Mahinder Yadav
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
for Vikaspuri
Assumed office
Feb 2020
Preceded byNand Kishore
Personal details
NationalityIndian
Political partyAam Aadmi Party

Mahinder Yadav (born 5 May 1963), also spelled as Mahendra Yadav, is an Indian politician from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). He is currently a member of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi (MLA). He has represented Vikaspuri assembly constituency as MLA since December 2014.

Personal life

Mahender Yadav was born on 5 May 1963 in New Delhi. His father's name is Mewa Ram Yadav. Mahinder Yadav has passed 10th standard (matriculate) from the CBSE board in 1980.[1] He is a social worker.[2] He is a businessman and a retail trader and supplier of building materials.[3] Mahinder Yadav is married to Raj Yadav and has three daughters. His wife Raj is self-employed.[3][1] He is a resident of Hastsal Village in Uttam Nagar area of New Delhi.[1]

Politics

Mahinder Yadav was previously with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[2] He was a councillor from Ward No. 124 of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) from April, 2012 to December, 2013. He was Chairman of Khel Kud & Protsahan Committee in the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (S.D.M.C.) between 2012 and 2013.[3]

In 2012, Yadav switched to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).[2] Yadav contested Vikaspuri assembly constituency on an AAP ticket in the December 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections. He polled 62,032 votes and defeated his nearest rival Krishan Gahlot of the BJP by 405 votes. This was the second lowest victory margin in the elections. He also defeated sitting MLA Nand Kishore from the Indian National Congress (INC), who came in third in the contest.[4] He was thus member of the Fifth Legislative Assembly of Delhi between December 2013 and January 2015.

Yadav won the Vikaspuri constituency in the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections too. He secured 1,32,437 votes, defeating his nearest rival Sanjay Singh of the BJP by the margin of 77,665 votes. This was the highest margin of victory in the elections.[5][6][7]

Electoral performance

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Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Vikaspuri
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Mahinder Yadav 133,898 55.95 -6.58
BJP Sanjay Singh 91,840 38.38 +12.52
INC Mukesh sharma 8,319 3.48 -5.75
NOTA None of the above 1,034 0.43
Majority 42,058 17.57 -19.10
Turnout 2,39,494 59.49 -5.66
AAP hold Swing -6.58

References

  1. ^ a b c "Affidavit" (PDF). myneta.info. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Meet Aam Aadmi Party winners: Politicians with a difference". Deccan Chronicle. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "Mahinder Yadav profile". Delhi Assembly official site. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Delhi polls: First-timers make a difference". Economic Times. 9 December 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Election Result". ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  6. ^ Assembly Elections 2015 Results, Election Commission of India Archived 10 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Amazing stats from Delhi polls: 55 AAP MLAs won with more than 50% vote share". Firstpost. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
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