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{{short description|Indian politician (born 1978)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dimple Yadav
| image = Dimple Yadav.img.jpg
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| caption = Yadav in 2024
| birth_name = Dimple Rawat
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|01|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], India<ref name="MemProfile"/>
| residence = {{ubl|C-1/36, Pandara Park, [[New Delhi]]}}<ref name="MemProfile"/>
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| term_start = 5 December 2022
| constituency = [[Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency|Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]
| successor =
| term_start1 = 8 August 2012
| constituency1 = [[Kannauj Lok Sabha constituency|Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_end1 = 23 May 2019
| predecessor1 = [[Akhilesh Yadav]]
| successor1 = [[Subrat Pathak]]
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| term_end2 =
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| party = [[Samajwadi Party]]
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Akhilesh Yadav]]|24 November 1999}}
| alma_mater = [[Lucknow University]]
| father = 
| mother = 
| relations = [[Political_families_of_Uttar_Pradesh#The_Yadav_Family|Mulayam Yadav family]]
| children = 3
| profession = Politician
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'''Dimple Yadav''' (née '''Rawat'''; born 15 January 1978; {{IPA|hi|ɖɪmpəl jaːd̪əʋ}}) is an Indian politician and the incumbent [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] from [[Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency|Mainpuri]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. She has earlier been a member of the [[Lok Sabha]] for two terms from [[Kannauj Lok Sabha constituency|Kannauj]] and currently serving a second term from [[Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/lok-sabha-election-2024-results-live-dimple-yadav-wins-from-mainpuri-lok-sabha-seat-5816202 | title=Lok Sabha Election 2024 Results LIVE: Dimple Yadav Wins From Mainpuri Lok Sabha Seat | publisher=[[NDTV]] | date=4 June 2024 | access-date=11 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/india/politics/mainpuri-lok-sabha-election-2024-result-live-updates-dimple-yadav-jayveer-singh-19422879.htm | title=Mainpuri Election Result 2024: Dimple Yadav retains SP bastion with nearly 2.2 lakh votes margin| publisher=[[CNBC TV18]] | date=4 June 2024 | access-date=11 June 2024}}</ref>

Yadav is married to [[Samajwadi Party]] president and former [[List of chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister]], [[Akhilesh Yadav]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/politically-famous-better-halves-poonam-sinha-dimple-yadav-harsimrat-kaur/lady-power/slideshow/69058111.cms | title=Politically Famous Better Halves: Sonia Gandhi, Poonam Sinha & Dimple Yadav | publisher=[[The Economic Times]] | date=14 May 2019 | access-date=16 June 2020}}</ref> and is as such the daughter-in-law of [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]], former [[Minister of Defence (India)|Defence Minister of India]], former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and founder-patron of the Samajwadi Party.

==Early life and education==
Dimple Yadav was born on 15 January 1978 in [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]].<ref name="MemProfile" >{{cite web |title=Members Bioprofile - Yadav, Smt. Dimple |url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4580&lastls=16 |website=Lok Sabha |access-date=20 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/cmcm/the-love-story-of-akhilesh-and-dimple-yadav-a-drama-made-for-the-movies|title=The love-story of Akhilesh and Dimple Yadav: A drama made for the movies|website=Latest Indian news, Top Breaking headlines, Today Headlines, Top Stories at Free Press Journal|access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref> She is the second of three daughters of retired [[Indian Army]] Col. Ram Chandra Singh Rawat and Champa Rawat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://daily.bhaskar.com/news/UP-know-about-up-cm-akhilesh-yadavs-wife-dimple-yadav-4345885-PHO.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812084652/http://daily.bhaskar.com/news/UP-know-about-up-cm-akhilesh-yadavs-wife-dimple-yadav-4345885-PHO.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 August 2014|title=Facts you didn't know about UP CM Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav|date=12 August 2013|website=dailybhaskar|access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref> Her family is originally from [[Uttarakhand]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chopra |first1=Nora |title=Mulayam crosses caste barriers |url=http://www.sunday-guardian.com/buzzword/mulayam-crosses-caste-barriers |access-date=20 December 2019 |work=Sunday Guardian |archive-date=11 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211161257/http://www.sunday-guardian.com/buzzword/mulayam-crosses-caste-barriers |url-status=dead }}</ref> She was educated in Pune, [[Bathinda]] and [[Andaman and Nicobar]] Islands. Her formal education took place in [[Indian Army Public Schools|Army Public School]], Nehru Road, [[Lucknow]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Facts you didn't know about UP CM Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav|url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/UP-know-about-up-cm-akhilesh-yadavs-wife-dimple-yadav-4345885-PHO.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818085243/http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/UP-know-about-up-cm-akhilesh-yadavs-wife-dimple-yadav-4345885-PHO.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 August 2013|work=Daily Bhaskar|access-date=31 May 2014|date=12 August 2013}}</ref> She graduated in commerce from [[Lucknow University]].<ref name=gallops>{{cite web|title=Lok Sabha 2014 Elections: Dimple Yadav, a horse-rider gallops into politics|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-lok-sabha-2014-elections-dimple-yadav-a-horse-rider-gallops-into-politics-1973149|publisher=DNA News|access-date=31 May 2014|date=29 March 2014}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Dimple Rawat met [[Akhilesh Yadav]] when she was a student. Originally, Yadav's family was opposed to their marriage, but they agreed after his grandmother, Murti Devi approved. The couple got married on 24 November 1999 when she was 21.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/UP-LUCK-akhilesh-and-dimple-yadav-love-story-details-news-hindi-5362192-PHO.html|title=4 साल तक चली थी अखिलेश-डिंपल की डेटिंग, ऐसी फिल्मी है CM की लव स्टोरी|date=1 July 2016|website=Dainik Bhaskar|access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="auto" /><ref name="MemProfile" /> Guests at their wedding included movie stars like [[Amitabh Bachchan]] and [[Rajesh Khanna]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Bhat|first=Vasudha|title=Jab they met: Akhilesh and Dimple Yadav|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/jab-they-met-akhilesh-and-dimple-yadav-10763.html?page=8|work=India TV News|access-date=31 May 2014|date=20 April 2014}}</ref>
The couple have two daughters - Aditi Yadav and Tina Yadav and a son Arjun Yadav.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bhat|first=Vasudha|title=Jab they met: Akhilesh and Dimple Yadav|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/jab-they-met-akhilesh-and-dimple-yadav-10763.html?page=11|work=India TV News|access-date=31 May 2014|date=20 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Samajwadi GenNext: Akhilesh-Dimple Yadav's children get active on social media|url=https://daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=951220|work=Daiji World}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Singh|first=Digvijay|title=अखिलेश-डिंपल का परिवार, बड़ी बेटी के 12वीं में 98% अंक, दो जुड़वां बच्चे Akhilesh Yadav Kids|url=https://www.jansatta.com/videos/news-video/meet-akhilesh-yadav-dimple-yadav-children-elder-daughter-aditi-and-twin-kids/1793733/|work=[[Jansatta]]}}</ref>

==Political career==
Yadav unsuccessfully contested the by-election for the [[Lok Sabha]] constituency of [[Firozabad Lok Sabha constituency|Firozabad]] in 2009 against actor-turned-politician [[Raj Babbar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/I-am-not-fighting-for-family-but-for-partys-honour-Mulayams-bahu-Dimple-Yadav/articleshow/5202073.cms|title=I am not fighting for family but for party's honour: Mulayam's bahu Dimple Yadav|last=Roy|first=Rustam|date=6 November 2009|work=[[Times of India]]|access-date=7 March 2010}}</ref> The by-election was triggered by her husband, who had won two seats in the [[2009 Indian general election|May 2009 General Elections]], in both [[Firozabad Lok Sabha constituency|Firozabad]] and [[Kannauj Lok Sabha constituency|Kannauj]], opting to retain the Kannauj seat.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Dhritrashtra-Syndrome-dominates-phase-III-in-UP/articleshow/33974831.cms | title='Dhritrashtra Syndrome' dominates phase III in UP | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=Ashish Tripathi | date=20 April 2014 | access-date=25 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.rediff.com/report/2009/nov/10/why-did-mulayam-bahu-lost-in-up-bypoll.htm|title=Analysis: Why Dimple Yadav came a cropper in UP bypoll|last=Pradhan |first=Sharat |date=12 November 2009|work=[[Rediff]]|access-date=7 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sarin |first1=Ritu |last2=Ranjan |first2=Amitav |title=Law Minister at the wheel in CBI's U-turn on Mulayam case |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/law-minister-at-the-wheel-in-cbis-u-turn-on-mulayam-case/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127172843/https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/law-minister-at-the-wheel-in-cbis-u-turn-on-mulayam-case/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 January 2021 |access-date=19 April 2021 |work=The Indian Express |date=14 December 2008 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/probe-up-cms-money-sc-to-cbi/34867-37-p1.html|title=Probe UP CM's money: SC to CBI|date=1 March 2007|work=[[CNN-IBN]]|access-date=7 March 2010|archive-date=19 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319064024/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/probe-up-cms-money-sc-to-cbi/34867-37-p1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was elected unopposed from the Kannauj constituency to the Lok Sabha in 2012, after her husband caused another by-election by vacating the seat to enter the [[Uttar Pradesh legislative council|Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council]].

Yadav became the 44th person in the country and only the fourth in [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Uttar Pradesh]] since the [[Independence of India]] to be elected unopposed.<ref name=gallops/> This situation arose when two candidates, Dashrath Singh Shankwar (Samyukt Samajwadi Dal) and Sanju Katiyar (Independent), withdrew their nominations. [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and [[Indian National Congress]] had not nominated any candidates for the by-election; though the BJP clarified later that their candidate missed his train so he failed to reach in time to file his nomination.

This made her the first woman from Uttar Pradesh to get elected unopposed in a Lok Sabha by-election, and second person after [[Purshottam Das Tandon]]'s election from [[Allahabad]] West in 1952. She became the only woman MP whose husband was Chief Minister, and also one whose father-in-law was also a member of the same House.<ref name=gallops/>

Yadav retained [[Kannauj]] Lok Sabha seat in [[2014 Indian general election|2014 Indian General Election]] by defeating the nearest rival by 19,907 votes.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sinha |first1=Anubhav |title=SP's Dimple Yadav retains Kannauj seat by registering a win over BJP's Subrat Pathak by a margin of 19907 votes. |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sps-dimple-yadav-retains-kannauj-seat-by-registering-a-win-over-bjps-subrat-pathak-by-a-margin-of-19907-votes-/articleshow/35215768.cms |access-date=25 July 2023 |work=The Times of India |date=16 May 2014}}</ref> In [[2019 Indian general election|2019 Indian General Election]], she contested as a joint candidate of the [[Samajwadi Party]] and [[Bahujan Samaj Party]], but lost to [[BJP]]'s [[Subrat Pathak]] with a margin of more than 10,000 votes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Elections 2019: Dimple Yadav loses Samajwadi Party bastion Kannauj to BJP's Subrat Pathak |url=https://scroll.in/latest/924621/elections-2019-dimple-yadav-loses-samajwadi-party-bastion-kannauj-to-bjps-subrat-pathak |access-date=27 May 2019 |agency=Scroll |publisher=Scroll.in |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527035252/https://scroll.in/latest/924621/elections-2019-dimple-yadav-loses-samajwadi-party-bastion-kannauj-to-bjps-subrat-pathak |archive-date=27 May 2019}}</ref>

After the death of her father-in-law [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]], Dimple Yadav was fielded from the vacant [[Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency]] seat, which she won by defeating BJP's candidate with over 2.8 [[lakh]] votes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mainpuri Bypoll Result: Dimple Yadav records thumping victory with over 2.8 lakh votes |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/mainpuri-bypoll-result-updates-dimple-yadav-vs-raghuraj-singh-mainpuri-lok-sabha-seat-bjp-sp/articleshow/96074108.cms |access-date=25 July 2023 |work=The Times of India |date=8 December 2022}}</ref>

In 2024, Dimple Yadav retained Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat which she won with a margin victory of 2,21,639 votes,<ref>{{cite news |title=Bullish Wins & Bearish Losses: Here are the key contests and results of 2024 Lok Sabha polls |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/bullish-wins-bearish-losses-here-are-the-key-contests-of-2024-lok-sabha-results/articleshow/110713130.cms |work=Economic Times |date=6 June 2024 |access-date=27 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727153249/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/bullish-wins-bearish-losses-here-are-the-key-contests-of-2024-lok-sabha-results/articleshow/110713130.cms |archive-date=27 July 2024}}</ref> defeating the [[BJP]]'s Jayveer Singh. Dimple won by securing 5,98,526 votes, while Jayveer Singh, managed 3,76,887 votes. The seat has been with the [[Samajwadi Party]] since 1996 and its journey of victories is marked by a series of electoral wins.<ref>{{cite web|title= Dimple Yadav continues Yadav family’s legacy, wins Mainpuri Lok Sabha elections 2024|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/dimple-yadav-vs-jaiveer-singh-mainpuri-elections-result-live-updates-9370076/|date=5 June 2024|work=[[Indian Express]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/elections/lok-sabha-election/ls-polls-dimple-yadav-wins-from-mainpuri-seat-by-margin-of-221-639-votes-124060401258_1.html|title=LS polls: Dimple Yadav wins from Mainpuri seat by margin of 221,639 votes|date=6 June 2024|work=[[Business Standard]]}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! # !! From !! To !! Positions !! Party
|-
| 1. || 2012 || 2014 || [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] (1st term) in [[15th Lok Sabha]] from [[Kannauj Lok Sabha constituency|Kannauj]] (by-poll) || [[Samajwadi Party|SP]]
|-
| 2. || 2014 || 2019 || [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] (2nd term) in [[16th Lok Sabha]] from [[Kannauj Lok Sabha constituency|Kannauj]] || [[Samajwadi Party|SP]]
|-

| 3. || 2022 || 2024 || [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] (3rd term) in [[17th Lok Sabha]] from [[Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency|Mainpuri]] (by-poll) || [[Samajwadi Party|SP]]
|-

| 4. || 2024 || Present || [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] (4th term) in [[18th Lok Sabha]] from [[Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency|Mainpuri]] || [[Samajwadi Party|SP]]
|-

|}

==References==
{{Reflist|3}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4580&lastls=16 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]
* {{Facebook|dimpleyadav}}

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Ankitchadha at 08:07, 4 February 2026