{{short description|Nepalese politician|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Umakant Chaudhary | native_name = उमाकान्त चौधरी | image = Umakant Chaudhary.jpg | office = Deputy General Secretary of Nepali Congress | term_start = 17 December 2021 | term_end = | successor = | predecessor = Prakash Sharan Mahat | office1 = Minister for Water Supply | term_start1 = 8 October 2021 | term_end1 = 25 December 2022 | president1 = Bidya Devi Bhandari | prime_minister1 = Sher Bahadur Deuba | office2 = Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | term_start2 = 4 March 2018 | term_end2 = 18 September 2022 | predecessor2 = Ram Ayodhya Prasad Yadav (as Member of the Constituent Assembly) | successor2 = Achyut Prasad Mainali | constituency2 = Bara 1 | term_start3 = 28 April 2006 | term_end3 = 16 January 2008 | predecessor3 = ''Himself'' (2002) | successor3 = Saroj Kumar Yadav (as Member of the Constituent Assembly) | constituency3 = Bara 1 | term_start4 = 23 June 1999 | term_end4 = 22 May 2002 | predecessor4 = Mukunda Neupane | successor4 = ''Himself'' (2006) | constituency4 = Bara 1 | office5 = Member of the Constituent Assembly | term_start5 = 28 May 2008 | term_end5 = 28 May 2012 | predecessor5 = ''Constituency created'' | successor5 = Balbir Prasad Chaudhary | constituency5 = Bara 5 | party = Nepali Congress | birth_place = Bara, Nepal | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|08|31|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://hr.parliament.gov.np/uploads/attachments/z3qljvte6vwen2cy.pdf |title=संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका |publisher=Federal Parliament Secretariat |year=2021 |location=Nepal |pages=270 |language=ne |trans-title=Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet}}</ref> | father = Chandrika Prasad Chaudhary | mother = Madeshiya Devi Chaudhary | spouse = Gayatri Devi Tharuni | children = 4 | native_name_lang = ne }}
'''Umakant Chaudhary''' ({{langx|ne|उमाकान्त चौधरी}}) is a Nepalese politician and the former minister for Water Supply of Nepal.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Council of Ministers {{!}} Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers|url=https://www.opmcm.gov.np/en/cabinet/|access-date=2021-12-17|language=en-US|archive-date=2025-09-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250908132331/https://www.opmcm.gov.np/en/cabinet/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 2017 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress.<ref>[http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php Election Commission of Nepal] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061012034141/http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php |date=October 12, 2006 }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=निर्वाचन मतगणनाको परिणाम|url=https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral.aspx|access-date=2021-12-17|website=result.election.gov.np}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Setopati|first=Setopati |title=NC candidate Chaudhary wins from Bara-1|url=https://en.setopati.com/political/112720/|access-date=2021-12-17|website=Setopati}}</ref>
== Electoral history == === 2017 legislative elections === {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="4" |Bara 1 |- ! colspan="2" |Party !Candidate !Votes |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" | |Nepali Congress |Umakant Chaudhary |24,450 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" | |CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |Achyut Prasad Mainali |22,030 |- | style="background-color:#ffb300" | |Rastriya Janata Party Nepal |Ram Kishore Prasad Yadav |20,144 |- | | colspan="2" |Others |598 |- | colspan="3" |Invalid votes |3,004 |- ! colspan="2" |Result ! colspan="2" |Congress hold |- | colspan="4" |Source: [https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral.aspx Election Commission] |}
=== 1999 legislative elections === {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="4" |Bara 1 |- ! colspan="2" |Party !Candidate !Votes |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" | |Nepali Congress |Umakant Chaudhary |23,601 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" | |CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |Mukunda Neupane |20,646 |- | style="background-color:yellowgreen" | |Nepal Sadbhawana Party |Parmananda Prasad Yadav |4,890 |- | style="background-color:indianred" | |CPN (Marxist–Leninist) |Chabi Lal Uprety |2,363 |- | style="background-color:gold" | |Rastriya Prajatantra Party |Raj Narayan Sah Teli |2,136 |- | | colspan="2" |Others |553 |- | colspan="3" |Invalid Votes |1,340 |- ! colspan="2" |Result ! colspan="2" |Congress gain |- | colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission<ref name="archive">{{Cite web|date=2008-01-24|title=Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates|url=http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124110554/http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php|archive-date=2008-01-24|access-date=2020-11-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Election Results'99|url=https://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/ec/alldistconst.htm|access-date=2020-11-15|website=nepalresearch.org}}</ref> |}
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