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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2014}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dimple Yadav
| image = Dimple Yadav.jpg
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|01|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| residence = [[Saifai village]], [[Etawah district|Etawah]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| term_start1 = 8 August 2012
| constituency1 = [[Kannauj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kannauj]]
| term_end1 = 18 June 2019
| predecessor1 = [[Akhilesh Yadav]]
| successor1 = [[Subrat Pathak]]
| office2 =
| constituency2 =
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| party = [[Samajwadi Party]]
| nationality =
| spouse = [[Akhilesh Yadav]]
| alma_mater = [[Lucknow University]]
| relations = [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]] (father-in-law)
| children = 3
| profession = Politician
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| website = {{URL|https://www.samajwadiparty.in/}}
}}

'''Dimple Yadav''' (born 15 January 1978) is an Indian politician. Yadav has served for two terms as the [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of the Indian Parliament]] from the [[Samajwadi Party]] representing [[Kannauj]]. She is the wife of [[Samajwadi Party]] president and former [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]], [[Akhilesh Yadav]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/politically-famous-better-halves-poonam-sinha-dimple-yadav-harsimrat-kaur/lady-power/slideshow/69058111.cms | title=Politically Famous Better Halves: Sonia Gandhi, Poonam Sinha & Dimple Yadav | publisher=[[The Economic Times]] | date=14 May 2019 | access-date=16 June 2020}}</ref> and the daughter in law of [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]], former Defence Minister of India, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and founder-patron of the [[Samajwadi Party]].

==Early life and education==
Dimple Yadav was born in 1978 at [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/cmcm/the-love-story-of-akhilesh-and-dimple-yadav-a-drama-made-for-the-movies|title=The love-story of Akhilesh and Dimple Yadav: A drama made for the movies|website=Latest Indian news, Top Breaking headlines, Today Headlines, Top Stories at Free Press Journal|access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref> She is the second of three daughters of retired [[Indian Army]] Col. Ram Chandra Singh Rawat and Champa Rawat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://daily.bhaskar.com/news/UP-know-about-up-cm-akhilesh-yadavs-wife-dimple-yadav-4345885-PHO.html|title=Facts you didn't know about UP CM Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav|date=12 August 2013|website=dailybhaskar|access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref> Her family is originally from [[Uttarakhand]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chopra |first1=Nora |title=Mulayam crosses caste barriers |url=http://www.sunday-guardian.com/buzzword/mulayam-crosses-caste-barriers |access-date=20 December 2019 |work=Sunday Guardian}}</ref> She was educated in Pune, [[Bathinda]] and [[Andaman and Nicobar]] island and [[Indian Army Public Schools|Army Public School]], Nehru road, [[Lucknow]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Facts you didn't know about UP CM Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav|url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/UP-know-about-up-cm-akhilesh-yadavs-wife-dimple-yadav-4345885-PHO.html|work=Daily Bhaskar|access-date=31 May 2014|date=12 August 2013}}</ref> She graduated in commerce from [[Lucknow University]].<ref name=gallops>{{cite web|title=Lok Sabha 2014 Elections: Dimple Yadav, a horse-rider gallops into politics|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-lok-sabha-2014-elections-dimple-yadav-a-horse-rider-gallops-into-politics-1973149|publisher=DNA News|access-date=31 May 2014|date=29 March 2014}}</ref>

Dimple met [[Akhilesh Yadav]] when she was a student. Originally Akhilesh's family was opposed to their marriage, but they agreed after Akhilesh's grandmother Murtidevi approved. The pair got married<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/UP-LUCK-akhilesh-and-dimple-yadav-love-story-details-news-hindi-5362192-PHO.html|title=4 साल तक चली थी अखिलेश-डिंपल की डेटिंग, ऐसी फिल्मी है CM की लव स्टोरी|date=1 July 2016|website=Dainik Bhaskar|access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="auto"/> when she was aged 21. Guests at her wedding included movie stars, [[Amitabh Bachchan]] and [[Rajesh Khanna]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Bhat|first=Vasudha|title=Jab they met: Akhilesh and Dimple Yadav|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/jab-they-met-akhilesh-and-dimple-yadav-10763.html?page=8|work=India TV News|access-date=31 May 2014|date=20 April 2014}}</ref> The couple have two daughters and a son.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bhat|first=Vasudha|title=Jab they met: Akhilesh and Dimple Yadav|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/jab-they-met-akhilesh-and-dimple-yadav-10763.html?page=11|work=India TV News|access-date=31 May 2014|date=20 April 2014}}</ref>

==Political career==
Yadav unsuccessfully contested the by-election for the [[Lok Sabha]] constituency of [[Firozabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Firozabad]] in 2009 against actor turned politician [[Raj Babbar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/I-am-not-fighting-for-family-but-for-partys-honour-Mulayams-bahu-Dimple-Yadav/articleshow/5202073.cms|title=I am not fighting for family but for party's honour: Mulayam's bahu Dimple Yadav|last=Roy|first=Rustam|date=6 November 2009|work=[[Times of India]]|access-date=7 March 2010}}</ref> The by-election was caused by her husband winning a seat in the [[2009 Indian general election|May 2009 general elections]] both in this constituency as well as in [[Kannauj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kannauj]] and taking up his seat from there.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Dhritrashtra-Syndrome-dominates-phase-III-in-UP/articleshow/33974831.cms | title='Dhritrashtra Syndrome' dominates phase III in UP | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=Ashish Tripathi | date=20 April 2014 | access-date=25 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.rediff.com/report/2009/nov/10/why-did-mulayam-bahu-lost-in-up-bypoll.htm|title=Analysis: Why Dimple Yadav came a cropper in UP bypoll|last=Pradhan |first=Sharat |date=12 November 2009|work=[[Rediff]]|access-date=7 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sarin |first1=Ritu |last2=Ranjan |first2=Amitav |title=Law Minister at the wheel in CBI's U-turn on Mulayam case |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/law-minister-at-the-wheel-in-cbis-u-turn-on-mulayam-case/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127172843/https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/law-minister-at-the-wheel-in-cbis-u-turn-on-mulayam-case/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 January 2021 |access-date=19 April 2021 |work=The Indian Express |date=14 December 2008 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/probe-up-cms-money-sc-to-cbi/34867-37-p1.html|title=Probe UP CM's money: SC to CBI|date=1 March 2007|work=[[CNN-IBN]]|access-date=7 March 2010}}</ref> 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 the [[Uttar Pradesh legislative council]].

Dimple became the 44th person in the country and only the fourth in [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Uttar Pradesh]] since the [[independence of India]] to be elected unopposed.<ref name=gallops/> This situation arose when two candidates, [[Dashrath Singh Shankwar]] ([[Samyukta Socialist Party|Samyukt Samajwadi Dal]]) and [[Sanju Katiyar]] (Independent), withdrew their nominations. [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and [[Indian 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 elected unopposed in a Lok Sabha by-election, and second person after [[Purshottam Das Tandon]]'s election from [[Allahabad]] 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.<ref name=gallops/>

Dimple contested as a joint candidate of the [[Samajwadi Party]] and [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] in the 2019 [[Lok Sabha]] elections, but lost to [[BJP]]'s [[Subrat Pathak]] with a margin of more than 10,000 votes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Elections 2019: Dimple Yadav loses Samajwadi Party bastion Kannauj to BJP's Subrat Pathak |url=https://scroll.in/latest/924621/elections-2019-dimple-yadav-loses-samajwadi-party-bastion-kannauj-to-bjps-subrat-pathak |access-date=27 May 2019 |agency=Scroll |publisher=Scroll.in |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527035252/https://scroll.in/latest/924621/elections-2019-dimple-yadav-loses-samajwadi-party-bastion-kannauj-to-bjps-subrat-pathak |archive-date=27 May 2019}}</ref>

== Post held ==
{| class="wikitable"
! SL !! From !! To !! Positions
|-
| 1. || 2012 || 2014 || Elected to [[15th Lok Sabha]] (1st term) from [[Kannauj]]
|-
| 2. || 2014 || 2019 || Re - Elected to [[16th Lok Sabha]] (2nd term) from
[[Kannauj]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|3}}

==External links==
* [http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4580&lastls=16 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]
* {{Facebook|dimpleyadav}}

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{{Succession box
||before=[[Akhilesh Yadav]]
|title=[[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha]] ([[Kannauj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kannauj]])
|years=2012{{spaced ndash}}''present''
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{{16th LS members from Uttar Pradesh}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
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[[Category:Samajwadi Party politicians]]
[[Category:People from Kannauj district]]
[[Category:15th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:16th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Yadav family of Uttar Pradesh|Dimple]]
[[Category:Women in Uttar Pradesh politics]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]
[[Category:People from Pune]]
[[Category:University of Lucknow alumni]]

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