| Honorific-Prefix: | Honourable |
| Lal Babu Pandit | |
| Native Name: | लाल बाबु पण्डित |
| Native Name Lang: | Nepali |
| Office: | Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration |
| Term Start: | 16 March 2018 |
| Term End: | 20 November 2019 |
| President: | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Primeminister: | Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli |
| Office1: | Minister of General Administration |
| Term Start1: | 25 February 2014 |
| Term End1: | 12 October 2015 |
| President1: | Ram Baran Yadav |
| Office2: | Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha |
| Term Start2: | 4 March 2018 |
| Term End2: | 18 September 2022 |
| Constituency2: | Morang 6 |
| Successor2: | Shekhar Koirala |
| Predecessor2: | Mahesh Acharya |
| Term Start3: | May 1999 |
| Term End3: | May 2002 |
| Constituency3: | Morang 3 |
| Predecessor3: | Badri Narayan Basnet |
| Successor3: | Sabirtri Kumar Kafle |
| Term Start4: | May 1991 |
| Term End4: | August 1994 |
| Constituency4: | Morang 3 |
| Predecessor4: | Constituency established |
| Successor4: | Badri Narayan Basnet |
| Office5: | Member of Constituent Assembly for CPN (UML) party list |
| Term Start5: | 28 May 2008 |
| Term End5: | 28 May 2012 |
| Birth Date: | 4 December 1958[1] |
| Birth Place: | Sarlahi, Nepal |
| Nationality: | Nepali |
| Party: | CPN (UML) |
| Residence: | Biratnagar, Nepal |
| Profession: | Politician |
Lal Babu Pandit, is a Nepalese politician from Nepal Communist Party and was the Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration under Second Oli cabinet. He was elected to the House of Representatives from Morang - 6 in the 2017 election by defeating Congress candidate Shekhar Koirala. He was elected to the First and Second Constituent Assembly under Proportional Representation system.
He was the Minister of General Administration under Sushil Koirala led government during which he gained publicity for his campaign against officials holding Permanent Resident status of other countries.[2] [3] [4] [5]
In 2014 he garnered attention for creating a list of 1,100 senior government officials who hold permanent residency in foreign countries and announced to take action against the people on the list.[6] [7] [8] [9] He claimed that he received a number of death threats for his controversial action to disallow permanent residency holding government officials from the service.[10]
He has warned of taking action against the employees who dillydally while providing services to the service seekers during the government's new administrative system of twelve-hour-long service which includes two shifts in a day.[11]
1991 Pratinidhi Sabha Election Morang
1994 Pratinidhi Sabha Election Morang
1999 Pratinidhi Sabha Election Morang-2
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lal Babu Pandit | 16288 | Elected | ||
| Gopal Man Singh Rajbhandari | 15589 | Lost |
2017 Pratinidhi Sabha Election Morang-6
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lal Babu Pandit | 33,266 | Elected | ||
| 33,141 | Lost |