Rakesh Pandey is a four-term MLA (Member of Legislative Assembly) of Punjab from Ludhiana North.
Pandey is a member of Indian National Congress.
He lost the seat in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election to Madan Lal Bagga of Aam Aadmi Party.
His father Joginder Pal Pandey was a politician.
Rakesh Pandey entered active politics in 1987 as President, District Youth Congress Committee, Ludhiana, Punjab.