Bansidhar Mishra

{{short description|Nepali politician}}

{{use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Bansidhar Mishra

| native_name =वंशीधर मिश्र

| image =

| father =

| website =

| alma_mater =

| residence =

| spouse =

| nationality = Nepalese

| birth_place = Rautahat, Nepal

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| party = CPN (Unified Socialist)

| office3 = Ambassador of Nepal to Bangladesh

| term_start3 = September 2019

| term_end3 = October 2021

| predecessor3 =Dr. Chop Lal Bhusal

| constituency3 = Proportional list

| office2 = Member of Constituent Assembly

| term_end2 = 2017

| term_start2 = 2008

| president2 =Ram Baran Yadav

| office = Member of the House of Representatives

| constituency = Rautahat–4

| term_end = 1991

| term_start = 1994

| term_start1 = 1999

| term_end1 = 2004

| constituency1 = Rautahat 3

| monarch =Birendra of Nepal

| monarch1 =Birendra of Nepal

| primeminister =Girija Prasad Koirala

| primeminister1 =Krishna Prasad Bhattarai

| predecessor = Constituency created

| successor = Uddhav Dhakal

| mother =

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Bansidhar Mishra (Nepali/Maithili:वंशीधर मिश्र) is a Nepali politician of CPN (Unified Socialist).{{Cite web|title=एकीकृत समाजवादीमा रामचन्द्र झा र वंशीधर मिश्र मनोनित|url=https://www.onlinekhabar.com/2021/11/1038489|access-date=21 November 2021|website=Online Khabar|language=en-US}} He is also a member of the standing committee of the party.{{Cite web|last=रातोपाटी|title=माओवादी छोडेका झा एकीकृत समाजवादीको सचिवालय सदस्यमा मनोनित|url=https://ratopati.com/story/206708/2021/11/14/ram-chandra-jha|access-date=21 November 2021|website=RatoPati|language=Nepali}} He was a member of the House of Representatives from Rautahat-4 and Rautahat-3.

Mishra has been the Nepalese Ambassador to Bangladesh.{{Cite web|last=Setopati|first=सेतोपाटी संवाददाता |title=दुई वर्षभित्र नेपालको बिजुली बंगलादेशले बाल्नेछ : राजदूत मिश्र|url=https://www.setopati.com/kinmel/others/199059/|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Setopati|language=hi}}
- {{Cite web|title=बंगलादेश र कतारका लागि राजदूत नियुक्त|url=https://www.onlinekhabar.com/2019/08/791827|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Online Khabar}}

Electoral history

= [[2017 Nepalese legislative election|2017 legislative elections]] =

class="wikitable"

! colspan="4" |Rautahat 4

colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |

|Nepali Congress

|Dev Prasad Timilsina

|28,228

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|Bansidhar Mishra

|23,006

style="background-color:#ffb300" |

|Rastriya Janata Party Nepal

|Kanthamani Prasad Kalwar

|7,881

| colspan="2" |Others

|1,125

colspan="3" |Invalid votes

|3,186

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |Congress gain

colspan="4" |Source: [https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral.aspx Election Commission]

= [[1999 Nepalese legislative election|1999 legislative elections]] =

class="wikitable"

! colspan="4" |Rautahat 3

colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|Bansidhar Mishra

|17,391

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |

|Nepali Congress

|Harihar Prasad Yadav

|13,899

style="background-color:{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Govinda Chaudhary

|13,207

style="background-color:indianred" |

|CPN (Marxist–Leninist)

|Rajdev Prasad Chaudhary

|3,563

| colspan="2" |Others

|2,660

colspan="3" |Invalid Votes

|2,255

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |CPN (UML) gain

colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission{{Cite web|date=2008-01-24|title=Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates|url=http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124110554/http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php|archive-date=2008-01-24|access-date=2020-11-15}}{{Cite web|title=Election Results'99|url=https://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/ec/alldistconst.htm|access-date=2020-11-15|website=nepalresearch.org}}

= [[1994 Nepalese legislative election|1994 legislative elections]] =

class="wikitable"

! colspan="4" |Rautahat 4

colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |

|Nepali Congress

|Uddhav Dhakal

|20,482

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" |

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|Bansidhar Mishra

|17,949

style="background-color:gold" |

|Rastriya Prajatantra Party

|Raj Dev Chaudhary

|3,942

style="background-color:yellowgreen" |

|Nepal Sadbhawana Party

|Bishnu Narayan Chaudhary

|2,425

style="background-color:{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Govinda Prasad Upadhyaya

|354

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |Congress gain

colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission

= [[1991 Nepalese legislative election|1991 legislative elections]] =

class="wikitable"

! colspan="4" |Rautahat 4

colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" |

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|Bansidhar Mishra

|12,665

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |

|Nepali Congress

|Uddhav Dhakal

|12,630

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |CPN (UML) gain

colspan="4" |Source: [http://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/election_1991_constituency_results_english.pdf]

See also

References