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Mohan Punamchan Yadav

Mohan Punamchan Yadav
Thursday, March 25, 1965
mohanyadav@indialeader.com
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Ujjain South
Mohan Yadav (born 25 March 1965) is an Indian politician serving as the 19th and Current Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh since 2023. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, he represents Ujjain South constituency as Member of Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh since 2013.
Mohan Yadav is current MLA from Ujjain South [Ujjain South]. He belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party [ BJP ].

1. In 2018 He was elected as MLA from Ujjain South[ BJP ].

Mohan Yadav was interested in politics from the get-go. He was a member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. In 2013, he entered electoral politics and ran for the Ujjain South constituency. He won by beating Congress candidate Jaysingh Darbar in the Ujjain South constituency of the 2013 Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election by 9,652 votes. Yadav got 73,108 votes, whereas, Darbar received 63,456.

He was re-elected in the 2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections, taking the seat of MLA for Ujjain South. He won by 18,960 votes over Congress candidate Rajendra Vashishtha Raju Bhaiya.

In 2020, he was sworn in as a cabinet member of the Madhya Pradesh government under the former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. He was MP's Minister of Education till 2023.

In the 2023 Madhya Pradesh State Assembly Elections, he ran from the Ujjain South constituency and won.


Mohan Yadav was interested in politics from the get-go. He was a member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. In 2013, he entered electoral politics and ran for the Ujjain South constituency. He won by beating Congress candidate Jaysingh Darbar in the Ujjain South constituency of the 2013 Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election by 9,652 votes. Yadav got 73,108 votes, whereas, Darbar received 63,456.

He was re-elected in the 2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections, taking the seat of MLA for Ujjain South. He won by 18,960 votes over Congress candidate Rajendra Vashishtha Raju Bhaiya.

In 2020, he was sworn in as a cabinet member of the Madhya Pradesh government under the former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. He was MP's Minister of Education till 2023.

In the 2023 Madhya Pradesh State Assembly Elections, he ran from the Ujjain South constituency and won.


On 25 March 1965, Mohan Yadav was born in Ujjain. He is married to Seema Yadav, and together they have three children- one daughter and two sons.

Yadav graduated from Ujjain University with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) degree. He further pursued his academic interests and completed LLB, Master of Arts (MA), Master of Business Administration (MBA), and Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) degrees from the same university.


Mohan Yadav's Election History

Sr.No.

Year

Party

Constituency

Election

Result

Description

1

2018

BJP

Ujjain South

MLA

Won