Dimple Yadav | |
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 Yadav in 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 5 December 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Mulayam Singh Yadav |
| Constituency | Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh |
| In office 8 August 2012 – 23 May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Akhilesh Yadav |
| Succeeded by | Subrat Pathak |
| Constituency | Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dimple Rawat (1978-01-15)15 January 1978 (age 48) |
| Party | Samajwadi Party |
| Spouse | |
| Relations | Mulayam Yadav family |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence |
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| Alma mater | Lucknow University |
| Profession | Politician |
Dimple Yadav (néeRawat; born 15 January 1978;Hindi pronunciation:[ɖɪmpəljaːd̪əʋ]) is an Indian politician and the incumbentMember of Parliament fromMainpuri ofUttar Pradesh. She has earlier been a member of theLok Sabha for two terms fromKannauj and currently serving a second term fromMainpuri Lok Sabha constituency.[2][3]
Yadav is married toSamajwadi Party president and formerUttar Pradesh Chief Minister,Akhilesh Yadav,[4] and is as such the daughter-in-law ofMulayam Singh Yadav, formerDefence Minister of India, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and founder-patron of the Samajwadi Party.
Dimple Yadav was born on 15 January 1978 inPune,Maharashtra.[1][5] She is the second of three daughters of retiredIndian Army Col. Ram Chandra Singh Rawat and Champa Rawat.[6] Her family is originally fromUttarakhand.[7] She was educated in Pune,Bathinda andAndaman and Nicobar Islands. Her formal education took place inArmy Public School, Nehru Road,Lucknow.[8] She graduated in commerce fromLucknow University.[9]
Dimple Rawat metAkhilesh 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.[10][5][1] Guests at their wedding included movie stars likeAmitabh Bachchan andRajesh Khanna.[11]The couple have two daughters - Aditi Yadav and Tina Yadav and a son Arjun Yadav.[12][13][14]
Yadav unsuccessfully contested the by-election for theLok Sabha constituency ofFirozabad in 2009 against actor-turned-politicianRaj Babbar.[15] The by-election was triggered by her husband, who had won two seats in theMay 2009 General Elections, in bothFirozabad andKannauj, opting to retain the Kannauj seat.[16][17][18][19] 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 theUttar Pradesh Legislative Council.
Yadav became the 44th person in the country and only the fourth inUttar Pradesh since theIndependence of India to be elected unopposed.[9] This situation arose when two candidates, Dashrath Singh Shankwar (Samyukt Samajwadi Dal) and Sanju Katiyar (Independent), withdrew their nominations.Bharatiya Janata Party andIndian 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 afterPurshottam Das Tandon's election fromAllahabad 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.[9]
Yadav retainedKannauj Lok Sabha seat in2014 Indian General Election by defeating the nearest rival by 19,907 votes.[20] In2019 Indian General Election, she contested as a joint candidate of theSamajwadi Party andBahujan Samaj Party, but lost toBJP'sSubrat Pathak with a margin of more than 10,000 votes.[21]
After the death of her father-in-lawMulayam Singh Yadav, Dimple Yadav was fielded from the vacantMainpuri Lok Sabha constituency seat, which she won by defeating BJP's candidate with over 2.8lakh votes.[22]
In 2024, Dimple Yadav retained Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat which she won with a margin victory of 2,21,639 votes,[23] defeating theBJP's Jayveer Singh. Dimple won by securing 5,98,526 votes, while Jayveer Singh, managed 3,76,887 votes. The seat has been with theSamajwadi Party since 1996 and its journey of victories is marked by a series of electoral wins.[24][25]
| # | From | To | Positions | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2012 | 2014 | MP (1st term) in15th Lok Sabha fromKannauj (by-poll) | SP |
| 2. | 2014 | 2019 | MP (2nd term) in16th Lok Sabha fromKannauj | SP |
| 3. | 2022 | 2024 | MP (3rd term) in17th Lok Sabha fromMainpuri (by-poll) | SP |
| 4. | 2024 | Present | MP (4th term) in18th Lok Sabha fromMainpuri | SP |
| Lok Sabha | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forKannauj 2012–2019 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forKannauj 2022–present | Incumbent |
