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Ishwor Pokhrel (Nepali: ईश्वर पोखरेलListen^ⓘ) is the current senior Vice-president of CPN (UML). Pokhrel has also served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal. He was also Minister of Defence in the Second Oli cabinet.^[1]^[2]

He also served as Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies.^{[citation needed]} He was also Minister of Foreign Affairs from 20 May 2012 to 28 May 2012.^{[citation needed]}

Published books

'MAGH 19' (A book written about February 1 - The Royal take-over, 2005)


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Pradip Paudel	Nepali Congress	15,269	34.45
	Ishwor Pokharel	CPN (UML)	10,190	22.99
	Pranaya Shamsher Rana	Rastriya Swatantra Party	5,477	12.36
	Ram Prasda Upreti	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	3,162	7.14
	Shreeram Gurung	Independent	2,761	6.23
	Hemraj Thapa	Independent	2,446	5.52
	Sushant Shrestha	Independent	1,712	3.86
	Shailesh Dangol	Nepal Workers Peasants Party	1,122	2.53
	Others		2,177	4.91
Total			44,316	100.00

Majority			5,079
	Nepali Congress gain
Source: ^[3]

Kathmandu 5
Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)	Ishwar Pokhrel	23,029
	Nepali Congress	Prakash Sharan Mahat	13,169
	Bibeksheel Sajha Party	Ujwal Bahadur Thapa	6,853
	Others		1,659
Invalid votes			1,154
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

Kathamndu 5
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Narahari Acharya	15,364
	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)	Ishwar Pokhrel	14,723
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Raja Ram Shrestha	4,359
	UCPN (Maoist)	Mahendra Kumar Shrestha	3,655
	Independent	Ujwal Bahadur Thapa	1,163
	Others		2,674
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission

Kathmandu 5
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Narahari Acharya	13,245
	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)	Ishwar Pokhrel	9,120
	CPN (Maoist)	Dipendra Prakash Maharjan	8,089
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Kamal Thapa	3,925
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Daman Bahdur Khatri	1,022
	Others		2,194
Invalid votes			1,389
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission^[4]

Dhanusha 3
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Ananda Prasad Dhungana	20,877
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ishwar Pokhrel	14,311
Result		Congress gain
Source: [1]

^ "Ministry of Defence". Ministry of Defence (Government of Nepal). Archived from the original on 4 February 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
^ "Ishwar Pokhrel". Ujyaaloonline. Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
^ "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
^ "Ca Election report". 3 October 2009. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2020.