Damodar Bhandari

Nepali politician

Honourable

Damodar Bhandari

दामोदर भण्डारी
Minister of  Industry, Commerce and Supplies
In office
26 December 2022 – 27 February 2023
President| Bidya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister| Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded by| Dilendra Prasad Badu
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha

Incumbent

Assumed office
4 March 2018
Constituency| Baitadi 1
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office
21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017
Preceded by| Narendra Bahadur Kunwor
Constituency| Baitadi 1
Personal details
Born|  (1973-11-05) November 5, 1973 (age 49)[1]
Patan, Baitadi
Nationality| Nepali
Political party| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Parents|

* Uday Singh
* Kamala Bhandari

Damodar Bhandari (Nepali: दामोदर भण्डारी) is a nepalese politician and current Member of the House of Representatives. He is Chairman of CPN (UML) Sudurpashchim Province Committee. He was also member of 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly. He won Baitadi-1 seat in CA assembly, 2013 and House of Representatives from Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist).[2][3][4] He was also Minister of State for Finance, 2016.

## Electorate History[edit]

He has been elected to the Member of House of Representatives and 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly from Baitadi 1. He lost the 2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election.

2017 legislative elections

Party  | Candidate  | Votes

|
|

| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Damodar Bhandari  | 39,524
| Nepali Congress | Nar Bahadur Chand  | 28,291
| Others  | 1,277
Result  | CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission

2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes

|
|

| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Damodar Bhandari  | 11,672
| Nepali Congress | Lok Raj Awasthi  | 10,680
| UCPN (Maoist) | Narendra Bahadur Kunwar | 9,306
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Lokendra Bahadur Chand | 4,975
| Others  | 1,816
Result  | CPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews[5]

2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes

|
|

| CPN (Maoist) | Narendra Bahadur Kunwar | 27,130
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Damodar Bhandari  | 9,059
| Nepali Congress | Narendra Bahadur Bam | 5,130
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Ganesh Singh Bista  | 2,759
| Others  |  | 1,027
Invalid votes  | 2,739
Result  | Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[6]

## References[edit]

1. ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
2. ^ "MyRepublica :: Election Special". MyRepublica.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
3. ^ "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens :: Elected Members". Nepalnews.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
4. ^ "Election Candidate - Damodar Bhandari". Ujyaaloonline.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
5. ^ "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
6. ^ "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

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