Damodar Bhandari () is a Nepalese politician and former Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supplies of Nepal. He was also a Member of the House of Representatives. He was also member of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly. He won Baitadi–1 seat in the 2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly elections, and House of Representatives from Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist).
Electorate History He has been elected to the Member of the House of Representatives and the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly from Baitadi 1. He lost the 2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election.
2017 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Damodar Bhandari39,524Nepali CongressNar Bahadur Chand28,291Others1,277ResultCPN (UML) holdSource: Election Commission 2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Damodar Bhandari11,672Nepali CongressLok Raj Awasthi10,680UCPN (Maoist)Narendra Bahadur Kunwar9,306Rastriya Prajatantra PartyLokendra Bahadur Chand4,975Others1,816ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: NepalNews 2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Maoist)Narendra Bahadur Kunwar27,130CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Damodar Bhandari9,059Nepali CongressNarendra Bahadur Bam5,130Rastriya Prajatantra PartyGanesh Singh Bista2,759Others1,027Invalid votes2,739ResultMaoist gainSource: Election Commission
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