Yoganand Shastri

Yoganand Shastri[1][2] (born 17 April 1944) is an Indian politician from Delhi. He thrice served as member of Delhi Legislative Assembly. He also served as the Speaker of Delhi Legislative Assembly from 2008 to 2013. He was a cabinet minister for Development, Food and Civil Supplies in First Dikshit cabinet and Minister for Health and Social Welfare in Second Dikshit cabinet. He twice represented Malviya Nagar Assembly constituency and one time Mehrauli Assembly constituency.

Yoganand Shastri
Speaker
Delhi Legislative Assembly
In office
2008–2013
Preceded byChaudhary Prem Singh
Succeeded byManinder Singh Dhir
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
In office
2008–2013
ConstituencyMehrauli
In office
1998–2008
ConstituencyMalviya Nagar
Personal details
Born (1944-04-17) 17 April 1944
Nationality India
Political partyIndian National Congress

Position held
Year Description
1998 - 2003 Elected to 2nd Delhi Assembly for Malviya Nagar
  • Cabinet Minister for Development, Food and Civil Supplies
2003 - 2008 Elected to 3rd Delhi Assembly for Malviya Nagar (2nd term)
  • Cabinet Minister for Health and Social Welfare
2008 - 2013 Elected to 3rd Delhi Assembly for Mehrauli (3rd term)

Electoral Performances
Year Constituency Result Vote percentage Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote percentage
1993Malviya NagarLost42.41%Rajendra GuptaBJP42.99%
1998Malviya NagarWon55.19%Rajendra GuptaBJP40.97%
2003Malviya NagarWon48.10%Monika AroraBJP39.56%
2008MehrauliWon32.83%Sher Singh DagarBJP31.15%
2013MehrauliLost22.21%Parvesh Sahib SinghBJP38.72%
2015Malviya NagarLost5.96%Somnath BhartiAAP54.98%

References
  1. "Dr. Yoganand Shastri". Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  2. "Congress may field Yoganand Shastri from South Delhi". 22 April 2019 – via Business Standard.


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