Ganesh Singh Thagunna

Honourable Ganesh Singh Thagunna
गणेश सिंह ठगुन्ना
Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration of Nepal
In office 25 December 2020 – 4 June 2021
President	Bidya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
Preceded by	Hridayesh Tripathi
Succeeded by	Ganesh Kumar Pahadi
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office 4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
Preceded by	Himself as (MCA)
Constituency	Darchula 1
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office 21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017
Preceded by	Laxman Dutta Joshi
Succeeded by	Himself as (MP)
Constituency	Darchula 1
Personal details
Born	(1968-12-07) 7 December 1968 (age 56) Darchula District
Nationality	Nepalese
Political party	CPN UML
Children	3
Residence(s)	Mahakali Municipality, Darchula District

Ganesh Singh Thagunna (born 7 December 1968)[1] is a Nepali politician and former Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration .He is a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal.[2] Previously, he was also elected to the 2nd constituent assembly in 2013.[1] He is a long time member of CPN UML.[1] He is from Darchula District,[1] where he won both the 2013[1] and 2017 elections from Darchula 1 (constituency).

Political career

Thagunna started his political career, joining CPN UML in 1990.[1] He served as Darchula district secretary for the party three times.[1] He also became a member of the Mahakali zone coordination committee of the party.[1] Following the formation of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) in 2018, he became the district incharge of Darchula for the party.[3]

In the local level elections of 1997, he was elected the chairperson of Darchula District Development Committee.^[citation needed]

In the 2013 elections to the 2nd constituent assembly, he was elected from Darchula constituency under the first-past-the-post system.[1]

In the 2017 parliamentary elections, he again won from Darchula constituency under the first-past-the-post system, defeating his nearest rival, Bikram Singh Dhami of Nepali Congress. He received 28,998 votes to Dhami's 22,233.[4] Following his election, he is also serving as the member of the State Direction Principle, Rules and Responsibility Committee[5] as well as the Women and Social Welfare Committee of parliament.[6][7] He is also a member of Constitution Implementation and Monitoring Committee, the joint parliamentary committee.[8]

Personal life

Thagunna was born to Kalawati Devi Thagunna and her husband Prem Singh, on 7 December 1968, in Khalanga-1 of Darchula district.[1] He has a graduate degree in Science.[1]

Electoral history

2017 House of Representatives Election [9]

Darchula 1 (constituency)

Party	Candidate	Votes	Status
CPN (UML)	Ganesh Singh Thagunna	28,998	Elected
Nepali Congress	Bikram Singh Dhami	22,233	Lost

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Darchula 1 (constituency)

Party	Candidate	Votes	Status
CPN (UML)	Ganesh Singh Thagunna	20,470	Elected
Nepali Congress	Dilendra Prasad Badu	19,236	Lost

2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election

Darchula 1 (constituency)

Party	Candidate	Votes	Status
CPN (Maoist)	Laxman Dutta Joshi	25,404	Elected
CPN UML	Ganesh Singh Thagunna	12,813	Lost

References

1. "Ganesh Singh Thagunna". election2013.ujyaaloonline.com. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
2. "Prime Minister Oli off to India for state visit". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
3. "NCP appoints 77 districts' incharge". The Himalayan Times. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
4. "The Rising Nepal: UML's Thagunna registers vitory in Darchula". therisingnepal.org.np. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
5. "State Direction Principle, Rules and Responsibility ... Committee Members". hr.parliament.gov.np. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
6. "Awareness programs stressed to end ill practices". Setopati. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
7. "Women And Social Committee". hr.parliament.gov.np. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
8. "Second joint parliamentary committee formed". The Himalayan Times. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
9. Election