Umakant Chaudhary
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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.
Electoral history
2017 legislative elections
| 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: |
1999 legislative elections
| 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 |