Birendra Kumar Kanodia is a Nepalese politician and member of the Lumbini Provincial Assembly. He was elected as parliamentary party leader. He is the current leader of the opposition of Lumbini Province.
Political career He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress.Election Commission of Nepal In 2001 he was appointed as Assistant Minister for Water Resources in Sher Bahadur Deuba's expanded cabinet.http://www.fesnepal.org/reports/2001/political_report01.htm FES Recently he was elected in a provincial election as a MLA from Kapilvastu constituency 3 sub-constituency 2.
Electoral history 2017 Nepalese provincial elections Kapilvastu 3 (B)PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressBirendra Kumar Kanudiya6,679CPN (Maoist Centre)Javed Alam Khan6,307IndependentJanaki Prasad Yadav5,157Federal Socialist Forum, NepalShailesh Pratap Shah3,317Rastriya Janata Party NepalRam Prakash Kurmi3,172Bahujan Shakti PartyGauri Shankar Harijan1,970Others1,727Invalid votes2,637ResultCongress gainSource: Election Commission
1999 legislative elections Kapilvastu 3PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressBirendra Kumar Kanudiya12,261IndependentSurendra Raj Acharya8,759Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)Hari Narayan Rajauriya7,927Rastriya Prajatantra PartyAkbal Ahmed Sah6,418CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Bal Ram Adhikari5,663Nepal Sadbhavana PartyAmrita Devi Agrahari2,891Others1,342Invalid votes1,384ResultCongress holdSource: Election Commission
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