Satya Narayan Mandal

Satya Narayan Mandal (Nepali: सत्यनारायण मंडल) is a Nepalese politician and the former party leader of Province No. 2.^[1] He was a member of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) till 2022 general election.^[2]

Satya Narayan Mandal सत्यनारायण मंडल
Satya Narayan Mandal at Province No. 2 Assembly Hall
Minister of Youth and Sports
In office 19 October 2015 – 4 August 2016
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	KP Sharma Oli
Preceded by	Purusottam Poudel
Succeeded by	Daljit Shreepaili
Provincial Assembly Member of Madhesh Province
Incumbent
Assumed office 2018 May 23
Preceded by	N/A
Constituency	Saptari 1 (A)
Personal details
Born	Saptakoshi Municipity, Saptari, Nepal
Nationality	Nepali
Party	Independent
Other political affiliations	CPN (UML) (till 2022)
Residence(s)	Saptari, Nepal

Career

Satya Narayan Mandal is one of the oldest politicians of Nepal. He joined the party in 2028 BS. He became an active member of CPN (Party) in 2036 BS and became a member of National Assembly in 2048 BS. He is the first Minister from Dhobi community.^[3]

He was elected the non-departmental minister of Nepal on 12 October 2015 CE under the government of Khadga Prasad Oli.^[4] He then transferred served as Sports and Youth Minister of Nepal.^{[citation needed]}

Electoral history

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Satya Narayan Mandal	11,302
	Rastriya Janata Party Nepal	Raj Kumar Lekhi	9,252
	Nepali Congress	Subodh Kumar Pokharel	8,705
	Naya Shakti Party Nepal	Ashok Kumar Chaudhary	1,618
	Others		816
Invalid votes			1,963
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission