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{{Short description|Nepalese politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Amod Prasad Upadhyay<br /><small>आमोद प्रसाद उपाध्याय</small>
| image = Amod Upadhyay.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1936|3|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Biratnagar]], [[Nepal]]
| residence = [[Biratnagar]], Nepal
| nationality = Nepalese
| office = Member of Nepali Congress Central Working Committee (CWC)
| term_start = Sep 21,2010
| term_end = Mar 2016
| office1 = Member of [[Constituent Assembly of Nepal]] from [[Morang]]-1
| term_start1 = May 27, 2008
| term_end1 = May 28, 2012
| successor1 = Rishikesh Pokharel
| office2 = Member of [[Interim legislature of Nepal]]
| term_start2 = January 15, 2007
| term_end2 = May 26, 2008
| office3 = Minister of Education and Sports
|primeminister3 = [[Girija Prasad Koirala]], [[Sher Bahadur Deuba]]
| term_start3 = March 22, 2000
| term_end3 = May 23, 2002
| office4 = Member of [[Pratinidhi Sabha]] from [[Morang]]-1
| term_start4 = May 1999
| term_end4 = May 23, 2002
| predecessor4 = [[Girija Prasad Koirala]]
| office5 = Member of [[National Assembly of Nepal|Rashtriya Sabha]]
| term_start5 = 1 June 1991
| term_end5 = 11 January 2005

| alma_mater = [[Banaras Hindu University]]
| spouse = Gunu Upadhyay

| profession = Social Worker
| party = [[Nepali Congress]]
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'''Amod Prasad Upadhyay''' ({{lang-ne|आमोद प्रसाद उपाध्याय}}; born March 29, 1936) is a Nepalese social worker and politician.<ref name="Constituent Assembly of Nepal, Member Details (Nepali)">[http://www.can.gov.np/file/Document/175/023_AamodPrsadUpadhyay0.pdf Constituent Assembly of Nepal, Member Details] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425122228/http://www.can.gov.np/file/Document/175/023_AamodPrsadUpadhyay0.pdf |date=April 25, 2012 }} (Nepali). Retrieved Sep 18, 2013</ref>

== Early life ==
Upadhyay was born in [[Biratnagar]] to Janak Prasad Upadhyay and Chandrakumari Upadhyay.<ref name="Constituent Assembly of Nepal, Member Details (Nepali)"/> He studied at Adarsha Vidyala in Biratnagar and completed his higher secondary education from [[Benaras]], India. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from [[Banaras Hindu University]].

== Political career ==
Upadhyay joined politics in 1956 as a [[Nepali Congress]] activist. An active member of the outlawed political opposition from 1960 to 1990, he was arrested and imprisoned several times by the [[Panchayat (Nepal)|Panchayat]] regime for his pro-democracy activities. He spent a total of 16 months under arrest.<ref name="Constituent Assembly of Nepal, Member Details (Nepali)"/>

He participated in the [[1990 People's Movement]] and served in the [[National Assembly (Nepal)|Rashtriya Sabha]] from 1991 to 1995 as a nominated member. He contested and won the 1999 by-elections for the [[Pratinidhi Sabha]] from the [[Morang]]-1 seat vacated by [[Girija Prasad Koirala]]. Upadhyay was Nepal's Minister for Education and Sports from March 2000 to May 2002 in the cabinets of [[Girija Prasad Koirala]] and [[Sher Bahadur Deuba]].<ref>[http://www.nepalhomepage.com/politics/cabinet/250701.html Members of the Council of Ministers (July 25, 2001)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326081024/http://www.nepalhomepage.com/politics/cabinet/250701.html |date=March 26, 2012 }}. Retrieved Sep 18, 2013</ref>

Upadhyay protested the royal takeover of Feb 1, 2005 and was held in detention for several weeks by the government of [[King Gyanendra]] citing the Public Security Act (PSA).<ref>Asian Human Rights Commission, [http://www.humanrights.asia/news/urgent-appeals/UP-16-2005 List of arrested political leaders and human rights defenders]. February 18, 2005.</ref> Following the [[2006 democracy movement in Nepal|2006 democracy movement]] and the reinstatement of the [[Pratinidhi Sabha]], he served as the Chief Whip of the Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party in the reinstated house and the [[Interim legislature of Nepal|interim-parliament]]. In May 2008, he was elected to the [[Constituent Assembly of Nepal]] from [[Morang]]-1 and was a member of the Judicial System and Security Special committees.<ref>[http://www.can.gov.np/en/ca_members/view/23 Constituent Assembly of Nepal, Member Details] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425122238/http://www.can.gov.np/en/ca_members/view/23 |date=April 25, 2012 }}. Retrieved Sep 18, 2013</ref>

The [[12th General Convention of the Nepali Congress|party's general convention]] in 2010 elected Upadhyay to the party's Central Working Committee (CWC) from [[Koshi Zone]].<ref>[http://archives.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=23739] ''My Republica'', NC Elects Inclusive CWC. Sep 27, 2010</ref> He was picked by the CWC to head the Disciplinary Committee of the party on August 15, 2012.<ref>''The Kathmandu Post'', [http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2012/08/16/top-story/nc-for-judicial-review-of-khadka-verdict/238458.html NC for judicial review of Khadka verdict], Aug 16, 2012. Retrieved Dec 12, 2013. "Thursday's CWC meeting also picked heads of three departments of the party. Leaders Amod Prasad Upadhyay, Yadunath Khanal and Ramkrisna Ghimire were picked as chiefs of the party’s Disciplinary Committee, Election Committee and Accounts Committee respectively. Chiefs of other departments were already picked by President Sushil Koirala about two weeks ago."</ref>

Upadhyay was the [[Nepali Congress]] candidate for the [[2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election|2013 constituent assembly elections]] from the [[Morang]]-1 constituency <ref name="NC picks FPTP candidates for 235 constituencies">''My Republica'', [http://myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=62453 NC picks FPTP candidates for 235 constituencies] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007010522/http://myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=62453 |date=October 7, 2013 }}, Oct 1, 2013. Retrieved Oct 10, 2013</ref> losing to Rishikesh Pokhrel of the [[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)|Communist Party of Nepal (UML)]].

==Electoral history==
'''1999 Pratinidhi Sabha Elections Morang-1''' <ref>[http://www.election.gov.np/EN/toptwo.html Election Commission of Nepal, Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305180248/http://www.election.gov.np/EN/toptwo.html |date=March 5, 2008 }}, Retrieved Sep 18, 2013</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Party !! Candidate !! Votes !! Status
|-
| [[Nepali Congress]] || Amod Prasad Upadhyay || 26,501 || Elected
|-
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)|Communist Party of Nepal (UML)]] || Ram Kumar Rai || 12,601 ||
|}

'''2008 Constituent Assembly Election Morang-1''' <ref>[http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php?selectedMenu=Valid%20Invalid%20FPTP(English)&rand=1383407792 Election Commission of Nepal, Constituency-wise Total Voters, Casted Vote, Valid Vote, Invalid Vote and its Percentage in FPTP Election System]. Retrieved Nov 02, 2013.</ref>
<ref>[http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php?selectedMenu=Results%20in%20District(MAP)&rand=1383407459 Election Commission of Nepal, Results in District(Map).(Nepali)]. (Requires Nepali PCS Font). Retrieved Nov 02, 2013.</ref>

Upadhyay was the only Nepali Congress candidate elected from the nine seats contested by the party in Morang district in this election.<ref>[http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php?selectedMenu=Constituency%20Wise%20Top%203%20Candidate%28English%29&rand=1315247220 Election Commission of Nepal, District Wise Top 3 Candidates], Retrieved Sep 18, 2013. Shekhar Koirala was subsequently elected in the by-election for the Morang-7 seat vacated by Bijaya Kumar Gachhedar</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Party !! Candidate !! Votes !!%!! Status
|-
| [[Nepali Congress]] || Amod Prasad Upadhyay ||11,105 || 24.30 || Elected
|-
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)|Communist Party of Nepal (UML)]] || Ganga Devi Dangi || 8,799 || 19.26||
|-
| [[Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal|M.P.R.F - Nepal]] || Tulu Ram Rajbansi || 7,710 || 16.87||
|-
| [[Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)|CPN (Maoist)]]||Shanta Maya Rai ||6,945||15.20||
|-
|[[Nepal Sadbhawana Party]]|| Abdul Rahim Miya||6,165||13.49||
|-
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) (2002)|CPN (ML)]]||Tusli Prasad Siwakoti||1,422||3.11||
|-
|[[Rastriya Prajatantra Party]]||Ratna Rai||1,036||2.27||
|-
|||Others||2,515||5.50||
|-
|||'''Total'''||'''45,697'''||'''100'''||
|}
''Total Voters:'' 73,187 ''Votes Cast:'' 49,172 (67.19%) ''Valid Votes:'' 45,697

'''2013 Constituent Assembly Election Morang-1''' <ref>[http://www.ekantipur.com/page/constituent-assembly-election-2070/16/] Ekantipur,Constituent Assembly Election,2070. Retrieved Nov, 23, 2013</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Party !! Candidate !! Votes !! %!!Status
|-
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)|Communist Party of Nepal (UML)]] || Rishikesh Pokharel || 14,000||34.17|| Elected
|-
| [[Nepali Congress]] || Amod Prasad Upadhyay || 10,940 ||26.70||
|-
| [[Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)|UCPN (Maoist)]]||Ganesh Uprety ||6,501||15.87||
|-
|[[Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal|M.P.R.F - Nepal]] || Binod Kumar Singh Gangain || 3,359 ||8.19||
|-
| M.P.R.F - Loktantrik ||Mohammad Mahtab Alam|| 2,048 ||5.00||
|-
|[[Nepal Sadbhawana Party]]|| Abdul Rahim Miya||1,295||3.16||
|-
|||Others||2,832||6.91||
|-
|||'''Total'''||'''40,975'''||'''100'''||
|}
''Total Voters:'' 54,722 ''Votes Cast:''44,191 (80.76%) ''Valid Votes:'' 40,975

==References==
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