Umakant Chaudhary () 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.Election Commission of Nepal
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 1PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressUmakant Chaudhary24,450CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Achyut Prasad Mainali22,030Rastriya Janata Party NepalRam Kishore Prasad Yadav20,144Others598Invalid votes3,004ResultCongress holdSource: Election Commission
1999 legislative elections Bara 1PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressUmakant Chaudhary23,601CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Mukunda Neupane20,646Nepal Sadbhawana PartyParmananda Prasad Yadav4,890CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Chabi Lal Uprety2,363Rastriya Prajatantra PartyRaj Narayan Sah Teli2,136Others553Invalid Votes1,340ResultCongress gainSource: Election Commission
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