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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{short description|Indian politician (born 1978)}}
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| name                = Dimple Yadav
| name                = Dimple Yadav
| image              = Dimple Yadav.jpg
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| caption            = Yadav in 2024
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1978|01|15|df=y}}
| birth_name          = Dimple Rawat
| birth_place        = [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1978|01|15|df=yes}}
| residence          = [[Saifai village]], [[Etawah district|Etawah]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| birth_place        = [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], India<ref name="MemProfile"/>
| office1            = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| residence          = {{ubl|C-1/36, Pandara Park, [[New Delhi]]}}<ref name="MemProfile"/>
| office              = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| term_start          = 5 December 2022
| constituency        = [[Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency|Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh]]
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| predecessor        = [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]
| successor          =
| term_start1        = 8 August 2012
| term_start1        = 8 August 2012
| constituency1      = [[Kannauj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kannauj]]
| constituency1      = [[Kannauj Lok Sabha constituency|Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_end1          = 18 June 2019
| term_end1          = 23 May 2019
| predecessor1        = [[Akhilesh Yadav]]
| predecessor1        = [[Akhilesh Yadav]]
| successor1          = [[Subrat Pathak]]
| successor1          = [[Subrat Pathak]]
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| party              = [[Samajwadi Party]]
| party              = [[Samajwadi Party]]
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| spouse              = {{marriage|[[Akhilesh Yadav]]|24 November 1999}}
| spouse              = [[Akhilesh Yadav]]
| alma_mater          = [[Lucknow University]]
| alma_mater          = [[Lucknow University]]
| relations          = [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]] (father-in-law)
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| children            = 3
| mother              = <!-- include only if they are independently notable or particularly relevant. -->
| relations          = [[Political_families_of_Uttar_Pradesh#The_Yadav_Family|Mulayam Yadav family]]
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'''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]].
'''Dimple Yadav''' (née '''Rawat'''; born 15 January 1978; {{IPA|hi|ɖɪmpəl jaːd̪əʋ}}) is an Indian politician and the incumbent [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] from [[Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency|Mainpuri]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. She has earlier been a member of the [[Lok Sabha]] for two terms from [[Kannauj Lok Sabha constituency|Kannauj]] and currently serving a second term from [[Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/lok-sabha-election-2024-results-live-dimple-yadav-wins-from-mainpuri-lok-sabha-seat-5816202 | title=Lok Sabha Election 2024 Results LIVE: Dimple Yadav Wins From Mainpuri Lok Sabha Seat | publisher=[[NDTV]] | date=4 June 2024 | access-date=11 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/india/politics/mainpuri-lok-sabha-election-2024-result-live-updates-dimple-yadav-jayveer-singh-19422879.htm | title=Mainpuri Election Result 2024: Dimple Yadav retains SP bastion with nearly 2.2 lakh votes margin| publisher=[[CNBC TV18]] | date=4 June 2024 | access-date=11 June 2024}}</ref>
 
Yadav is married to [[Samajwadi Party]] president and former [[List of chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister]], [[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 is as such the daughter-in-law of [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]], former [[Minister of Defence (India)|Defence Minister of India]], former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and founder-patron of the Samajwadi Party.


==Early life and education==
==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 Yadav was born on 15 January 1978 in [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]].<ref name="MemProfile" >{{cite web |title=Members Bioprofile - Yadav, Smt. Dimple |url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4580&lastls=16 |website=Lok Sabha |access-date=20 February 2022}}</ref><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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812084652/http://daily.bhaskar.com/news/UP-know-about-up-cm-akhilesh-yadavs-wife-dimple-yadav-4345885-PHO.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 August 2014|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 |archive-date=11 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211161257/http://www.sunday-guardian.com/buzzword/mulayam-crosses-caste-barriers |url-status=dead }}</ref> She was educated in Pune, [[Bathinda]] and [[Andaman and Nicobar]] Islands. Her formal education took place in [[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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818085243/http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/UP-know-about-up-cm-akhilesh-yadavs-wife-dimple-yadav-4345885-PHO.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 August 2013|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>
==Personal life==
Dimple Rawat met [[Akhilesh 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.<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" /><ref name="MemProfile" /> Guests at their wedding included movie stars like [[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 - Aditi Yadav and Tina Yadav and a son Arjun Yadav.<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><ref>{{cite web|title=Samajwadi GenNext: Akhilesh-Dimple Yadav's children get active on social media|url=https://daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=951220|work=Daiji World}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Singh|first=Digvijay|title=अखिलेश-डिंपल का परिवार, बड़ी बेटी के 12वीं में 98% अंक, दो जुड़वां बच्चे Akhilesh Yadav Kids|url=https://www.jansatta.com/videos/news-video/meet-akhilesh-yadav-dimple-yadav-children-elder-daughter-aditi-and-twin-kids/1793733/|work=[[Jansatta]]}}</ref>


==Political career==
==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]].
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 triggered by her husband, who had won two seats in the [[2009 Indian general election|May 2009 General Elections]], in both [[Firozabad Lok Sabha constituency|Firozabad]] and [[Kannauj Lok Sabha constituency|Kannauj]], opting to retain the Kannauj seat.<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|archive-date=19 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319064024/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/probe-up-cms-money-sc-to-cbi/34867-37-p1.html|url-status=dead}}</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|Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council]].
 
Yadav 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 (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 get 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 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.
Yadav retained [[Kannauj]] Lok Sabha seat in [[2014 Indian general election|2014 Indian General Election]] by defeating the nearest rival by 19,907 votes.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sinha |first1=Anubhav |title=SP's Dimple Yadav retains Kannauj seat by registering a win over BJP's Subrat Pathak by a margin of 19907 votes. |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sps-dimple-yadav-retains-kannauj-seat-by-registering-a-win-over-bjps-subrat-pathak-by-a-margin-of-19907-votes-/articleshow/35215768.cms |access-date=25 July 2023 |work=The Times of India |date=16 May 2014}}</ref> In [[2019 Indian general election|2019 Indian General Election]], she contested as a joint candidate of the [[Samajwadi Party]] and [[Bahujan Samaj Party]], 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>


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/>
After the death of her father-in-law [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]], Dimple Yadav was fielded from the vacant [[Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency]] seat, which she won by defeating BJP's candidate with over 2.8 [[lakh]] votes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mainpuri Bypoll Result: Dimple Yadav records thumping victory with over 2.8 lakh votes |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/mainpuri-bypoll-result-updates-dimple-yadav-vs-raghuraj-singh-mainpuri-lok-sabha-seat-bjp-sp/articleshow/96074108.cms |access-date=25 July 2023 |work=The Times of India |date=8 December 2022}}</ref>


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>
In 2024, Dimple Yadav retained Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat which she won with a margin victory of 2,21,639 votes,<ref>{{cite news |title=Bullish Wins & Bearish Losses: Here are the key contests and results of 2024 Lok Sabha polls |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/bullish-wins-bearish-losses-here-are-the-key-contests-of-2024-lok-sabha-results/articleshow/110713130.cms |work=Economic Times |date=6 June 2024 |access-date=27 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727153249/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/bullish-wins-bearish-losses-here-are-the-key-contests-of-2024-lok-sabha-results/articleshow/110713130.cms |archive-date=27 July 2024}}</ref> defeating the [[BJP]]'s Jayveer Singh. Dimple won by securing 5,98,526 votes, while Jayveer Singh, managed 3,76,887 votes. The seat has been with the [[Samajwadi Party]] since 1996 and its journey of victories is marked by a series of electoral wins.<ref>{{cite web|title= Dimple Yadav continues Yadav family’s legacy, wins Mainpuri Lok Sabha elections 2024|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/dimple-yadav-vs-jaiveer-singh-mainpuri-elections-result-live-updates-9370076/|date=5 June 2024|work=[[Indian Express]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/elections/lok-sabha-election/ls-polls-dimple-yadav-wins-from-mainpuri-seat-by-margin-of-221-639-votes-124060401258_1.html|title=LS polls: Dimple Yadav wins from Mainpuri seat by margin of 221,639 votes|date=6 June 2024|work=[[Business Standard]]}}</ref>  


== Post held ==
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! SL !! From !! To !! Positions
! # !! From !! To !! Positions !! Party
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| 1. || 2012 || 2014 || [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] (1st term) in [[15th Lok Sabha]] from [[Kannauj Lok Sabha constituency|Kannauj]] (by-poll) || [[Samajwadi Party|SP]]
|-
| 2. || 2014 || 2019 || [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] (2nd term) in [[16th Lok Sabha]] from [[Kannauj Lok Sabha constituency|Kannauj]] || [[Samajwadi Party|SP]]
|-
 
| 3. || 2022 || 2024 || [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] (3rd term) in [[17th Lok Sabha]] from [[Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency|Mainpuri]] (by-poll) || [[Samajwadi Party|SP]]
|-
|-
| 1. || 2012 || 2014 || Elected to [[15th Lok Sabha]] (1st term) from [[Kannauj]]
 
| 4. || 2024 || Present || [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] (4th term) in [[18th Lok Sabha]] from [[Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency|Mainpuri]] || [[Samajwadi Party|SP]]
|-
|-
| 2. || 2014 || 2019 || Re - Elected to [[16th Lok Sabha]] (2nd term) from
 
[[Kannauj]]
|}
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Dimple Yadav
Yadav in 2024
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
5 December 2022
Preceded byMulayam Singh Yadav
ConstituencyMainpuri, Uttar Pradesh
In office
8 August 2012 – 23 May 2019
Preceded byAkhilesh Yadav
Succeeded bySubrat Pathak
ConstituencyKannauj, Uttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born
Dimple Rawat

(1978-01-15) 15 January 1978 (age 48)
Pune, Maharashtra, India[1]
Political partySamajwadi Party
Spouse(s)
(
m. 1999)
RelationsMulayam Yadav family
Children3
Residence
[1]
Alma materLucknow University
ProfessionPolitician

Dimple Yadav (née Rawat; born 15 January 1978; hi) is an Indian politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament from Mainpuri of Uttar Pradesh. She has earlier been a member of the Lok Sabha for two terms from Kannauj and currently serving a second term from Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency.[2][3]

Yadav is married to Samajwadi Party president and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Akhilesh Yadav,[4] and is as such 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[edit | edit source]

Dimple Yadav was born on 15 January 1978 in Pune, Maharashtra.[1][5] She is the second of three daughters of retired Indian Army Col. Ram Chandra Singh Rawat and Champa Rawat.[6] Her family is originally from Uttarakhand.[7] She was educated in Pune, Bathinda and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Her formal education took place in Army Public School, Nehru Road, Lucknow.[8] She graduated in commerce from Lucknow University.[9]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

Dimple Rawat met Akhilesh 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 like Amitabh Bachchan and Rajesh Khanna.[11] The couple have two daughters - Aditi Yadav and Tina Yadav and a son Arjun Yadav.[12][13][14]

Political career[edit | edit source]

Yadav unsuccessfully contested the by-election for the Lok Sabha constituency of Firozabad in 2009 against actor-turned-politician Raj Babbar.[15] The by-election was triggered by her husband, who had won two seats in the May 2009 General Elections, in both Firozabad and Kannauj, 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 the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.

Yadav became the 44th person in the country and only the fourth in Uttar Pradesh since the Independence 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 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 get 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.[9]

Yadav retained Kannauj Lok Sabha seat in 2014 Indian General Election by defeating the nearest rival by 19,907 votes.[20] In 2019 Indian General Election, she contested as a joint candidate of the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party, but lost to BJP's Subrat Pathak with a margin of more than 10,000 votes.[21]

After the death of her father-in-law Mulayam Singh Yadav, Dimple Yadav was fielded from the vacant Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency seat, which she won by defeating BJP's candidate with over 2.8 lakh 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 the BJP's Jayveer Singh. Dimple won by securing 5,98,526 votes, while Jayveer Singh, managed 3,76,887 votes. The seat has been with the Samajwadi 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) in 15th Lok Sabha from Kannauj (by-poll) SP
2. 2014 2019 MP (2nd term) in 16th Lok Sabha from Kannauj SP
3. 2022 2024 MP (3rd term) in 17th Lok Sabha from Mainpuri (by-poll) SP
4. 2024 Present MP (4th term) in 18th Lok Sabha from Mainpuri SP

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Members Bioprofile - Yadav, Smt. Dimple". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Lok Sabha Election 2024 Results LIVE: Dimple Yadav Wins From Mainpuri Lok Sabha Seat". NDTV. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  3. ↑ "Mainpuri Election Result 2024: Dimple Yadav retains SP bastion with nearly 2.2 lakh votes margin". CNBC TV18. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  4. ↑ "Politically Famous Better Halves: Sonia Gandhi, Poonam Sinha & Dimple Yadav". The Economic Times. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "The love-story of Akhilesh and Dimple Yadav: A drama made for the movies". Latest Indian news, Top Breaking headlines, Today Headlines, Top Stories at Free Press Journal. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  6. ↑ "Facts you didn't know about UP CM Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav". dailybhaskar. 12 August 2013. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  7. ↑ Chopra, Nora. "Mulayam crosses caste barriers". Sunday Guardian. Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "Facts you didn't know about UP CM Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav". Daily Bhaskar. 12 August 2013. Archived from the original on 18 August 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Lok Sabha 2014 Elections: Dimple Yadav, a horse-rider gallops into politics". DNA News. 29 March 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  10. ↑ "4 साल तक चली थी अखिलेश-डिंपल की डेटिंग, ऐसी फिल्मी है CM की लव स्टोरी". Dainik Bhaskar. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  11. ↑ Bhat, Vasudha (20 April 2014). "Jab they met: Akhilesh and Dimple Yadav". India TV News. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  12. ↑ Bhat, Vasudha (20 April 2014). "Jab they met: Akhilesh and Dimple Yadav". India TV News. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  13. ↑ "Samajwadi GenNext: Akhilesh-Dimple Yadav's children get active on social media". Daiji World.
  14. ↑ Singh, Digvijay. "अखिलेश-डिंपल का परिवार, बड़ी बेटी के 12वीं में 98% अंक, दो जुड़वां बच्चे Akhilesh Yadav Kids". Jansatta.
  15. ↑ Roy, Rustam (6 November 2009). "I am not fighting for family but for party's honour: Mulayam's bahu Dimple Yadav". Times of India. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
  16. ↑ "'Dhritrashtra Syndrome' dominates phase III in UP". Ashish Tripathi. The Times of India. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  17. ↑ Pradhan, Sharat (12 November 2009). "Analysis: Why Dimple Yadav came a cropper in UP bypoll". Rediff. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
  18. ↑ Sarin, Ritu; Ranjan, Amitav (14 December 2008). "Law Minister at the wheel in CBI's U-turn on Mulayam case". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  19. ↑ "Probe UP CM's money: SC to CBI". CNN-IBN. 1 March 2007. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
  20. ↑ Sinha, Anubhav (16 May 2014). "SP's Dimple Yadav retains Kannauj seat by registering a win over BJP's Subrat Pathak by a margin of 19907 votes". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  21. ↑ "Elections 2019: Dimple Yadav loses Samajwadi Party bastion Kannauj to BJP's Subrat Pathak". Scroll.in. Scroll. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  22. ↑ "Mainpuri Bypoll Result: Dimple Yadav records thumping victory with over 2.8 lakh votes". The Times of India. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  23. ↑ "Bullish Wins & Bearish Losses: Here are the key contests and results of 2024 Lok Sabha polls". Economic Times. 6 June 2024. Archived from the original on 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  24. ↑ "Dimple Yadav continues Yadav family's legacy, wins Mainpuri Lok Sabha elections 2024". Indian Express. 5 June 2024.
  25. ↑ "LS polls: Dimple Yadav wins from Mainpuri seat by margin of 221,639 votes". Business Standard. 6 June 2024.

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Akhilesh Yadav 		Member of Parliament
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2022–present 		Incumbent

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