| HonourableBirendra Kumar Kanodia | |
|---|---|
| बिरेन्द्र कुमार कनोडिया | |
| Province Assembly Member of Lumbini Province | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency Created |
| Constituency | Kapilvastu 3(B) |
| Assistant Minister for Water Resources | |
| In office 2001–2002 | |
| Monarch | Gyanendra of Nepal |
| Prime Minister | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| Member of House of Representatives | |
| In office 1999–2002 | |
| Constituency | Kapilvastu 3 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kapilvastu, Lumbini Province, Nepal |
| Political party | Nepali Congress |
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. In 2001 he was appointed as Assistant Minister for Water Resources in Sher Bahadur Deuba's expanded cabinet. 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) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
| Nepali Congress | Birendra Kumar Kanudiya | 6,679 | |
| CPN (Maoist Centre) | Javed Alam Khan | 6,307 | |
| Independent | Janaki Prasad Yadav | 5,157 | |
| Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal | Shailesh Pratap Shah | 3,317 | |
| Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | Ram Prakash Kurmi | 3,172 | |
| Bahujan Shakti Party | Gauri Shankar Harijan | 1,970 | |
| Others | 1,727 | ||
| Invalid votes | 2,637 | ||
| Result | Congress gain | ||
| Source: Election Commission | |||
1999 legislative elections
| Kapilvastu 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
| Nepali Congress | Birendra Kumar Kanudiya | 12,261 | |
| Independent | Surendra Raj Acharya | 8,759 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) | Hari Narayan Rajauriya | 7,927 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Akbal Ahmed Sah | 6,418 | |
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Bal Ram Adhikari | 5,663 | |
| Nepal Sadbhavana Party | Amrita Devi Agrahari | 2,891 | |
| Others | 1,342 | ||
| Invalid votes | 1,384 | ||
| Result | Congress hold | ||
| Source: Election Commission | |||
References
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- Election Commission of Nepal Archived October 12, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
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- "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
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