Mukunda Neupane () is a Nepalese trade unionist and politician. Neupane is the president of the General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions.
Personal life Neupane was born on 20 May 1950.
Political life In 1971 he joined the militant peasants movement. In 1973 he took part in building an embryo of a trade union movement in Biratnagar. Mukunda became an underground politician activist, and stayed underground until 1990. In 1991, he was elected to parliament.
Neupane won the Bara-1 seat in the 1994 legislative election with 17953 votes. In the 1999 legislative election he received 20,646 votes, but was defeated by the Nepali Congress candidate Uma Kanta Chaudhary.
Neupane was a candidate of CPN(UML) in the proportional representation list for the Constituent Assembly election.
Electoral history 1999 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressUma Kanta Chaudhary23,601CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Mukunda Neupane20,646Nepal Sadbhawana PartyParmananda Prasad Yadav4,890CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Chabi Lal Uprety2,363Rastriya Prajatantra PartyRaj Narayan Sah Teli2,136Others553Invalid Votes1,340ResultCongress gainSource: Election Commission
1994 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Mukunda Neupane17,953Nepali CongressShobhakar Parajuli15,552Nepal Sadbhawana PartyParmanand Prasad Yadav5,546Rastriya Prajatantra PartyNurual Hoda Ansari4,954Others2,394ResultCPN (UML) holdSource: Election Commission
1991 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Mukunda Neupane16,990Nepali CongressJanardan Phujadar14,747ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission
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