| Umakant Chaudhary | |
| Native Name: | उमाकान्त चौधरी |
| Office: | Deputy General Secretary of Nepali Congress |
| Term Start: | 17 December 2021 |
| Predecessor: | Prakash Sharan Mahat |
| Office1: | Minister for Water Supply |
| Term Start1: | 8 October 2021 |
| Term End1: | 25 December 2022 |
| President1: | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Primeminister1: | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| Term Start2: | 4 March 2018 |
| Term End2: | 18 September 2022 |
| Predecessor2: | Ram Ayodhya Prasad Yadav |
| Term Start3: | May 1999 |
| Term End3: | May 2002 |
| Predecessor3: | Mukunda Neupane |
| Successor3: | Saroj Kumar Yadav |
| Office4: | Member of Constituent Assembly |
| Term Start4: | 28 May 2008 |
| Term End4: | 28 May 2012 |
| Constituency4: | Bara 5 |
| Predecessor4: | Constituency created |
| Successor4: | Balbir Prasad Chaudhary |
| Party: | Nepali Congress |
| Nationality: | Nepali |
| Birth Place: | Bara, Nepal |
| Birth Date: | 31 August 1966[1] |
| Father: | Chandrika Prasad Chaudhary |
| Mother: | Madeshiya Devi Chaudhary |
| Spouse: | Gayatri Devi Tharuni |
| Children: | 4 |
| Native Name Lang: | ne |
Umakant Chaudhary (Nepali: उमाकान्त चौधरी) is a Nepalese politician and the former minister for Water Supply of Nepal.[2] He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 2017 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress.[3]
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.[4] [5]
| Bara 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||
| Nepali Congress | Umakant Chaudhary | 24,450 | ||
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Achyut Prasad Mainali | 22,030 | ||
| Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | Ram Kishore Prasad Yadav | 20,144 | ||
| Others | 598 | |||
| Invalid votes | 3,004 | |||
| Result | Congress hold | |||
| Source: Election Commission | ||||
| Bara 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||
| Nepali Congress | Umakant Chaudhary | 23,601 | ||
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Mukunda Neupane | 20,646 | ||
| Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Parmananda Prasad Yadav | 4,890 | ||
| CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Chabi Lal Uprety | 2,363 | ||
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Raj Narayan Sah Teli | 2,136 | ||
| Others | 553 | |||
| Invalid Votes | 1,340 | |||
| Result | Congress gain | |||
| Source: Election Commission[6] [7] | ||||