Ram Chandra Jha (Nepali: राम चन्द्र झा) is a Nepali politician of CPN (Unified Socialist). He is a member of the party's secretariat, the highest decision-making body within the organization. Jha also served as member of the 1st Constituent Assembly from Dhanusha-1.
Political life In the elections of 2056 BS and 2064 BS, Jha was elected from Dhanusha 1 on behalf of CPN (UML). In the 2070 election, Jha became the Maoist candidate. Jha, had briefly joined Naya Shakti led by Baburam Bhattarai from 2015 to 2017. Again, he returned to the Maoist before the elections. In the 2074 election, the Left Alliance had fielded a candidate in Dhanusha.
After the split in CPN (UML), Jha left the CPN (Maoist Centre) to join Madhav Kumar Nepal led CPN (Unified Socialist). After this, he said that he was finally able to return his home back.
Electoral history
2017 legislative elections Dhanusha 2PartyCandidateVotesFederal Socialist Forum, NepalUmashankar Argariya32,044CPN (Maoist Centre)Ram Chandra Jha18,715Nepali CongressRam Krishna Yadav15,442Others1,822Invalid votes3,648ResultFSFN gainSource: Election Commission
2013 Constituent Assembly election Dhanusha 1PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressDinesh Prasad Parsaila Yadav8,827IndependentJog Kumar Barbariya Yadav7,946UCPN (Maoist)Ram Chandra Jha5,310CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ratneshwor Goit Yadav4,175Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)Uma Shankar Argariya3,137Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, NepalArun Singh Mandal Dhanuk1,327Others4,085ResultCongress gainSource: NepalNews
2008 Constituent Assembly election Dhanusha 1PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ram Chandra Jha12,183CPN (Maoist)Jog Kumar Barbariya Yadav9,608Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, NepalGajadhar Rohita Yadav6,210Nepali CongressSmriti Narayan Chaudhary5,354Others4,733Invalid votes2,932ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission
1999 legislative elections Dhanusha 1PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressSmriti Narayan Chaudhary20,095CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ram Chandra Jha18,352CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Ratneshwor Goit7,228Rastriya Prajatantra PartyGuru Sharan Rohita1,035Others1,377Invalid Votes1,457ResultCongress gainSource: Election Commission
1994 legislative elections Dhanusha 1PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ram Chandra Jha20,749Nepali CongressShiva Dhari Yadav14,317Rastriya Prajatantra PartyMadan Giri4,677Nepal Sadbhawana PartyPradip Goit1,637Samyukta Janamorcha NepalAsarphi Minbar1,636Others647ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission
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