Jagadish Kharel () is a Nepalese politician of Rastriya Swatantra Party, currently serving as a member of parliament. He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha, the lower house of the Federal Parliament of Nepal from the Dolakha 1 parliamentary constituency in the 2026 Nepalese General Election. He secured 32,376 votes and defeated Parbat Gurung of the CPN (UML).
Personal and academic life Kharel was born in Kalinchowk, Dolakha, on April 9, 1989. He was born to Loknath Kharel. He passed the SLC from Kaalinaag Secondary School. He moved to Kathmandu for his civil engineering degree.
Politics He began his political journey by joining the Nepal Student Union, the student wing of the Nepali Congress. He also served as the president of the Nepali Congress Kathmandu-Dolakha liaison committee. He joined the Rastriya Swatantra Party in 2022 and contested the 2022 Nepalese general election from the Dolakha 1 constituency. In that election, he received only 3,801 (4.69%) votes and placed third.
Electoral performance Election Year Constituency Contested for Political party Result Votes % of votesRef. Nepal general election 2026 Dolakha 1 Pratinidhi Sabha member Rastriya Swatantra Party 32,376 40.53% Nepal general election 2022 Dolakha 1 Pratinidhi Sabha member Rastriya Swatantra Party 3,801 4.69%
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