Ananda Prasad Dhungana

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

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

Electoral history

Dhungana remained victorious in the 1990, 1994, and 1999 elections. He defeated two former deputy PMs, Raghubir Mahasheth and Ishwor Pokhrel in 1990 and 1999, respectively. In 2017, he was defeated as Deepak Karki of the Nepali Congress joined FSF-N and ran as a candidate.^{[citation needed]}

2017 legislative elections

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

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

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]

1994 legislative elections

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]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Ananda Prasad Dhungana	20,877
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ishwar Pokhrel	14,311
Result		Congress gain
Source:

See also

• Bimalendra Nidhi
• 2022 Janakpur municipal election
• Ram Krishna Yadav
• Mahendra Yadav