Awadhesh Kumar Rai (Template:Lang-hi, born c. 1952[1]) is an Indian politician, affiliated to the Communist Party of India. Rai represented the Bachwara constituency in the Bihar Legislative Assembly 1990-2000.[2][3] In the 2000 election, he lost the seat to Uttam Kumar Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal by a narrow margin of 464 votes.[4]
Rai finished in second place in the Bachwara seat in the two legislative elections of 2005.[1][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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2005 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR
- ↑ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1990 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR
- ↑ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1995 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR
- ↑ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2000 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR
- ↑ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2005 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR
- ↑ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2010 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR
- ↑ Times of India. BJP nominee cast(e)s a shadow on others
- ↑ Telegraph. CPI hand for Cong against land bill