Awadhesh Kumar Rai (Hindi: अवधेश कुमार राय, 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.