Ram Krishna Yadav (Nepali politician)

Ram Krishna Yadav (Nepali: राम कृष्ण यादव) is a Nepali politician of the Nepali Congress and was Agriculture minister in the Deuba cabinet. He is also a central committee member of the Nepali Congress and one of the rising youth politicians of the party.^[2] He has also served as member of the 1st Constituent Assembly and 2nd Constituent Assembly from Dhanusha-2.^[3] He joined Deuba cabinet on 26 July 2017 as Minister for Agriculture Development.^[4][5] In the 2022 Nepalese general election, he was elected as the member of the 2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal.^[6]

Honourable Ram Krishna Yadav MP
राम कृष्ण यादव
Minister for Agriculture Development
In office 26 July 2017[1] – 15 February 2018
Preceded by	Gauri Shankar Chaudhary
Succeeded by	Chakrapani Khanal
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 December 2022
Preceded by	Umashankar Argariya
Constituency	Dhanusha 2
Member of the Constituent Assembly / Legislature Parliament
In office 28 May 2008 – 14 October 2017
Preceded by	Jog Narayan Yadav
Succeeded by	Umashankar Argariya
Constituency	Dhanusha 2
Personal details
Born	(1962-05-16) 16 May 1962 (age 62) Janakpur, Dhanusa, Nepal
Political party	Nepali Congress
Residence(s)	Janakpur, Province No. 2, Nepal
Alma mater	Tribhuvan University

Electoral history

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ram Krishna Yadav	Nepali Congress	20,112	25.90
	Umashankar Argariya	CPN (UML)	19,955	25.69
	Ram Chandra Jha	CPN (Unified Socialist)	13,605	17.52
	Ananda Yadav	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	12,901	16.61
	Jay Narayan Sah	Janamat Party	9,992	12.87
	Others		1,100	1.42
Total			77,665	100.00
Majority			157
	Nepali Congress gain
Source: [7]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal	Umashankar Argariya	32,044
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Ram Chandra Jha	18,715
	Nepali Congress	Ram Krishna Yadav	15,442
	Others		1,822
Invalid votes			3,648
Result		FSFN gain
Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Ram Krishna Yadav	9,378
	UCPN (Maoist)	Ram Chandra Mandal	7,144
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Bhol Prasad Sah	5,365
	Madhesh Samata Party Nepal	Nirgun Sahani	1,963
	Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)	Sahitya Nanda Yadav	1,381
	Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party	Parmeshwar Sah Sudi	1,329
	Others		6,473
Result		Congress hold
Source: NepalNews[8]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Ram Krishna Yadav	9,825
	CPN (Maoist)	Ram Chandra Mandal	8,219
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ratneshwar Goit Yadav	6,518
	Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party	Parmeshwar Sah Sudi	4,490
	Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal	Pawan Kumar Jha	3,439
	Others		3,466
Invalid votes			2,794
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[9]

See also

• Bimalendra Nidhi
• Mahendra Yadav
• Ananda Prasad Dhungana

References

1. "PM Deuba expands cabinet for second time, 19 ministers sworn in". Edusanjal. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
2. "Nepali Congress". nepalicongress.org. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
3. "Ram Krishna Yadav". www.wikidata.org. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
4. Mausam (31 July 2017). "New agricultural programmes and policies on the offing: Minister Yadav". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
5. "PM Deuba expands cabinet for second time, 19 ministers sworn in". Edusanjal. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
6. Republica. "Results of 165 HoR seats declared, NC wins highest 57". My Republica. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
7. "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
8. "District - Bhaktapur". Nepalnews.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 25 March 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
9. "Constituent Assembly Election 2064 List of Winning Candidates". Election Commission of Nepal. 9 May 2008. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2020.