Polden Chhopang Gurung | |
Native Name: | पोल्देन छोपाङ गुरुङ |
Office: | Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha |
Term Start: | 4 March 2018 |
Term End: | 18 September 2022 |
Constituency: | Manang 1 |
Predecessor: | Tek Bahadur Gurung |
Party: | CPN (UML) |
Nationality: | Nepali |
Birth Date: | 16 October 1959[1] |
Polden Chhopang Gurung is a Nepali politician, and a member of the House of Representatives of the Federal Parliament of Nepal. He was elected from Manang constituency as a candidate for the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) (CPN UML), defeating his closest rival, Tek Bahadur Gurung of Nepali Congress, by 2,300 votes to 2,021. He is an apple farmer by profession.[2] CPN UML's district chairperson for Manang, Gurung became the party's candidate after Dipak Manange, whom the party was supporting, withdrew his candidacy. Gurung won in the constituency with a previously very weak presence of CPN UML; the party's candidate had received 70 votes in the previous election.[3]