| Surendra Prasad Yadav | |
| Birth Date: | 2 January 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Gaya, Bihar, India |
| Residence: | Gaya, Bihar, India |
| Office: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
| Constituency: | Jahanabad, Bihar |
| Term Start: | June 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Chandeshwar Prasad |
| Term Start1: | 1998 |
| Term End1: | 1999 |
| Predecessor1: | Ramashray Prasad Singh |
| Successor1: | Arun Kumar |
| Office2: | Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly |
| Constituency2: | Belaganj |
| Term2: | 1990-1998, 2000-2024 |
| Predecessor2: | Abhiram Sharma |
| Office3: | GRDA Chairman |
| Term Start3: | 1991 |
| Term End3: | 1997 |
| Office4: | Industrial Minister of Bihar & Jharkhand |
| Term Start4: | 1997 |
| Term End4: | 1998 |
| Office5: | Excise Minister of Bihar |
| Term Start5: | 2000 |
| Term End5: | 2003 Cabinet Minister in Rabri Devi government |
| Party: | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| Otherparty: | Janata Dal |
| Source: | http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3955.htm |
| Alma Mater: | Magadh University |
Surendra Prasad Yadav (born 2 January 1959) is an Indian politician from the Rashtriya Janata Dal, and a Member of Parliament representing Jahanabad(Lok Sabha constituency) in Bihar, India and former Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. He also served as a member of 12th Lok Sabha of India from Jahanabad(Lok Sabha constituency). He was consecutively elected Eight times since 1990 to 2020 the Bihar Legislative Assembly. [1]
He served Co-operative Minister of Bihar Government, Minister of Excise, Minister of Industry and a very close to Indian Politician Lalu Prasad Yadav.[2] [3] [4] [5] According to his election filings he has 9 criminal cases against him.[6]
In 2024 Indian General Election, He won the MP seat of Jahanabad against the JDU leader Chandeshwar Prasad with the margin of 142591 votes.[7]
Surendra Prasad Yadav was born to a family of farmers in Gaya, Bihar. Yadav had his early education in Gaya and has attended Magadh University.
Surendra Prasad Yadav came in contact with Lalu Prasad Yadav in 1981 when Lalu Prasad Yadav was a member of Lok Dal Party. In 1985, Surendra Prasad Yadav has been given a ticket from Lok Dal Party to contest General Election from Jehanabad parliamentary Constituency but he lost it. Later in 1990, he was given a ticket for Bihar Legislative Assembly election from Belaganj Constituency and he won.