Dimple Yadav

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

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.

Political career Yadav unsuccessfully contested the by-election for the Lok Sabha constituency of Firozabad in 2009 against actor-turned-politician Raj Babbar. 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. 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. 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.

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.

In 2024, Dimple Yadav retained Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat which she won with a margin victory of 2,21,639 votes, 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. 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