title: Mukunda Neupane
text: # Mukunda Neupane
  
  Mukunda Neupane (Nepali: मुकुन्द न्यौपाने) is a Nepalese trade unionist and politician. Presently, he is at number three in Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) after Madhav Kumar Nepal and Jhalanath Khanal. Neupane is the president of the General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Neupane was born in the Koshi Zone, but moved to the Terai at the age of 17.
  
  ## Polical life
  
  In 1971 he joined the militant peasants movement. In 1973 he took part in building an embryo of a trade union movement in Biratnagar. Mukunda became an underground politician activist, and stayed underground until 1990. In 1991 he was elected to parliament.
  
  Neupane won the Bara-1 seat in the 1994 legislative election with 17953 votes. In the 1999 legislative election he got 20646 votes, but was defeated by the Nepali Congress candidate Uma Kanta Chaudhary.
  
  Neupane was a candidate of CPN(UML) in the proportional representation list for the Constituent Assembly election.
  
  ## Electoral history
  
  ### 1999 legislative elections
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Uma Kanta Chaudhary | 23,601 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Mukunda Neupane | 20,646 |
  | | Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Parmananda Prasad Yadav | 4,890 |
  | | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Chabi Lal Uprety | 2,363 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Raj Narayan Sah Teli | 2,136 |
  | | Others | Others | 553 |
  | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 1,340 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  ### 1994 legislative elections
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Mukunda Neupane | 17,953 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Shobhakar Parajuli | 15,552 |
  | | Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Parmanand Prasad Yadav | 5,546 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Nurual Hoda Ansari | 4,954 |
  | | Others | Others | 2,394 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  ### 1991 legislative elections
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Mukunda Neupane | 16,990 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Janardan Phujadar | 14,747 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
  | Source: ||||
  