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]

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 byConstituency created
Succeeded byUma Kanta Chaudhary
ConstituencyBara 1
Personal details
Born (1950-05-20) 20 May 1950 (age 74)[1]
NationalityNepali
Political partyCPN (Unified Socialist)
Other political
affiliations
CPN (UML) (1990-2021)

Personal life

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Neupane was born in the Koshi Zone, but moved to the Terai at the age of 17.

Political life

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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

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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

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  1. ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. ^ Nepalnews.com (newsflash) Arc594 Archived 2009-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2008-03-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Nepal Archived 2007-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates Archived 2008-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "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)
  7. ^ a b "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  8. ^ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.