Anish Ansari

Honourable
Anish Ansari
Minister of State Labour
In office
8 January 1997 – 10 March 1997
MonarchBirendra
Prime MinisterSher Bahadur Deuba
Assistant Minister for Supplies
In office
1995 – 17 December 1996[1]
MonarchBirendra
Prime MinisterSher Bahadur Deuba
Succeeded byDuryodhan Chaudhary
Member of Parliament
In office
October 1994[2] – May 1999
Preceded byHari Prasad Raya Amat
Succeeded byRenu Kumari Yadav
ConstituencySaptari 3
Chairman of the Rajbiraj Town Panchayat[4]
In office
1982[3]–1985
Preceded byBhikham Chand Jain
Succeeded byGovinda Prasad Singh
Personal details
Born (1951-01-24) 24 January 1951
Other political
affiliations
Nepal Sadbhawana Party
ParentSamshul Haq Ansari (father)
ResidenceRajbiraj, Saptari

Anish Ansari is a Nepalese politician, former chairman of Rajbiraj Town Panchayat, former state minister of labour, and an assistant minister for supplies in First Deuba cabinet.[1] He was a member of 3rd House of Representatives, winning from Saptari 3 in 1994 Nepalese general election.[5][6] He was the founder general secretary of Nepal Sadbhawana Party. He contested two general elections from the Nepal Sadhbhawana Party in 1991 and 1994, but later joined the Nepali Congress to contest the 1999 general election. He also manage to joined Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party[7], CPN (Maoist Centre)[8][9], and Janamat Party to contest in different elections. He joined Rastriya Mukti Party Nepal in 2026 to contest in 2026 Nepalese general election from Saptari 2.

Early life

Ansari was born to Shamsul Haq Ansari in Rajbiraj, Saptari.

Electoral performance

Election Year Constituency Contested for Political party Result Votes % of votes
Nepal general election 1991 Saptari 3 Pratinidhi Sabha member Nepal Sadbhawana Party Lost 9,932[10] 24.99%
Nepal general election 1994 Saptari 3 Pratinidhi Sabha member Nepal Sadbhawana Party Won 12,743[11] 30.01%
Nepal general election 1999 Saptari 3 Pratinidhi Sabha member Nepali Congress Lost 10,803[5][12] 20.86%
Constituent Assembly election 2008 Saptari 3 Constituent Assembly member Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party Lost 6,921[13] 14.87%
Constituent Assembly election 2013 Saptari 3 Constituent Assembly member Sadbhavana Party Lost 8,746[14] 10.08%
Rajbiraj municipal election 2017 Rajbiraj Mayor CPN (Maoist Centre) Lost 3,316[15] 16.59%
Nepal provincial election 2022 Saptari 3 Pratinidhi Sabha member Janamat Party Lost 15,114[16] 22.62%
Nepal general election 2026 Saptari 2 Pratinidhi Sabha member Rastriya Mukti Party Nepal Lost 210[17] 0.33%

References

  1. ^ a b आपूर्ती मन्त्री अनिल अन्सारीले आफ्नो पदबाट राजिनामा स्वीकृत गरेको [Supplies assistant minister Anis Ansari's resignation accepted] (Report) (in Nepali). Nepal Gazette. 17 December 1996.
  2. ^ "संसदीय विवरण पुस्तिका, प्रतिनिधि सभा (२०५१ - २०५५)" [Parliamentary details book, Pratinidhi Sabha (1994-1999)] (PDF). Federal Parliament (in Nepali).
  3. ^ Nepal Press Digest. Regmi Research Project. 1983. p. 243.
  4. ^ Lal, Shiv (1989). Polities in South Asia: Nepal ; Sri Lanka. Election Archives. p. 71. ISBN 978-81-7051-065-9.
  5. ^ a b "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. ^ "मधेसी दल टुटफुटको अन्तहीन कथा" [The never-ending story of Madhesi party disintegration]. www.ratopati.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2026-03-16.
  8. ^ "नेतृत्व होडमा फरक अनुहार" [A different face in the leadership race]. Ekantipur (in Nepali). Retrieved 2026-03-16.
  9. ^ "सदभावनाका संस्थापक महामन्त्री अन्सारी माओवादी केन्द्रमा" [Founder General Secretary of Sadbhavana Ansari at Maoist Center]. Online Khabar (in Nepali). Retrieved 2026-03-16.
  10. ^ 1991 Election result (PDF) (.pdf). Nepal Research. Retrieved 2026-03-16.
  11. ^ 1994 Election result (PDF) (.pdf). Nepal Research. Retrieved 2026-03-16.
  12. ^ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2026-03-16.
  13. ^ "Ca Election report". Election Commission of Nepal. 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  14. ^ "CA 2013 election result". vote.nepalnews.com. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2026-03-16.
  15. ^ "निर्वाचन मतगणनाको परिणाम" [Election counting result]. Election Commission of Nepal (in Nepali). Retrieved 2026-03-16.
  16. ^ "NC's Yadav wins HoR seat in Saptari-3". GorakhaPatra. Retrieved 2026-03-17.
  17. ^ "मतगणना प्रगतिको विवरण" [Election counting result]. Election Commission of Nepal (in Nepali). Retrieved 2026-03-17.