Ghanashyam Bhusal

Ghanashyam Bhusal (Nepali: घनश्याम भूसाल) (born on 11 September 1961) in Pidikhola, Syangja district, is a Nepalese politician who is the Member of House of Representatives (Nepal) from Rupandehi 3 constituency of Lumbini province.^[2][3] Bhusal was the general secretary of CPN (Unified Socialist) till it merged with other political parties to form Nepali Communist Party.^[4]

Honourable Ghanashyam Bhusal
घनश्याम भूसाल
General Secretary of CPN (Unified Socialist)
In office 19 March 2023 – 4 November 2025
Preceded by	Beduram Bhusal
Succeeded by	position abolished
Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Development
In office 21 November 2019 – 20 December 2020
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	KP Oli
Preceded by	Chakrapani Khanal
Succeeded by	Mahendra Rai Yadav
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office 4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
Preceded by	Bal Krishna Khand
Constituency	Rupandehi 3
In office 1997 – May 1999
Preceded by	Dhanpati Upadhyaya
Succeeded by	Ram Krishna Tamrakar
Constituency	Rupandehi 2
Personal details
Born	(1961-09-11) 11 September 1961 (age 64)[1]
Nationality	Nepali
Political party	CPN (Unified Socialist) (2023-present)
Other political affiliations	CPN (ML) (1998–2002) CPN (UML) (2002–2022) Independent (2022-2023)

He is the former Minister at Ministry of Agricultural and Livestock Development (Nepal). Bhusal has also served as a minister of Office of the Prime minister and council of ministers under former minister Jhala Nath Khanal.^[5]

Early life and start of political career

Ghanashyam Bhusal was born as third child to Jhabisara Bhusal and Jagganath Bhusal on 11 September 1961, in Pidikhola, Syangja District. His family later shifted to Rupandehi district where he started his political life as a student leader. He was General-Secretary of All Nepal National Free Students Union ANNFSU, the student wing of the Nepal Communist Party.

Electoral history

2022 general election

Rupandehi 1

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Chhabilal Bishwakarma	CPN (UML)	24,882	27.58
	Ghanashyam Bhusal	Independent	21,318	23.63
	Naresh Bahadur Pachhai Chhetri	Rastriya Swatantra Party	14,145	15.68
	Dhaniram Chaudhary	Nagrik Unmukti Party	13,962	15.47
	Kailash Gurung	Janamat Party	5,169	5.73
	Tikaram Jaisi Chapagain	Independent	3,489	3.87
	Matrika Prasad Yadav	Independent	1,713	1.90
	Dal Bahadur Thapa	Rastriya Janamukti Party	1,397	1.55
	Bishal Baskota	Hamro Nepali Party	1,097	1.22
	Shiva Bahadur Gurung	Mongol National Organisation	1,072	1.19
	Others		1,983	2.20
Total			90,227	100.00
Majority			3,564
	CPN (UML) hold
Source: [6]

2017 legislative elections

Rupandehi 3
Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ghanshyam Bhusal	32,866
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Democratic)	Deepak Bohora	27,422
	Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal	Mahendra Yadav	12,536
	Rastriya Janamukti Party	Surya Kumar Saru Magar	2,409
	Unified Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Nationalist)	Kamal Prasad Sharma Upadhyaya	1,856
	Others		2,894
Invalid votes			4,063
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

1997 by election

Rupandehi 2
Party		Candidate
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ghanshyam Bhusal
	Others
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[7]