanta Chaudhary | |
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उमा कान्त चौधरी | |
Deputy General Secretary of Nepali Congress | |
Assumed office 17 December 2021 | |
Preceded by | Prakash Sharan Mahat |
Minister for Water Supply | |
Assumed office 8 October 2021 | |
President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
Prime Minister | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
Member of House of Representatives | |
Assumed office 2017 | |
President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
Prime Minister | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
Constituency | Bara 1 |
Personal details | |
Born | Bara, Province No. 2, Nepal |
Nationality | Nepali |
Political party | Nepali Congress |
Uma Kanta Chaudhary (Nepali: उमाकान्त चौधरी) is a Nepalese politician and the current minister for Water Supply of Nepal.[1] He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 2017 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress.[2]
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.[3][4]
Electoral history[edit]
2017 legislative elections[edit]
Bara 1 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | |
Nepali Congress | Uma Kanta 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 |
1999 legislative elections[edit]
Bara 1 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | |
Nepali Congress | Uma Kanta 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[5][6] |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Council of Ministers | Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers". Retrieved 2021-12-17.
- ↑ Election Commission of Nepal Archived October 12, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "निर्वाचन मतगणनाको परिणाम". result.election.gov.np. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
- ↑ Setopati, Setopati ::. "NC candidate Chaudhary wins from Bara-1". Setopati. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
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: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ↑ "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
- ↑ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.