Gyanendra Bahadur Karki (Nepali:ज्ञानेन्द्र बहादुर कार्की) is a Nepali politician from Nepali Congress. He is the former Minister for Information and Communications of Nepal. He was Finance Minister under Deuba cabinet, 2017. He has been elected as a House of Representative from constituency 4 of the Sunsari district in 2017 Nepalese legislative election.The Himalayan Times
Political life Karki, who was born in Bhojpur in 1957 AD, entered party politics through the Nepal Students Union. Karki, became the president of the Nepal Student's Union in 2039 BS succeeding former Deputy PM and NC Vice-president Bimalendra Nidhi in the post. Karki was a confidant of Krishna Prasad Bhattarai. Karki has led various ministries in different governments which includes; Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs.
Electoral history Gyanendra Bahadur Karki won the 2017 Nepalese General Election from Sunsari-4. Previously, he lost thrice from Bhojpur-1 and that too with few hundred votes which can be seen below. In 2013 Constituent Assembly election, Karki didn't contest the election and was made MP from Proportional list of Nepali Congress.
Election in the 2010s
2017 legislative elections Sunsari-4PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressGyanendra Bahadur Karki32,347CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ramesh Shrestha25,750Rastriya Janata Party NepalRam Narayan Yadav5,020Nepali Janata DalSitaram Podar1,089CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Santosh Kumar Dahal1,037Others3,073Invalid votes7,062ResultCongress holdSource: Election Commission
Election in the 2000s
2008 Constituent Assembly election Bhojpur-1PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Maoist)Padam Bahadur Rai15,796Nepali CongressGyanendra Bahadur Karki13,582CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Jayant Rai7,515Others2,241Invalid votes2,537ResultMaoist gainSource: Election Commission
Election in the 1990s
1999 legislative elections Bhojpur-1PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ghanendra Basnet15,443Nepali CongressGyanendra Bahadur Karki14,605IndependentMukund Bahadur Basnet5,586CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Narendra Basnet4,048Janamukti Party NepalJagan Bahadur Rai1,615Others1,133Invalid Votes1,058ResultCPN (UML) holdSource: Election Commission
1994 legislative elections Bhojpur-1PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Hem Raj Rai15,974Nepali CongressGyanendra Bahadur Karki15,948Rastriya Prajatantra PartyBabu Ram Basnet3,496Others1,654ResultCPN (UML) holdSource: Election Commission
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