Renu Dahal

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Renu Dahal

| native_name = रेनु दाहाल

| image = 318A0030.jpg

| caption = Renu Dahal In office

| office = Mayor of Bharatpur Metropolitan City

| deputy = Chitrasen Adhikari

| predecessor = Renu Dahal

| successor =

| term_start = 25 May 2022

| term_end =

| deputy1 = Parbati Shah Thakuri

| predecessor1 =

| successor1 = Renu Dahal

| term_start1 = 05 August 2017

| term_end1 = 22 April 2022

| office2 = Constituent Assembly Member (PR)

| predecessor2 =

| successor2 =

| term_start2 = 28 May 2008

| term_end2 = 27 May 2012

| party = CPN (MC)

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|07|04|df=y}}{{Cite web |url=http://election2013.ujyaaloonline.com/candidates/289/Renu-Dahal/ |title=Renu Dahal |website=election2013.ujyaaloonline.com |access-date=2019-05-24}}

| birth_place = Shivanagar, Chitwan, Nepal

{{Cite web |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world/prachanda-s-daughter-battles-cancer-in-india/story-s1P7GGw8oHYNJ3D7Rm9whJ.html |title=Prachanda's daughter battles cancer in India |date=2008-11-13 |website=www.hindustantimes.com |language=en |access-date=2019-05-24}}

| father = Pushpa Kamal Dahal

| mother = Sita Dahal

| spouse = Arjun Pathak

| children = 2

| relations =

| honorific_suffix = Mayor

| serviceyears =

}}

Renu Dahal ({{langx|ne|रेनु दाहाल}}) is a Nepalese politician and current mayor of Bharatpur Metropolitan City.{{Cite web |url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/renu-dahal-elected-mayor-bharatpur-metropolis/ |title=Renu Dahal elected mayor of Bharatpur metropolis |date=2017-08-05 |website=The Himalayan Times |language=en-US |access-date=2019-05-24}}{{Cite web |url=https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/25138/ |title=Renu Dahal elected as mayor of Bharatpur Metropolitan City |last=Paudel |first=Ramesh Kumar |website=My Republica |language=en |access-date=2019-05-24}}{{Cite web |url=https://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-08-06/renu-dahal-turns-the-tables-on-devi-gyawali.html |title=Bharatpur re-election: Renu Dahal turns the tables on Devi Gyawali |website=kathmandupost.ekantipur.com |language=English |access-date=2019-05-24}} She joined the CPN (Maoist Centre) party in 1994 and became a full-time member of the party in 1996. Dahal is a daughter of the incumbent prime minister and chairman of CPN (MC), Pushpa Kamal Dahal.{{Cite web |url=https://nepalireporter.com/renu-dahal-elected-mayor-of-bharatpur-metropolitan-city/ |title=Renu Dahal elected mayor of Bharatpur Metropolitan City |date=2017-08-06 |website=Nepali Reporter |language=en-US |access-date=2019-05-24}} She was a member (Proportional Representation) of First Constituent Assembly of Nepal.

Early life

Renu Dahal was born on July 4, 1976, in Bhimsen Nagar of Shivanagar VDC (now Bharatpur Metropolis) in Chitwan District. She is the second daughter of Pushpa Kamal Dahal (née Prachanda) and Sita Dahal. Dahal has a younger sister, Ganga. Her eldest sister, Gyanu, died of breast cancer in 2014 and her only brother, Prakash, died of a cardiac arrest in 2017.{{Cite web |url=https://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-11-20/dahal-loses-only-son-prakash.html |title=Dahal loses only son Prakash |website=kathmandupost.ekantipur.com |language=English |access-date=2019-05-24}}

CA election

= [[2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election|2013 Constituent Assembly election]] =

class="wikitable" ! colspan="4" \|Kathmandu 1
colspan="2" \|Party !Candidate !Votes
style="background-color:{{party color\|Nepali Congress}}" \| \|Nepali Congress \|Prakash Man Singh \|15,138
style="background-color:{{party color\|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" \| \|CPN (Maoist Centre) \|Renu Dahal \|4,064
style="background-color:orange" \| \|Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal \|Bharat Mani Jangam \|3,732
style="background-color:{{party color\|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" \| \|CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) \|Bidhya Neupane \|3,501
\| colspan="2" \|Others \|2,499
colspan="2" \|Result ! colspan="2" \|Congress hold
colspan="4" \|Source: Election Commission

class="wikitable"

! colspan="4" |Kathmandu 1

colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

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

|Nepali Congress

|Prakash Man Singh

|15,138

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" |

|CPN (Maoist Centre)

|Renu Dahal

|4,064

style="background-color:orange" |

|Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal

|Bharat Mani Jangam

|3,732

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

|CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)

|Bidhya Neupane

|3,501

| colspan="2" |Others

|2,499

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |Congress hold

colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission

2017 Bharatpur municipal election

= 2017 election =

She was elected as a mayor of Bharatpur Metropolitan city on August 5, 2017. She secured the mayoral post by defeating her closet rival of Communist Party of Nepal (UML), Devi Gyawali. Her victory margin was only 203 vote as she polled 43,127 votes to defeat Gyawali 42,924 votes.{{Cite web |url=https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/25142/ |title=Renu Dahal wins Bharatpur mayoral race |last=Paudel |first=Ramesh Kumar |website=My Republica |language=en |access-date=2019-05-24}}

colspan="4"\|2017 Nepalese local elections
class="wikitable" style="float:center; margin-left:1em; width:50%;"
Party	Candidate	Votes	Status
MC	Renu Dahal	43,127	Elected
UML	Devi Gyawali	42,924	Lost

2022 Bharatpur municipal elections

CPN (Maoist Centre) had given ticket to Renu Dahal, the daughter of Pushpa Kamal Dahal as mayoral candidate in Bharatpur.

Pushpa Kamal Dahal gave a threat while speaking in an election centric program in Bharapur. He told country would plunge into a disaster if Nepali Congress supporters don't vote for Maoist’s election symbol in Bharatpur. Dahal in speech added "Let me warn you that if the NC supporters did not vote for the Maoist candidate in Bharatpur this time, possibilities are that the country would plunge into an accident.”{{Cite web |title=Country will plunge into a disaster if NC supporters do not vote for Maoist’s election symbol in Bharatpur, says Prachanda |url=https://english.khabarhub.com/2022/05/250433/ |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=Khabarhub |language=en}}

This speech was highly criticized within and outside Dahal's party. Ganesh Sah, a senior politician of CPN (Maoist Centre) told there was no practice of collective leadership in party and people are well known why Prachanda is much concerned only on Bharatpur.{{Cite web |title=Dahal’s theatrics and his fixation with Bharatpur stoke discontent in party |url=https://kathmandupost.com/politics/2022/05/06/dahal-s-theatrics-and-his-fixation-with-bharatpur-stoke-discontent-in-party |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=kathmandupost.com |language=English}} Even party senior leaders including Anjana Bisankhe, Indra Bahadur Angbo criticized hyper activeness of chair Prachanda only in Bharatpur being his and his daughter's constituency.{{Cite web |last=SERVICE |first=HIMALAYAN NEWS |date=2022-05-06 |title=Bharatpur mayoral race takes centre stage |url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/bharatpur-mayoral-race-takes-centre-stage |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=The Himalayan Times |language=en}}

Similarly, Nepali Congress leader Jagannath Paudel who stepped as independent mayoral candidate told his win was secure by the speech of Prachanda and no alliance can stop him from win while it's predicted that even would internally support Paudel against Dahal.{{Cite web |title=संयुक्त सभापछिको भरतपुर : प्रचण्ड थोरै आश्वस्त, जगन्नाथ आक्रामक |url=https://www.onlinekhabar.com/2022/05/1122273 |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=Online Khabar |language=en-US}}

= 2022 election =

class="wikitable" ! colspan="4" \|2022 Bharatpur municipal election
Party !Candidate !Votes !Status
Nepali Congress (Independent) \|Jagannath Paudel \|14,728 \|
Maoist Centre \|Renu Dahal \|52,030 \|Elected
CPN (UML) \|Bijay Subedi \|39,581 \|

class="wikitable"

! colspan="4" |2022 Bharatpur municipal election

Party

!Candidate

!Votes

!Status

Nepali Congress

(Independent)

|Jagannath Paudel

|14,728

Maoist Centre

|Renu Dahal