Kedar Sigdel

Kedar Sigdel
केदार सिग्देल
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office
4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
Preceded byRam Chandra Paudel
Succeeded byShankar Bhandari
ConstituencyTanahun 2
Personal details
Born (1963-09-05) 5 September 1963 (age 61)[1]
NationalityNepali
Political partyCommunist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Kedar Sigdel is a Nepali politician and former member of the House of Representatives.[2][3]

He was elected under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system from Tanahun–2 in the 2017 general election.[4] He defeated his nearest rival Shankar Bhandari of Nepali Congress by acquiring 32,924 votes to Bhandari's 29,645.[4] This was the first time he was elected to parliament.[5]

Sigdel did not contest the seat in the 2022 general election, instead opting to run for the provincial assembly from Tanahun 2 (B), but he was defeated by Congress' Jeet Prakash Ale Magar by a margin of 640 votes.[6]

  1. ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. ^ "Restrictive provisions in IT bill not against media: Minister Baskota". The Himalayan Times. 2019-06-22. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  3. ^ "Kedar Sigdel". hr.parliament.gov.np. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  4. ^ a b "Tanahun : Province 4 - Nepal Election Latest Updates and Result for Federal Parliament". election.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  5. ^ "62 new faces in parliament, just 2 women". Setopati. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  6. ^ "NC's Ale wins Province Assembly membership from Tanahun". myRépublica. Retrieved 2023-03-25.