Kedar Sigdel | |
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केदार सिग्देल | |
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
In office 4 March 2018 –18 September 2022 | |
Preceded by | Ram Chandra Paudel |
Succeeded by | Shankar Bhandari |
Constituency | Tanahun 2 |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] | 5 September 1963
Nationality | Nepali |
Political party | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
Kedar Sigdel is a Nepali politician and former member of the House of Representatives. [2] [3]
He was elected under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system from Tanahun–2 in the 2017 general election. [4] He defeated his nearest rival Shankar Bhandari of Nepali Congress by acquiring 32,924 votes to Bhandari's 29,645. [4] This was the first time he was elected to parliament. [5]
Sigdel did not contest the seat in the 2022 general election,instead opting to run for the provincial assembly from Tanahun 2 (B),but he was defeated by Congress' Jeet Prakash Ale Magar by a margin of 640 votes. [6]
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