Uma Kanta Chaudhari

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Uma Kanta Chaudhary
उमा कान्त चौधरी
Deputy General Secretary of Nepali Congress
Assumed office
17 December 2021
Preceded byPrakash Sharan Mahat
Minister for Water Supply
Assumed office
8 October 2021
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterSher Bahadur Deuba
Member of House of Representatives
Assumed office
2017
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterSher Bahadur Deuba
ConstituencyBara 1
Personal details
BornBara, Province No. 2, Nepal
NationalityNepali
Political partyNepali 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
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
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]

  1. "Council of Ministers | Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers". Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  2. Election Commission of Nepal Archived October 12, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "निर्वाचन मतगणनाको परिणाम". result.election.gov.np. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  4. Setopati, Setopati ::. "NC candidate Chaudhary wins from Bara-1". Setopati. Retrieved 2021-12-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  5. "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  6. "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.


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