Bhanu Bhakta Joshi

Bhanu Bhakta Joshi (Nepali: भानुभक्त जोशी) is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the CPN (Unified Socialist). In the 2008 Constituent Assembly election he was elected from the Bajhang-1 constituency, winning 13955 votes and in 1994 Nepalese general election he was elected from Bajhang 1 (constituency) , winning 12,603 votes.[1] He also served as Minister for Forests and Soil Conservation in Jhalanath Khanal cabinet.

Bhanu Bhakta Joshi
Minister for Forests and Soil Conservation
In office
13 February 2011  29 August 2011
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Prime MinisterJhala Nath Khanal
Member of Constituent Assembly of Nepal
In office
2008–2013
ConstituencyBajhang 1 (constituency)
Member of House of Representatives
In office
1994–1999
ConstituencyBajhang-1
Personal details
Born (1969-07-25) July 25, 1969
Bajhang
Political partyCommunist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)
Other political
affiliations
Nepal Communist Party

Electoral history

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Bajhang-1

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bhanu Bhakta Joshi 13,955
CPN (Maoist) Dev Raj Regmi 12,148
Nepali Congress Arjun Jang Bahadur Singh 10,092
Others 2,248
Invalid votes 1,124
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[2]

1994 legislative elections

Bajhang-1

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bhanu Bhakta Joshi 12,603
Nepali Congress Arjun Jang Bahadur Singh 6,640
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Gagan Jang Bahadur Singh 2,906
Independent Satya Ram Bhandari 2,607
Independent Prem Bahadur Khati 729
Result CPN (UML) gain
[3]

References

  1. Election Commission of Nepal
  2. "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  3. "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.


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