Raghubir Mahaseth

Raghubir Mahaseth
रघुवीर महासेठ
Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
Assumed office
6 March 2024
PresidentRam Chandra Poudel
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded byPurna Bahadur Khadka
In office
4 June 2021 – 22 June 2021
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKhadga Prasad Sharma Oli
Preceded byIshwar Pokhrel
Upendra Yadav
Succeeded byBishnu Prasad Paudel
Narayan Kaji Shrestha
Rabi Lamichhane
Minister of Physical Infrastructure
and Transport
Assumed office
6 March 2024
PresidentRam Chandra Poudel
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded byPrakash Jwala
In office
16 March 2018 – 20 November 2019
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKP Sharma Oli
Preceded byBir Bahadur Balayar
Succeeded byBasanta Kumar Nemwang
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
4 June 2021 – 22 June 2021
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKhadga Prasad Sharma Oli
Preceded byPradeep Kumar Gyawali
Minister of Irrigation
In office
13 February 2011 – 29 August 2011
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Prime MinisterJhala Nath Khanal
Preceded byBal Krishna Khand
Succeeded byMahendra Raya Yadav
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Assumed office
4 March 2018
Preceded bySanjay Kumar Shah
ConstituencyDhanusha 4
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office
2009 – 28 May 2012
Preceded byRam Baran Yadav
Succeeded byChandra Mohan Yadav
ConstituencyDhanusha 5
Personal details
Born (1961-08-06) 6 August 1961 (age 62)[1]
Political partyCPN (UML) (before 2018; 2021-present)
Other political
affiliations
Nepal Communist Party (2018-2021)
SpouseJulie Kumari Mahato

Raghubir Mahaseth (Nepali: रघुविर महासेठ) is a well-renowned and very influential Nepalese politician. He is the current Deputy Prime Minister and the Physical Infrastructure & Transportation minister. He is serving as the Central Secretary of CPN UML, is the in-charge of the Madhesh Province of Nepal for CPN UML, and is the member of House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. He previously served as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2021, Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport from 2018 to 2020, and the Minister of Irrigation in 2011.

Electoral history[edit]

He has been elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha from Dhanusha-4 2017 on a CPN (UML) ticket. He contested 1999 elections from Marxist–Leninist for the first time. He contested election but won only in 2009 by-election from Dhanusha-5 and 2017 election from Dhanusha-4 once each[2][3][4]

1999 legislative elections[edit]

Dhanusha-3
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Ananda Prasad Dhungana 15,026
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) Hem Bahadur Malla 13,736
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Anand Yadav 10,256
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Raghubir Mahaseth 9,974
Others 3,272
Invalid Votes 1,301
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

2008 Constituent Assembly election[edit]

Dhanusha 4
Party Candidate Votes
Madhesi Janadhikar Forum, Nepal Sanjay Kumar Sah 13,422
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Raghubir Mahaseth 9,282
Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party Brishesh Chandra Lal 4,965
Nepali Congress Lila Koirala 4,363
CPN (Maoist) Arbind Kumar Lal Karna 1,847
Sadbhavana Party Ram Dayal Sah 1,344
Others 3,197
Invalid votes 2,941
Result Forum Nepal gain
Source: Election Commission[7]

2013 Constituent Assembly election[edit]

Dhanusha-5

Party Candidate Votes Status
Nepali Congress Chandra Mohan Yadav 11,703 Elected
CPN-UML Raghubir Mahaseth 10,023 Lost
Result Congress hold
Source: Chandra Mohan Yadav#cite note-:0-1

2017 legislative elections[edit]

Dhanusha 4
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Raghubir Mahaseth 22,532
Nepali Congress Mahendra Yadav 19,991
Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Mahajan Yadav 19,662
Others 1,271
Invalid votes 3,861
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. ^ "List of members elected in the 2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election", Wikipedia, 2021-04-06, retrieved 2021-06-17
  3. ^ "List of members elected in the 2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election", Wikipedia, 2021-01-05, retrieved 2021-06-17
  4. ^ "1st Federal Parliament of Nepal", Wikipedia, 2021-06-09, retrieved 2021-06-17
  5. ^ "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  6. ^ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  7. ^ "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

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