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{{short description|Nepali politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mahantha Thakur
| native_name = {{nobold|महन्थ ठाकुर}}
| image = Mahantha Thakur during a press conference.jpg
| caption = Thakur in 2021
| office = President of [[Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal|Loktantrik Samajwadi Party]]
| president =
| term_start = 2021
| term_end =
| predecessor = position created
| successor =
| office1 = Deputy Speaker of [[House of Representatives (Nepal)|House of Representatives]]
| term_start1 = 1991
| term_end1 = 1994
| predecessor1 = [[Mahendra Narayan Nidhi]]
| successor1 =
| office2 = President of the [[Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party (2007)|Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kathmandupost.com/politics/2021/08/13/after-losing-party-chair-mahantha-thakur-is-in-dilemma|title = After losing party chair, Mahantha Thakur is in dilemma}}</ref>
| term_start2 = 2006
| term_end2 = 2017
| predecessor2 = position created
| successor2 = position abolished
| office3 = [[Pratinidhi Sabha|Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha]]
| term_start3 = 4 March 2018
| predecessor3 = Ram Dayal Mandal
| constituency3 = [[Mahottari 3 (constituency)|Mahottari 3]]
| term_start4 = May 1991
| term_end4 = May 2001
| constituency4 = Sarlahi 5
| predecessor4 = ''Constituency created''
| successor4 = Khomari Raya
| office5 = {{nowrap|[[Nominated]] [[1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly|Member of Constituent Assembly]] for}}<br/>[[Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party (2007)|Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party]]
| term_start5 = 28 May 2008
| term_end5 = 28 May 2012
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1941|2|22}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://hr.parliament.gov.np/uploads/attachments/z3qljvte6vwen2cy.pdf |title=संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका |publisher=Federal Parliament Secretariat |year=2021 |location=Nepal |pages=270 |language=ne |trans-title=Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet}}</ref>
| birth_place = Godaita, [[Sarlahi District|Sarlahi]], [[Kingdom of Nepal|Nepal]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [[Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal|Loktantrik Samajbadi Party]] {{small|(2021-present)}}
| otherparty = [[Nepali Congress]] {{small|(before 2006)}}<br />[[Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party (2007)|Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party]] {{small|(2006-2017)}}<br />[[Rastriya Janata Party Nepal|Rastriya Janata Party]] {{small|(2017-2020)}}<br />[[People's Socialist Party, Nepal (2020)|People's Socialist Party]] {{small|(2020-2021)}}
| alma_mater = [[Tribhuvan University]]
| education = Bachelor in Law
| website =
| children = 1 son and daughter
}}
'''Mahantha Thakur''' ({{langx|ne|महन्थ ठाकुर}}; born 22 February 1941), is a [[Nepalese people|Nepalese politician]] and president of [[Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal|Loktantrik Samajbadi Party Nepal]], as well as the former treasurer of [[Nepali Congress]] Party.<ref>{{Cite web|title=After losing party chair, Mahantha Thakur is in dilemma|url=https://kathmandupost.com/politics/2021/08/13/after-losing-party-chair-mahantha-thakur-is-in-dilemma|access-date=2021-08-13|website=kathmandupost.com|language=English}}</ref> He has served as minister in various ministries, including Ministry of Science and Technology while in [[Nepali Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2007-12-29|title=eKantipur.com - Nepal's No.1 News Portal|url=http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=132616|access-date=2021-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071229120342/http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=132616|archive-date=29 December 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=2002-00-00 - report - FES {{!}} २०५८-००-०० - प्रतिवेदन - एफईएस|url=https://nepalconflictreport.ohchr.org/html/reports/2002-00-00_report_fes_eng.html|access-date=2021-08-13|website=nepalconflictreport.ohchr.org}}</ref>

== Political career ==
Mahanta Thakur, who was born in Ekarahiya in Pipara village municipality of Mahottari, has left the Nepali Congress and entered the politics of Madhes as the president of TMLOP. Thakur's political background is Congress. His journey to the Congress began in 2016 BS with student politics. Leaving the Congress treasurer and science and technology minister, he entered the politics of Madhesh in 2064 BS.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=ठाकुर जस्को आफ्नो घर छैन, श्रीमती र छोराको मृत्यु|url=https://www.etajakhabar.com/382504/|access-date=2021-08-13|website=Etajakhabar|language=en|archive-date=13 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813185756/https://www.etajakhabar.com/382504/|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=August 2021}}

In the year 2026 BS, Thakur became the president of the Students' Union affiliated to the Nepali Congress. He is also a founding central member of the Nepal Students Association. He was arrested during his student days while protesting against King Mahendra's coup d'état.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=रातोपाटी|title=महन्थ ठाकुर : राजनीतिका एक सन्यासी !|url=https://ratopati.com/story/176005/2021/4/16/mahantha-thakur-|access-date=2021-08-13|website=RatoPati|language=Nepali}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=August 2021}}

[[File:The Agriculture and Cooperative Minister of Nepal, Shri Mahanta Thakur calls on the Union Minister for Steel, Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Ram Vilas Paswan, in New Delhi on June 8, 2006.jpg|thumb|Thakur in India Visit as Agriculture Minister of [[Nepal]]]]
Mahanta's political journey started from Janakpur. Although his birthplace was Mahottari, his field of work was Sarlahi. He used to work as a lawyer in Sarlahi. As well as advocacy, so was political activism.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=राजनीतिक जीवनको उत्तरार्धतिर पार्टीविहीन महन्थ|url=https://www.onlinekhabar.com/2021/07/989787|access-date=2021-08-13|website=Online Khabar|language=en-US}}</ref>

[[File:The Agriculture and Fertilizers Minister of Nepal, Shri Mahanta Thakur calls on the Union Minister for Steel, Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Ram Vilas Paswan, in New Delhi on October 11, 2006.jpg|thumb|Thakur with Indian Union Minister [[Ram Vilas Paswan]]]]
He was elected from Sarlahi twice and was made Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives in 1991.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

== Personal life ==
Thakur does not own land or a home. In [[Kathmandu]], he lives with his daughter.<ref name=":1" />{{Better source needed|date=August 2021}}

While staying in Sarlahi, Thakur's wife was injured when a stove exploded while she was cooking around 2045 BS. She died during the treatment. He was staying with his wife in a rental house in Sarlahi.<ref name=":1" />{{Better source needed|date=August 2021}}

Thakur had two children and his son died in an accident. At that time, he was a medical student in BPKIHS, Dharan. His daughter is the daughter in law of former minister and governor [[Uma Kant Jha|Umakanta Jha]].<ref name=":0" />{{Better source needed|date=August 2021}}

== Electoral history ==
=== [[2017 Nepalese legislative election|2017 legislative elections]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |[[Mahottari 3 (constituency)|Mahottari-3]]
|-
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
|-
| style="background-color:#ffb300" |
|[[Rastriya Janata Party Nepal]]
|Mahantha Thakur
|26,845
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |
|[[CPN (UML)|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|Bijay Kumar Chaudhary
|8,676
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent}}" |
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|[[Chandeshwor Jha|Chandeshwar Jha]]
|4,020
|-
| style="background-color:darkblue" |
|[[Bahujan Shakti Party, Nepal|Bahujan Shakti Party]]
|Jogendra Mahato
|1,884
|-
| style="background-color:#CD5C5C" |
|[[Nepal Federal Socialist Party]]
|Yusuf Safi
|1,241
|-
|
| colspan="2" |Others
|2,196
|-
| colspan="3" |Invalid votes
|4,089
|-
! colspan="2" |Result
! colspan="2" |RJPN gain
|-
| colspan="4" |Source: [https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral.aspx Election Commission]
|}

=== [[1999 Nepalese general election|1999 Nepalese General Election]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |Sarlahi-5
|-
! width="33%" |Candidate
! width="41%" |Party
! width="13%" |Votes
! width="13%" |Remarks
|-
| width="33%" |Mahantha Thakur
| width="41%" |[[Nepali Congress]]
|11765
|Elected
|-
| width="33%" |Ram Narayan Singh
| width="41%" |[[Rashtriya Prajatantra Party]]
|10860
|
|}

=== [[1994 Nepalese general election|1994 Nepalese General Election]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |Sarlahi-5
|-
! width="33%" |Candidate
! width="41%" |Party
! width="13%" |Votes
! width="13%" |Remarks
|-
| width="33%" |Mahantha Thakur
| width="41%" |[[Nepali Congress]]
|13615
|Elected
|-
| width="33%" |[[Nanda Lal Ray Yadav]]
|[[Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal]]
|9380
| 
|}

=== [[1991 Nepalese general election|1991 Nepalese General Election]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |Sarlahi-5
|-
!Candidate
!Party
!Votes
!Status
|-
|Mahantha Thakur
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|–
|Elected
|}

== See also ==

* [[Hridayesh Tripathi]]
* [[Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party (2007)|Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party]]
* [[Nepali Congress]]
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==References==
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[[Category:1941 births]]
[[Category:Nepali Congress politicians from Madhesh Province]]
[[Category:People from Mahottari District]]
[[Category:Nepal MPs 2017–2022]]
[[Category:Nepal MPs 1991–1994]]
[[Category:Nepal MPs 1994–1999]]
[[Category:Nepal MPs 1999–2002]]
[[Category:Nepalese political party founders]]
[[Category:Members of the Rastriya Sabha]]
[[Category:Rastriya Sabha members from Madhesh Province]]

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[[Category:Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly]]
[[Category:Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party politicians]]
[[Category:Rastriya Janata Party Nepal politicians]]
[[Category:Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal politicians]]
[[Category:Nepal MPs 2022–2025]]
[[Category:Ramswarup Ramsagar Multiple Campus alumni]]

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