Ananda Prasad Dhungana

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Ananda Prasad Dhungana आनन्द प्रसाद ढुँगाना

Member of the Constituent Assembly / Legislature Parliament
In office 28 May 2008 – 14 October 2017
Constituency	Proportional list
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 1990–2002
Preceded by	Constituency created
Succeeded by	Bimalendra Nidhi
Constituency	Dhanusha-3

Personal details
Born	28 October 1950 (1950-10-28) (age 74) Dhanushadham, Dhanusa, Nepal^[1]
Political party	Nepali Congress
Spouse	Padhma Dhungana
Parents	Thakur Prasad Dhungana (father) Suwarnalata Devi Dhungana (mother)
Residence(s)	Janakpur, Dhanusha, Province No. 2, Nepal
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 victorious 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
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Matrika Prasad Yadav	26,418
	Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal	Deepak Karki	17,296
	Nepali Congress	Ananda Prasad Dhungana	15,679
	Independent	Manoj Malla Thakuri	3,492
	Others		1,812
Invalid votes			4,471
Result		Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Ananda Prasad Dhungana	15,026
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)	Hem Bahadur Malla	13,736
	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
	Nepali Congress	Ananda Prasad Dhungana	17,429
	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
	Nepali Congress	Ananda Prasad Dhungana	20,877
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ishwar Pokhrel	14,311
Result		Congress gain
Source: [1]

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^ IANS (28 March 2017). "'Former PM Oli playing mischief in Nepal politics'". Business Standard India. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
^ "Nepali Congress". nepalicongress.org. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
^ "Ananda Prasad Dhungana". www.wikidata.org. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 24 January 2008. Archived from the original on 24 January 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
^ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 15 November 2020.

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