Kul Prasad Uprety

Kul Prasad Uprety, a Nepalese politician. Uprety contested the 1991 Nepalese legislative election as a Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) candidate in the Taplejung-1 seat. He won the election, defeating Nepali Congress candidate Mani Lama, with 12703 votes (47.19%). [Institute for Development Studies. "Third General Election: Emerging Scenario". Kathmandu: Institute for Development Studies, 1999. p. 15, 25.] In the 1994 election, he was substituted by Ambika Sawa as the CPN(UML) candidate in the constituency.

When CPN(UML) was divided, Uprety joined the dissident Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist). He contested the 1999 legislative election as the CPN(ML) candidate in Taplejung-1, obtaining 1289 votes. [ [http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishweekly/awake/1-82/f-pagers.htm Front Pagers May 24th, 1999 / Jestha 11, 2056 Awake Weekly Chronicle (Nepal) ] ] The election was won by CPN(UML) candidate Til Kumar Menyangbo Limbu.

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