Mukunda Neupane
Mukunda Neupane | |
|---|---|
| मुकुन्द न्यौपाने | |
| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for CPN (UML) party list | |
| Assumed office 4 March 2018 | |
| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
| In office May 1991 – May 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Uma Kanta Chaudhary |
| Constituency | Bara 1 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 May 1950[1] |
| Nationality | Nepali |
| Political party | CPN (Unified Socialist) |
| Other political affiliations | CPN (UML) (1990-2021) |
Mukunda Neupane (Nepali: मुकुन्द न्यौपाने) is a Nepalese trade unionist and politician. Presently, he is at number three in Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) after Madhav Kumar Nepal and Jhalanath Khanal.[2] Neupane is the president of the General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Neupane was born in the Koshi Zone, but moved to the Terai at the age of 17.
Political life
[edit]In 1971 he joined the militant peasants movement. In 1973 he took part in building an embryo of a trade union movement in Biratnagar. Mukunda became an underground politician activist, and stayed underground until 1990. In 1991 he was elected to parliament.[4]
Neupane won the Bara-1 seat in the 1994 legislative election with 17953 votes. In the 1999 legislative election he got 20646 votes, but was defeated by the Nepali Congress candidate Uma Kanta Chaudhary.[5]
Neupane was a candidate of CPN(UML) in the proportional representation list for the Constituent Assembly election.[6]
Electoral history
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepali Congress | Uma Kanta Chaudhary | 23,601 | |
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Mukunda Neupane | 20,646 | |
| Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Parmananda Prasad Yadav | 4,890 | |
| CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Chabi Lal Uprety | 2,363 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Raj Narayan Sah Teli | 2,136 | |
| Others | 553 | ||
| Invalid Votes | 1,340 | ||
| Result | Congress gain | ||
| Source: Election Commission[7][8] | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Mukunda Neupane | 17,953 | |
| Nepali Congress | Shobhakar Parajuli | 15,552 | |
| Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Parmanand Prasad Yadav | 5,546 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Nurual Hoda Ansari | 4,954 | |
| Others | 2,394 | ||
| Result | CPN (UML) hold | ||
| Source: Election Commission[7] | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Mukunda Neupane | 16,990 | |
| Nepali Congress | Janardan Phujadar | 14,747 | |
| Result | CPN (UML) gain | ||
| Source: [1] | |||
References
[edit]- ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
- ^ Nepalnews.com (newsflash) Arc594 Archived 2009-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Nepal Archived 2007-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates Archived 2008-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-04. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
- ^ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
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