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Member of Parliament (Elected)
Party
NCP
Constituency
Rukum East-1
Province
Lumbini
Election Type
FPTP
Age
71
Votes Received
10,240
Pushpa Kamal Dahal, popularly known as Prachanda, is the coordinator of the Nepali Communist Party and a central figure of the former Maoist insurgency. Born in 1954 in Kaski and educated as an agricultural technician, he joined the communist movement in 2028 BS, rose to the party’s central leadership by 2042, and led a decade‑long armed rebellion beginning in 2052. Dahal has chaired his party since 1996 and served as prime minister three times.
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