Awadhesh Kumar Rai (Hindi: अवधेश कुमार राय, born c. 1952) is an Indian politician, affiliated to the Communist Party of India. Rai represented the Bachwara constituency in the Bihar Legislative Assembly 1990-2000.[1] [2] In the 2000 election, he lost the seat to Uttam Kumar Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal by a narrow margin of 464 votes.[3]
Rai finished in second place in the Bachwara seat in the two legislative elections of 2005.[4] [5] He regained the Bachwara seat in the 2010 election,[6] being supported by the United Left Bloc alliance.[7] He was the sole CPI legislator in Bihar during this tenure.[8]