Bhanu Bhakta Joshi () is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the CPN (Unified Socialist). In the 2008 Constituent Assembly election he was elected from the Bajhang-1 constituency, winning 13,955 votes and in 1994 Nepalese general election he was elected from Bajhang 1 (constituency), winning 12,603 votes.Election Commission of Nepal He also served as Minister for Forests and Soil Conservation in Jhalanath Khanal cabinet.
Electoral history 2008 Constituent Assembly election
Bajhang-1
PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Bhanu Bhakta Joshi13,955CPN (Maoist)Dev Raj Regmi12,148Nepali CongressArjun Jang Bahadur Singh10,092Others2,248Invalid votes1,124ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission
1994 legislative elections
Bajhang-1
PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Bhanu Bhakta Joshi12,603Nepali CongressArjun Jang Bahadur Singh6,640Rastriya Prajatantra PartyGagan Jang Bahadur Singh2,906IndependentSatya Ram Bhandari2,607IndependentPrem Bahadur Khati729ResultCPN (UML) gain
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