Mahindra Ray Yadav
# Mahindra Ray Yadav

Mahendra Ray Yadav is a Nepali politician and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. He is the current central committee chairman of Nepal Socialist Party.

He was elected under the first-past-the-post system from Sarlahi-2 constituency, representing Rastriya Janata Party Nepal. In the 2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, he defeated his nearest rival, Rajendra Mahato of Sadbhawana Party, acquiring 11,534 votes to the latter's 8,790.

## Political life

As of March 2017, he was leading Tarai Madhes Sadbhawana Party in the legislature parliament as party chairman. Following the formation of Rastriya Janata Party Nepal, he was one of the six members of the party presidium. He became the coordinator of the chairman council on 20 January 2019, taking over from Rajendra Mahato.

## Electoral history

### 2017 legislative elections

Sarlahi 2 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | Mahendra Raya Yadav | 29,191 |
| | Nepali Congress | Jangi Lal Raya | 18,976 |
| | CPN (Maoist Centre) | Dinesh Raya | 8,037 |
| | Naya Shakti Party, Nepal | Pushpa Ranjitkar | 1,449 |
| | Others | Others | 1,617 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 4,399 |
| Result | Result | RJPN gain | RJPN gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

### 2013 Constituent Assembly election

Sarlahi 4 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Terai Madhesh Sadbhavna Party | Mahendra Raya Yadav | 11,534 |
| | Sadbhavana Party | Rajendra Mahato | 8,790 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ram Narayan Sah | 8,348 |
| | Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal | Ram Chandra Raya Yadav | 5,020 |
| | Nepali Congress | Laxman Raya | 2,605 |
| | Rastriya Madhesh Samajbadi Party | Dinesh Raya | 1,714 |
| | UCPN (Maoist) | Ram Kishun Ray | 1,601 |
| | Others | Others | 2,729 |
| Result | Result | TMSP gain | TMSP gain |
| Source: NepalNews ||||

### 1999 legislative elections

Sarlahi 1 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Mahendra Raya Yadav | 23,444 |
| | Nepali Congress | Ramasis Sah Teli | 19,126 |
| | Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal | Pralhad Kumar Budhathoki | 1,746 |
| | Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Asarfi Chaudhary | 1,653 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Indra Bahadur Khadka | 1,450 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Tulsi Raj Ghimire | 1,065 |
| | Others | Others | 1,856 |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 1,795 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

### 1994 legislative elections

Sarlahi 1 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Mahendra Raya Yadav | 23,758 |
| | Nepali Congress | Bramha Narayan Chaudhary | 13,553 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Ammar Bahadur Thapa | 3,393 |
| | Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Anup Raya Yadav | 1,875 |
| | Others | Others | 421 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||
