Kishori Sah Kamal

Kishori Sah Kamal
किशोरी साह कमल
Portrait of Kamal in 2019
Province Assembly Member of Madhesh Province
Assumed office
2017
Preceded byN/A
Succeeded bySanjay Kumar Mahato
ConstituencyProportional list
Personal details
PartyRastriya Swatantra Party
Other political
affiliations
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) (till 2022)
OccupationPolitician

Kishori Sah Kamal (Nepali: किशोरी साह कमल) is a Nepalese politician and a former member of the Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province from the Rastriya Swatantra Party.[1][2][3] Sah, a resident of Sabaila, Nepal, was elected in the 2017 provincial assembly election from Dhanusha 1(A).[4]

Electoral history

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Kishori Sah Kamal 14,209
Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Shyam Narayan Yadav 8,911
Nepali Congress Prem Kishore Prasad Sohteli 6,714
Independent Jaya Kumar Yadav 1,857
Others 1,663
Invalid votes 2,013
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2026 Dhanusha-1 election dispute

Kishori Sah's candidacy from Dhanusha-1 was scrapped by the Election Commission one day before the election after his name was found on the blacklist of the Credit Information Bureau of Nepal.[5] He subsequently filed a writ petition at the Supreme Court challenging the decision. Although his candidacy had been invalidated, ballot papers bearing the Rastriya Swatantra Party's bell symbol had already been printed, and votes cast for the symbol were counted but not publicly disclosed by the Election Commission.[6] Despite the Supreme Court initially directing the Election Commission not to publish the election results until a decision was reached, the Commission released the results following sit-in protests by the Nepali Communist Party, declaring Matrika Prasad Yadav the winner of Dhanusha-1. On 15 March 2026, the Supreme Court declined to issue an interim order on Sah’s writ petition, thereby allowing the Election Commission’s decision to stand and maintaining Yadav as the elected Member of Parliament from Dhanusha-1.[7][8][9]

References

  1. ^ "नेकपा प्रदेश २ सांसद किशोरी साह (कमल) ले गरे एक महिनाको तलब राहत कोषमा सहयोग". Hamro Janakpur. 4 April 2020.
  2. ^ "टिकट नपाए निवर्तमान प्रदेश सांसद किशोरी साहले एमाले छाड्ने". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  3. ^ "प्रदेशसभाबाट दुई विधेयक सर्वसम्मत पारित". देशसञ्चार. 8 July 2022.
  4. ^ "धनुषा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र नं १ 'क' बाट किशोरी साह कमल विजयी". ABC NEWS NEPAL. 11 December 2017.
  5. ^ "RSP candidate Sah's nomination canceled in Dhanusha-1 over blacklist allegations". Setopati. Retrieved 2026-03-08.
  6. ^ "धनुषा–१ को अन्तिम मतपरिणाम सार्वजनिक नगर्न आयोगको निर्देशन". ekantipur.com (in Nepali).
  7. ^ "NCP's Yadav Stages Sit-in in Dhanusha Over Delay in Issuing Victory Certificate - INSEC Online". 2026-03-09. Retrieved 2026-03-11.
  8. ^ "Matrika Yadav's journey from peace process to fourth term in Parliament". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2026-03-11.
  9. ^ "Supreme Court upholds EC decision declaring Matrika Yadav winner in Dhanusha-1". khabarhub.com. Retrieved 2026-03-15.
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