Birendra Kumar Kanodia is a Nepalese politician and member of the Lumbini Provincial Assembly.[1] He was elected as parliamentary party leader. He is the current leader of the opposition of Lumbini Province.[2]
Birendra Kumar Kanodia | |
|---|---|
| बिरेन्द्र कुमार कनोडिया | |
| Province Assembly Member of Lumbini Province | |
| Assumed office 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency Created |
| Constituency | Kapilvastu 3(B) |
| Assistant Minister for Water Resources | |
| In office 2001–2002 | |
| Monarch | Gyanendra of Nepal |
| Prime Minister | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| Member of House of Representatives | |
| In office 1999–2002 | |
| Constituency | Kapilvastu 3 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kapilvastu, Lumbini Province, Nepal |
| Political party | Nepali Congress |
Political career edit
He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress.[3] In 2001 he was appointed as Assistant Minister for Water Resources in Sher Bahadur Deuba's expanded cabinet.[4] Recently he was elected in a provincial election as a MLA from Kapilvastu constituency 3 sub-constituency 2.[2]
Electoral history edit
2017 Nepalese provincial elections edit
| Kapilvastu 3 (B) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
| Nepali Congress | Birendra Kumar Kanudiya | 6,679 | |
| CPN (Maoist Centre) | Javed Alam Khan | 6,307 | |
| Independent | Janaki Prasad Yadav | 5,157 | |
| Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal | Shailesh Pratap Shah | 3,317 | |
| Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | Ram Prakash Kurmi | 3,172 | |
| Bahujan Shakti Party | Gauri Shankar Harijan | 1,970 | |
| Others | 1,727 | ||
| Invalid votes | 2,637 | ||
| Result | Congress gain | ||
| Source: Election Commission | |||
1999 legislative elections edit
| Kapilvastu 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
| Nepali Congress | Birendra Kumar Kanudiya | 12,261 | |
| Independent | Surendra Raj Acharya | 8,759 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) | Hari Narayan Rajauriya | 7,927 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Akbal Ahmed Sah | 6,418 | |
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Bal Ram Adhikari | 5,663 | |
| Nepal Sadbhavana Party | Amrita Devi Agrahari | 2,891 | |
| Others | 1,342 | ||
| Invalid votes | 1,384 | ||
| Result | Congress hold | ||
| Source: Election Commission[5][6] | |||
References edit
- ^ "Nepali Congress". nepalicongress.org. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
- ^ a b "प्रदेश सभा - लुम्बिनी प्रदेश". pradeshsabha.p5.gov.np. Archived from the original on 2021-06-05. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
- ^ Election Commission of Nepal Archived October 12, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ http://www.fesnepal.org/reports/2001/political_report01.htm Archived 2007-07-05 at the Wayback Machine FES
- ^ "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
- ^ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.