Mahinder Yadav (born 5 May 1963), also spelled as Mahendra Yadav, is an Indian politician from the

Aam Aadmi Party The Aam Aadmi Party (; AAP) is a political party in India, as one of the national political parties. The AAP was founded in November 2012 by Arvind Kejriwal and his then-companions following the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, popular ...

(AAP). He is currently a member of the

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(MLA). He has represented Vikaspuri assembly constituency as MLA since December 2014.

Personal life

Mahender Yadav was born on 5 May 1963 in

New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House ...

. His father's name is Mewa Ram Yadav. Mahinder Yadav has passed 10th standard (matriculate) from the CBSE board in 1980. He is a social worker. He is a businessman and a retail trader and supplier of building materials. Mahinder Yadav is married to Raj Yadav and has three daughters. His wife Raj is self-employed. He is a resident of

Hastsal Village Hastsal is a census town and village in West district in the Indian state of Delhi. History According to legend, this area was once submerged in water and elephants used to rest here. In Hindi, elephants are known as "Hathi" and place ...

Village in

Uttam Nagar Uttam Nagar is a residential area situated in West Delhi. Uttam Nagar has the Pincode 110059.{{Cite web, title=Uttam Nagar S.O Pin Code 110059 West Delhi Delhi, url=https://pincodeindiafinder.in/p/uttam-nagar-so-110059-west-delhi-delhi.html, acc ...

area of New Delhi.

Politics

Mahinder Yadav was previously with the

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(BJP). He was a councillor from Ward No. 124 of the

Municipal Corporation of Delhi Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is the municipal corporation that governs most of Delhi, India. The MCD is among the largest municipal bodies in the world providing civic services to an estimated population of more than 11 million citiz ...

(MCD) from April, 2012 to December, 2013. He was Chairman of Khel Kud & Protsahan Committee in the

South Delhi Municipal Corporation South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) was one of the municipal corporations in Delhi, India created after the former Municipal Corporation of Delhi was trifurcated in 2012. It occupied an area of which was further divided into 4 Zones (Cen ...

(S.D.M.C.) between 2012 and 2013. In 2012, Yadav switched to the

(AAP). Yadav contested Vikaspuri assembly constituency on an AAP ticket in the December 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections. He polled 62,032 votes and defeated his nearest rival Krishan Gahlot of the BJP by 405 votes. This was the second lowest victory margin in the elections. He also defeated sitting MLA Nand Kishore from the

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(INC), who came in third in the contest. He was thus member of the

Fifth Legislative Assembly of Delhi The Fifth Legislative Assembly of Delhi was constituted on 28 December 2013 after the Delhi Legislative Assembly elections on 4 December 2013. Election and Government formation Total six national parties, eleven state parties, sixty register ...

between December 2013 and January 2015. Yadav won the Vikaspuri constituency in the

2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election The Delhi Legislative Assembly election was held on 7 February 2015 to elect 70 members of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi. The results were announced on 10 February 2015. The Aam Aadmi Party secured an absolute majority in the assembly, ...

s too. He secured 1,32,437 votes, defeating his nearest rival Sanjay Singh of the BJP by the margin of 77,665 votes. This was the highest margin of victory in the elections.

Electoral performance

References

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