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Rajendra Mahato

Rajendra Mahato
.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}राजेन्द्र महतो
Mahato in 2011

In office4 June 2021 – 22 June 2021Serving with Bishnu Prasad Paudel andRaghubir Mahaseth
Bidya Devi Bhandari
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
Ishwar Pokhrel
In office4 June 2021 – 22 June 2021
Bidya Devi Bhandari
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
Prabhu Shah
Ruhi Singh, Noida NDRC
In office4 September 2011 – 14 March 2013
Ram Baran Yadav
Baburam Bhattarai
In office18 August 2008 – 25 May 2009
Ram Baran Yadav
Pushpa Kamal Dahal
In office23 May 2009 – 6 February 2011
Ram Baran Yadav
Madhav Kumar Nepal
In office4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
Bimalendra Nidhi
Julie Kumari Mahato
Dhanusha 3
In officeMay 1999 – May 2002
Mina Pandey
Mohammad Rizwan Ansari
Sarlahi 2
In office28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
Nagendra Kumar Ray
Mahindra Ray Yadav
Sarlahi 4

(1958-11-20) 20 November 1958]Sonbarsha, Bihar, India or Babarganj, Sarlahi, Nepal(Disputed)
Rastriya Mukti Party
Sadbhavana PartyNepal Sadbhawana PartyNepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandidevi)Rastriya Janata Party
(2017-2020)People's Socialist Party(2020-2021)
Bachelor in Public Administration

Rajendra Mahato (Nepali: राजेन्द्र महतो; born 19 November 1958) is a Nepalese politician, who had been serving as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Urban Development since 4 June 2021 but was removed from the post by the Supreme Court on 22 June 2021, making his tenure of just 18 days the shortest till date. He was the parliamentary party leader of the People's Socialist Party, Nepal although the status matter of conflict within the party.

Though weak today due to continuous party change, he once was a well known leader of Terai-Madhesh based political alliance. Mahato contested election from Sarlahi 2 where he lost with Mahindra Ray Yadav of Maoist Centre. He has previously contested the election from Sarlahi and Dhanusha where his party could win no local level head position and got clean swept in recent election.

Mahato began his political career in 1990. In the 1994 parliamentary elections, he contested from Sarlahi 2 as a candidate of the Nepal Sadbhavana Party finishing second with 10,173 votes. In the 1999 elections, he won the seat with 14,750 votes, defeating former Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party.

In 2007, Mahato split from the Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandidevi) and formed his own party which he later named the Sadbhavana Party. Over the years, he joined several parties including the Rastriya Janata Party, Janata Samajbadi Party and Loktantrik Samajbadi Party.

In April 2008, Mahato was elected from Sarlahi 4 in the Constituent Assembly election. However, he lost the seat in the 2013 election to Mahendra Rai Yadav of the Terai Madhesh Sadbhavana Party. Under proportional representation, his wife Sahil Devi Mahato was nominated to the Assembly.

Mahato has been a prominent advocate for Madhesi rights, expressing opposition to provisions in Nepal’s draft constitution that he viewed as discriminatory against the Madhesi community.

Rajendra Mahato was born on 19 November 1958 in Babaraganj, Chandranagar Rural Municipality-2, Sarlahi District, Nepal, as the second child of Khobhari Mahato though disputed.

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
	Mahindra Ray Yadav	CPN (Maoist Centre)	23,529	33.39
	Rajendra Mahato	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal	21,518	30.54
	Raj Narayan Sah	CPN (UML)	14,819	21.03
	Naresh Prasad Kushwaha	Janamat Party	6,554	9.30
	Mustaqim Ansari	Nepal Federal Socialist Party	1,064	1.51
	Others		2,985	4.24
Total	70,469	100.00

2,011
	CPN (Maoist Centre) gain
Source:

Dhanusha 3
	Rastriya Janata Party Nepal	Rajendra Mahato	30,750
	Nepali Congress	Bimalendra Nidhi	27,847
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Ram Singh Yadav	2,346
	Others	1,300
Invalid votes	2,930
Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly Election

Sarlahi 4
	Terai Madhesh Sadbhavna Party	Mahendra Raya Yadav	11,534
	Sadbhavana Party	Rajendra Mahato	8,790
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ram Narayan Sah	8,348
	Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal	Ram Chandra Raya Yadav	5,020
	Nepali Congress	Laxman Raya	2,605
	Rastriya Madhesh Samajbadi Party	Dinesh Raya	1,714
	UCPN (Maoist)	Ram Kishun Ray	1,601
	Others	2,729
Source: NepalNews

Sarlahi 4
	Sadbhavana Party	Rajendra Mahato	17,073
	Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party	Ram Chandra Raya Yadav	8,752
	Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal	Rameshwar Raya	6,939
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Raj Narayan Sah	4,615
	Nepali Congress	Laxman Raya	4,207
	Rastriya Janashakti Party	Ram Padartha Shah	3,177
	Others		4,684
Invalid votes	2,918
Source: Election Commission

Sarlahi 2
	Nepali Congress	Mina Pandey	10,795
	Nepal Sadbhawana Party	Rajendra Mahato	10,173
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Surya Bahadur Thapa	9,723
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Laxman Paudel	7,724
	Others	387
Source: Election Commission

Sarlahi 2
	Nepali Congress	Mina Pandey	10,684
	Nepal Sadbhawana Party	Rajendra Mahato	7,828
Source:

Rastriya Mukti Party

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