Ganesh Singh Thagunna

Ganesh Singh Thagunna is a Nepali politician and former Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration.He is a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. Previously, he was also elected to the 2nd constituent assembly in 2013. He is a long time member of CPN UML. He is from Darchula District, where he won both the 2013 and 2017 elections from Darchula 1 (constituency).

Political career

Thagunna started his political career, joining CPN UML in 1990. He served as Darchula district secretary for the party three times. He also became a member of the Mahakali zone coordination committee of the party. Following the formation of Nepal Communist Party in 2018, he became the district incharge of Darchula for the party.
In the local level elections of 1997, he was elected the chairperson of Darchula District Development Committee.
In the 2013 elections to the 2nd constituent assembly, he was elected from Darchula constituency under the first-past-the-post system.
In the 2017 parliamentary elections, he again won from Darchula constituency under the first-past-the-post system, defeating his nearest rival, Bikram Singh Dhami of Nepali Congress. He received 28,998 votes to Dhami's 22,233. Following his election, he is also serving as the member of the State Direction Principle, Rules and Responsibility Committee as well as the Women and Social Welfare Committee of parliament. He is also a member of Constitution Implementation and Monitoring Committee, the joint parliamentary committee.

Thagunna was born to Kalawati Devi Thagunna and her husband Prem Singh, on 7 December 1968, in Khalanga-1 of Darchula district. He has a graduate degree in Science.

2017 House of Representatives Election
Darchula 1 (constituency)

2013 Constituent Assembly election
Darchula 1 (constituency)

2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election
Darchula 1 (constituency)