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Purna Bahadur Khadka

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Honourable
Purna Bahadur Khadka
MP
पूर्ण बहादुर खड्का
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Khadka in 2023
Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
In office
31 March 2023 – 4 March 2024
PresidentRam Chandra Paudel
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Vice PresidentRam Sahaya Yadav
Preceded byBishnu Prasad Paudel
Minister of Defence
In office
31 March 2023 – 4 March 2024
PresidentRam Chandra Paudel
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Vice PresidentRam Sahaya Yadav
Preceded byPushpa Kamal Dahal
Vice-president of Nepali Congress
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 December 2021
Serving with Dhanraj Gurung
PresidentSher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded byBimalendra Nidhi
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office
22 December 2022 – 12 September 2025
ConstituencySurkhet 1
Personal details
Born (1956-02-29) 29 February 1956 (age 70)
PartyNepali Congress
SpouseRatna Khadka
Parent
  • Prem Bahadur Khadka (father)
EducationTribhuvan University

Purna Bahadur Khadka is a Nepali politician, belonging to the Nepali Congress, who previously served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal and as Minister for Home and Defence at two different times.[1][2] A six time parliamentarian Khadka has been working at strength of acting president of Nepali Congress party.[3][4]

In the 2022 Nepalese general election, he won the election from Surkhet 1 (constituency).[5][6] He was elected as Vice President of the Nepali Congress on 14th general convention of Nepali Congress held from December 13 to 15 in Kathmandu.[7][8]

Political career

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Khadka has long been active in national politics. He won the Surkhet-1 seat to the House of Representatives in the 2022 general election, defeating CPN-UML candidate Dhruba Kumar Shahi by 11,619 votes.[9]

During his tenure at Defence, Khadka publicly emphasised the strategic importance of the ministry within Nepal’s post-earthquake reconstruction and federal transition context, and pledged to strengthen institutional performance.[10] He left office in March 2024 after a subsequent reshuffle.[2]

Party leadership

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At the 14th General Convention of the Nepali Congress, Khadka was elected Vice-President of the party, this was the first time the party elected two vice-presidents.[7][8] He has since been a leading NC negotiator in coalition governments and internal party deliberations reported in national media.[11]

Electoral history

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2022 general election

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Purna Bahadur KhadkaNepali Congress42,60756.35
Dhurba Kumar ShahiCPN (UML)30,98840.98
Others2,0202.67
Total75,615100.00
Majority11,619
Nepali Congress gain
Source: [12]

2017 general election

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Dhurba Kumar ShahiCPN (UML)36,75951.66
Purna Bahadur KhadkaNepali Congress33,37746.91
Others1,0171.43
Total71,153100.00
Valid votes71,15397.81
Invalid/blank votes1,5942.19
Total votes72,747100.00
Registered voters/turnout101,63771.58
Majority3,382
CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[13]

2013 Constituent Assembly election

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Purna Bahadur KhadkaNepali Congress17,30145.60
Kamala SharmaCPN (UML)15,39840.58
Thammar Bahadur BistaUCPN (Maoist)3,7809.96
Others1,4633.86
Total37,942100.00
Valid votes37,94297.74
Invalid/blank votes8782.26
Total votes38,820100.00
Registered voters/turnout47,93880.98
Majority1,903
Nepali Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[14][15][16]

1999 general election

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Purna Bahadur KhadkaNepali Congress16,98047.16
Rishi Prasad SharmaCPN (UML)16,59446.09
Man Bahadur KhatriCPN (Marxist–Leninist)1,5234.23
Others9092.52
Total36,006100.00
Valid votes36,00698.31
Invalid/blank votes6201.69
Total votes36,626100.00
Registered voters/turnout49,87973.43
Majority386
Nepali Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[17][18]

1994 general election

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Purna Bahadur KhadkaNepali Congress13,77145.25
Rishi Prasad SharmaCPN (UML)12,65441.58
Chandra Bahadur Budha MagarRastriya Prajatantra Party3,21310.56
Others7962.62
Total30,434100.00
Majority1,117
Nepali Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[17][19]

1991 general election

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Purna Bahadur KhadkaNepali Congress21,63746.94
-CPN (UML)20,01643.42
Others4,4449.64
Total46,097100.00
Majority1,621
Nepali Congress gain
Source: [20]

References

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  1. ↑ Giri, Anil; Binod Ghimire (31 March 2023). "Prime Minister Dahal expands Cabinet". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Here are the portfolios of newly appointed ministers". MyRepublica. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  3. ↑ "Deuba assigns Khadka as acting Nepali Congress president". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2025-10-15.
  4. ↑ "Deuba assigns Khadka as acting Nepali Congress president". The Annapurna Express (in Nepali). Retrieved 2025-10-15.
  5. ↑ "Election Commission Nepal". Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  6. ↑ "Newly appointed ministers". People’s Review. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  7. 1 2 "Khadka and Gurung elected Congress vice presidents". The Kathmandu Post. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  8. 1 2 "Purna Bahadur Khadka and Dhan Raj Gurung elected vice presidents of Nepali Congress". MyRepublica. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  9. ↑ "Purna Bahadur Khadka emerges victorious in Surkhet-1". The Kathmandu Post. 24 November 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  10. ↑ "Defence ministry bears significance: DPM Khadka". News Abhiyan. 1 April 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  11. ↑ "Deal close, coalition partners gear up for Cabinet expansion". The Kathmandu Post. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  12. ↑ "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
  13. ↑ "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचन २०७४ को परिणाम पुस्तक" [Report of the 2017 House of Representatives member election] (PDF). Election Commission of Nepal (in Nepali).
  14. ↑ "Download FPTP Results(XML)". Election Commission of Nepal (in Nepali). Archived from the original on 20 May 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  15. ↑ "पहिलो हुने निर्वाचित हुने निर्वाचनमा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र अनुसार सदर मत र बदर मत" [Valid and Invalid votes for First Past the Post voting by Constituency]. Election Commission of Nepal (in Nepali). Retrieved 5 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  16. ↑ "निर्वाचन क्षेत्र अनुसार मतदाता संख्या" [Electorate by constituency] (PDF). Election Commission of Nepal (in Nepali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  17. 1 2 "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates (Comparative)". Election Commission of Nepal. Archived from the original on 24 January 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  18. ↑ "Election Results' 99". Nepal Research. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  19. ↑ "Auswertung der Wahlergebnisse vom 15. November 1994" [Evaluation of the results of the 15 November 1994 election] (PDF). Nepal Research (in German). Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  20. ↑ "Election 1991 Constituency Results" (PDF). Nepal Research (in German). Retrieved 18 December 2022.
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