Polden Chopang Gurung

Polden Chhopang Gurung
पोल्देन छोपाङ गुरुङ
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office
4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
Preceded byTek Bahadur Gurung
ConstituencyManang 1
Personal details
Born (1959-10-16) 16 October 1959 (age 65)[1]
NationalityNepali
Political partyCPN (UML)

Polden Chhopang Gurung is a Nepali politician, and a member of the House of Representatives of the Federal Parliament of Nepal. He was elected from Manang constituency as a candidate for the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) (CPN UML), defeating his closest rival, Tek Bahadur Gurung of Nepali Congress, by 2,300 votes to 2,021. He is an apple farmer by profession.[2] CPN UML's district chairperson for Manang, Gurung became the party's candidate after Dipak Manange, whom the party was supporting, withdrew his candidacy. Gurung won in the constituency with a previously very weak presence of CPN UML; the party's candidate had received 70 votes in the previous election.[3]

References

  1. ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. ^ "UML candidate elected federal parliament member from Manang". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  3. ^ Pokharel, Santosh. "UML wins Nepali Congress's stronghold". My Republica. Retrieved 12 July 2020.


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