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{{short description|Nepali politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ananda Prasad Dhungana <br/>आनन्द प्रसाद ढुँगाना
| birth_place = [[Dhanushadham]], [[Dhanusa District|Dhanusa]], [[Nepal]]<ref name="Ananda Prasad Dhungana">{{Cite web|title=Ananda Prasad Dhungana|url=http://vimarshnews.com/profile-details/50/Ananda%20Prasad%20Dhungana|access-date=2021-06-24|website=vimarshnews/|language=en}}</ref>
| father = Thakur Prasad Dhungana
| website =
| alma_mater = [[Tribhuvan University]]
| residence = Janakpur, Dhanusha, Province No. 2, Nepal
| spouse = Padhma Dhungana
| nationality = [[Nepalese people|Nepalese]]
| image =
| party = [[Nepali Congress]]
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|28 October 1950}}
| constituency1 = Proportional list
| successor1 =
| predecessor1 =
| term_end1 = 14 October 2017
| term_start1 = 28 May 2008
| office1 = Member of the [[1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly|Constituent Assembly]] / [[2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly|Legislature Parliament]]
| office2 = Member of the [[House of Representatives (Nepal)|House of Representatives]]
| successor2 = [[Bimalendra Nidhi]]
| predecessor2 = Constituency created
| constituency2 = [[Dhanusha 3 (constituency)|Dhanusha-3]]
| term_end2 = 2002
| term_start2 = 1990
| mother = Suwarnalata Devi Dhungana
}}

'''Anand Prasad Dhungana''' ([[Nepali language|Nepali]]: आनन्द प्रसाद ढुँगाना) is a Nepali politician of [[Nepali Congress]].<ref name="Ananda Prasad Dhungana">{{Cite web|title=Ananda Prasad Dhungana|url=http://vimarshnews.com/profile-details/50/Ananda%20Prasad%20Dhungana|access-date=2021-06-24|website=vimarshnews/|language=en}}</ref> He served as Minister in at various point of time.<ref>{{Cite news|last=IANS|date=2017-03-28|title='Former PM Oli playing mischief in Nepal politics'|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/former-pm-oli-playing-mischief-in-nepal-politics-117032800396_1.html|access-date=2021-06-24}}</ref> He is also central committee member of Nepali Congress.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nepali Congress|url=http://nepalicongress.org/|access-date=2021-06-24|website=nepalicongress.org}}</ref> He is also served as member of the [[1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly|1st Constituent Assembly]] and [[2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly|2nd Constituent Assembly]] from [[Nepali Congress]] party.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ananda Prasad Dhungana|url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44789558|access-date=2021-06-24|website=www.wikidata.org|language=en}}</ref>

== Electoral history ==
Dhungana remained victoriou in [[1999 Nepalese general election|1990]], [[1994 Nepalese general election|1994]] and [[1999 Nepalese general election|1999]] election. He gained win over two former [[Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal|deputy PMs]] [[Raghubir Mahaseth|Raghubir Mahasheth]] and [[Ishwar Pokhrel|Ishwor Pokhrel]] in 1990 and 1999 respectively. In 2017, he couldn't win as Deepak Karki of [[Nepali Congress]] joined [[Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal|FSF-N]] to give candidacy.

=== [[2017 Nepalese legislative election|2017 legislative elections]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" |
|[[CPN (Maoist Centre)]]
|[[Matrika Prasad Yadav]]
|26,418
|-
| style="background-color:#ffc0cb" |
|[[Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal]]
|Deepak Karki
|17,296
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|Ananda Prasad Dhungana
|15,679
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent}}" |
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|Manoj Malla Thakuri
|3,492
|-
|
| colspan="2" |Others
|1,812
|-
| colspan="3" |Invalid votes
|4,471
|-
! colspan="2" |Result
! colspan="2" |Maoist Centre gain
|-
| colspan="4" |Source: [https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral.aspx Election Commission]
|}

=== Election in the 1990s ===

==== [[1999 Nepalese legislative election|1999 legislative elections]] ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|Ananda Prasad Dhungana
|15,026
|-
| style="background-color:yellow" |
|[[Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)]]
|Hem Bahadur Malla
|13,736
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |
|[[CPN (UML)|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|Anand Yadav
|10,256
|-
| style="background-color:indianred" |
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) (1998)|CPN (Marxist–Leninist)]]
|[[Raghubir Mahaseth]]
|9,974
|-
|
| colspan="2" |Others
|3,272
|-
| colspan="3" |Invalid Votes
|1,301
|-
! colspan="2" |Result
! colspan="2" |Congress hold
|-
| colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission<ref name="archive">{{Cite web|date=2008-01-24|title=Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates|url=http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124110554/http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php|archive-date=2008-01-24|access-date=2020-11-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Election Results'99|url=https://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/ec/alldistconst.htm|access-date=2020-11-15|website=nepalresearch.org}}</ref>
|}

==== [[1994 Nepalese legislative election|1994 legislative elections]] ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|Ananda Prasad Dhungana
|17,429
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" |
|[[CPN (UML)|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|Bhola Prasad Shah
|15,133
|-
| style="background-color:gold" |
|[[Rastriya Prajatantra Party]]
|Hem Bahadur Malla
|12,937
|-
| style="background-color:firebrick" |
|[[Samyukta Jana Morcha|Samyukta Jana Morcha Nepal]]
|Dinesh Bharati
|1,008
|-
|
| colspan="2" |Others
|1,886
|-
! colspan="2" |Result
! colspan="2" |Congress hold
|-
| colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission<ref name="archive" />
|}

==== [[1991 Nepalese legislative election|1991 legislative elections]] ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|Ananda Prasad Dhungana
|20,877
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" |
|[[CPN (UML)|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|[[Ishwar Pokhrel]]
|14,311
|-
! colspan="2" |Result
! colspan="2" |Congress gain
|-
| colspan="4" |Source: [http://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/election_1991_constituency_results_english.pdf]
|}

== See also ==

* [[Bimalendra Nidhi]]
* [[Ram Krishna Yadav (Nepali Politician)|Ram Krishna Yadav]]
* [[Mahendra Yadav (Nepali Politician)|Mahendra Yadav]]

== References ==
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[[Category:People from Dhanusha District]]
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[[Category:Tribhuvan University alumni]]
[[Category:Nepal MPs 2017–]]
[[Category:Nepal MPs 1991–1994]]
[[Category:Nepal MPs 1994–1999]]
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[[Category:Government ministers of Nepal]]
[[Category:1950 births]]

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