Rajendra Prasad Pandey

Not to be confused with Rajendra Pandey (Indian politician).

Rajendra Prasad Pandey is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the CPN (Unified Socialist) currently serving as the Chief minister of Bagmati Province.^[2] He's also the deputy chairman of the CPN (Unified Socialist).

Honourable Rajendra Prasad Pandey
राजेन्द्र प्रसाद पाण्डे
3rd Chief Minister of Bagmati Province
In office 27 October 2021 – 23 December 2022
Governor	Yadav Chandra Sharma
Preceded by	Asta Laxmi Shakya
Deputy Chairman of CPN (Unified Socialist)
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 September 2021
Preceded by	Position created
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 2023
Preceded by	Bhumi Tripathi
Constituency	Dhading 1
Member of Bagmati Provincial Assembly
In office 1 February 2018 – 2022
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Madu Kumar Shrestha
Constituency	Dhading 1(A)
Member of 2nd Constituent Assembly
In office 21 January 2014 – 14 October 2018
President	Bidya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	Sher Bahadur Deuba
Constituency	Dhading 3
Personal details
Born	(1956-06-11) 11 June 1956 (age 69)[1] Gajuri, Dhading, Nepal
Nationality	Nepali
Political party	CPN (Unified Socialist)
Education	Masters in Rural Development

He became chief minister of the province with support of Nepali Congress, the ruling party of Nepal.^[3][4] In the 2017 Nepalese provincial election he was elected from the Dhading 1(A).^[5]

Electoral history

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

Dhading-1(A)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Rajendra Prasad Pandey	27,332
	Nepali Congress	Madu Kumar Shreshtha	13,647
	Others		891
Invalid votes			1,615
Result		CPN UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

See also

• CPN (Unified Socialist)