Awadhesh Kumar Rai (born c. 1952 [1] ) is an Indian politician, affiliated to the Communist Party of India. Rai represented the Bachwara constituency in the Bihar Legislative Assembly 1990-2000. [2] [3] In the 2000 election, he lost the seat to Uttam Kumar Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal by a narrow margin of 464 votes. [4]
Rai finished in second place in the Bachwara seat in the two legislative elections of 2005. [1] [5] He regained the Bachwara seat in the 2010 election, [6] being supported by the United Left Bloc alliance. [7] He was the sole CPI legislator in Bihar during this tenure. [8] राय 2020 के बिहार विधानसभा चुनाव में 484 मतों के मामूली अंतर से हार गए।