Man Bahadur Dhami

Man Bahadur Dhami
मानबहादुर धामी
Leader of the Opposition in the Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly
In office
6 August 2024 – 16 May 2025
Chief MinisterKamal Bahadur Shah
Preceded byKamal Bahadur Shah
Succeeded byKhag Raj Bhatta
Minister for Industry, Tourism Forest and Environment of Sudurpashchim Province
In office
28 May 2021 – 11 January 2023
GovernorGanga Prasad Yadav
Dev Raj Joshi
Chief MinisterTrilochan Bhatta
Preceded byMaya Bhatta
Succeeded byRamesh Singh Dhami
Member of the Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly
Assumed office
21 January 2018
Preceded byConstituency established
ConstituencyDarchula 1 (B)
Personal details
Born (1983-02-27) 27 February 1983
PartyNepali Communist Party
Other political
affiliations
Nepal Communist Party
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)
SpouseIshwari Dhami[1]
Parents
  • Mangal Singh Dhami[1] (father)
  • Beluli Bhami[1] (mother)
Profession

Man Bahadur Dhami (Nepali: मानबहादुर धामी)[1] is a Nepalese politician and currently serving as a member of the Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly since January 2018,[2] having been elected from Darchula 1 (B) in the 2017 election[3][4] and was re-elected in the 2022 election.[5][6][7] He has previously served as the Minister for Industry, Tourism Forest and Environment from May 2021 to January 2023.[8][9][10]

Dhami served as the Chief Whip[11][12] and then as the Parliamentary Party Leader of the CPN (Maoist Center) and Leader of the Opposition in the Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly.[13][14][15]

Electoral history

2022 provincial elections

Darchula 1 (B)

CandidatePartyVotes%
Man Bahadur DhamiCPN (Maoist Centre)13,17151.62
Ram Dutta JoshiCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)11,85646.46
Others4901.92
Total25,517100.00
Valid votes25,517100.00
Invalid/blank votes00.00
Total votes25,517100.00
Majority1,315
CPN (Maoist Centre) hold
Source: [16]

2017 provincial election

Darchula 1 (B)

CandidatePartyVotes%
Man Bahadur DhamiCPN (Maoist Centre)12,95655.53
Jagadish Bahaur PalNepali Congress9,57541.04
Others7993.42
Total23,330100.00
Valid votes23,33095.92
Invalid/blank votes9934.08
Total votes24,323100.00
Majority3,381
CPN (Maoist Centre) gain
Source: Election Commission[17]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "मानबहादुर धामी - प्रदेश सभा सचिवालय". assembly.sudurpashchim.gov.np. Retrieved 2026-08-24.
  2. ↑ "७ नम्बर प्रदेशका प्रदेशसभा सदस्यहरुद्वारा सपथ". www.ratopati.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2026-08-24.
  3. ↑ "दार्चुलाका तीनवटै सीटमा वाम गठबन्धन विजयी". Jagaran News. Retrieved 2026-08-24.
  4. ↑ "दार्चुलाका तीनवटै सीटमा वाम गठबन्धन विजयी". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2026-08-24.
  5. ↑ "दार्चुला प्रदेशसभा (१) मा माओवादीका मानबहादुर धामी विजयी". nepalkhabar (in Nepali). 2019-06-03. Retrieved 2026-08-24.
  6. ↑ "दार्चुला प्रदेशसभा (ख) मा माओवादीका धामी विजयी". GorakhaPatra. Retrieved 2026-08-24.
  7. ↑ विजयी, सिएन नेपाल दार्चुला प्रदेशसभा (क) मा माओवादीका मानबहादुर धामी. "दार्चुला प्रदेशसभा (क) मा माओवादीका मानबहादुर धामी विजयी". दार्चुला प्रदेशसभा (क) मा माओवादीका मानबहादुर धामी विजयी. Retrieved 2026-08-24.
  8. ↑ "मानबहादुर धामी | उद्योग, पर्यटन, वन तथा वातावरण मन्त्रालय". moitfe.sudurpashchim.gov.np. Archived from the original on 2022-07-03. Retrieved 2026-08-24.
  9. ↑ "Sudurpaschim cabinet reshuffle: Five ministers and four state ministers appointed". Khabarhub. Retrieved 2026-08-24.
  10. ↑ "सुदूरपश्चिम सरकार हेरफेर, पाँच मन्त्री र चार राज्यमन्त्री नियुक्त". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2026-08-24.
  11. ↑ "सुदूरपश्चिममा माओवादीको प्रमुख सचेतकमा दार्चुलाका धामी". Bishwash Khabar. Retrieved 2026-08-24.
  12. ↑ "सुदूरपश्चिममा माओवादीको प्रमुख सचेतकमा दार्चुलाका धामी | खबर कुञ्ज". khabarkunj.com. 2023-05-28. Retrieved 2026-08-24.
  13. ↑ "सुदूरपश्चिम माओवादीको संसदीय दलको नेतामा मान बहादुर धामी चयन". Makalu Khabar : makalukhabar.com. Retrieved 2026-08-24.
  14. ↑ "सुदूरपश्चिममा माओवादी संसदीय दलको नेता परिवर्तन, खगराजलाई हटाइयो". www.ratopati.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2026-08-24.
  15. ↑ शिलापत्र संवाददाता सुदूरपश्चिममा माओवादी संसदीय दलको नेताबाट खगराज हटाइए, नयाँ, नेता मानबहादुर धामी. "सुदूरपश्चिममा माओवादी संसदीय दलको नेताबाट खगराज हटाइए, नयाँ नेता मानबहादुर धामी". सुदूरपश्चिममा माओवादी संसदीय दलको नेताबाट खगराज हटाइए, नयाँ नेता मानबहादुर धामी (in Nepali). Retrieved 2026-08-24.
  16. ↑ "प्रदेश सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
  17. ↑ "प्रदेश सभा सदस्य निर्वाचन, २०७४ को परिणाम पुस्तक" [Report of the 2017 Provincial Assembly member election] (PDF). Election Commission of Nepal (in Nepali).