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Ananda Prasad Dhungana
आनन्द प्रसाद ढुँगाना
Office Member of the Constituent Assembly / Legislature Parliament
Office Member of the House of Representatives










Constituency Proportional list
Born Template:Birth-date and age
Born Dhanushadham, Dhanusa, Nepal[1]



Nationality Nepalese


Political party Nepali Congress
Spouse Padhma Dhungana


Alma mater Tribhuvan University



Anand Prasad Dhungana (Nepali: आनन्द प्रसाद ढुँगाना) is a Nepali politician of Nepali Congress.[1] He served as Minister in at various point of time.[2] He is also central committee member of Nepali Congress.[3] He is also served as member of the 1st Constituent Assembly and 2nd Constituent Assembly from Nepali Congress party.[4]

Electoral history

Dhungana remained victoriou in 1990, 1994 and 1999 election. He gained win over two former deputy PMs Raghubir Mahasheth and Ishwor Pokhrel in 1990 and 1999 respectively. In 2017, he couldn't win as Deepak Karki of Nepali Congress joined FSF-N to give candidacy.

Party Candidate Votes
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | CPN (Maoist Centre) Matrika Prasad Yadav 26,418
Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Deepak Karki 17,296
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Nepali Congress Ananda Prasad Dhungana 15,679
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Independent Manoj Malla Thakuri 3,492
Others 1,812
Invalid votes 4,471
Result Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission

Election in the 1990s

Party Candidate Votes
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Nepali Congress Ananda Prasad Dhungana 15,026
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) Hem Bahadur Malla 13,736
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Anand Yadav 10,256
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Raghubir Mahaseth 9,974
Others 3,272
Invalid Votes 1,301
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Nepali Congress Ananda Prasad Dhungana 17,429
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bhola Prasad Shah 15,133
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Hem Bahadur Malla 12,937
Samyukta Jana Morcha Nepal Dinesh Bharati 1,008
Others 1,886
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[5]
Party Candidate Votes
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Nepali Congress Ananda Prasad Dhungana 20,877
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ishwar Pokhrel 14,311
Result Congress gain
Source: [1]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ananda Prasad Dhungana. vimarshnews/. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  2. 'Former PM Oli playing mischief in Nepal politics'. Business Standard India(2017-03-28). Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  3. Nepali Congress. nepalicongress.org. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  4. Ananda Prasad Dhungana. www.wikidata.org. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates(2008-01-24). Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  6. Election Results'99. nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.