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{{Short description|Nepalese politician}}
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| name = Narahari Acharya
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'''Narahari Acharya''', ([[Nepali language|Nepali]]:नरहरि आचार्य) a central member of [[Nepali Congress]], assumed the post of the [[Ministry of Law, Justice, Constituent Assembly and Parliamentary Affairs (Nepal)|Minister of Law, Justice, Constituent Assembly, Parliamentary Affairs and Peace and Reconstruction]] on 25 February 2014 under [[Sushil Koirala]]-led government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=70127|publisher=My Republica|title=18 Ministers sworn-in, Cabinet meeting held|date=25 February 2014|accessdate=17 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2014/02/25/meet-the-new-cabinet-of-ministers/|date=25 February 2014|publisher=Nepali Times|title=Nepali Times {{!}} The Brief » Blog Archive » Meet the new cabinet of Ministers|accessdate=17 July 2014}}</ref>

He is a member of the [[2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly]]. He won the Kathmandu–5 seat in [[2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election]] from the [[Nepali Congress]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myrepublica.com/election/dr.php?dr=2|publisher=MyRepublica.com|title=MyRepublica :: Election Special|accessdate=17 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://election.nepalnews.com/elected.htm|publisher=Nepalnews.com|title=Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens :: Elected Members|accessdate=17 July 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714213320/http://election.nepalnews.com/elected.htm|archivedate=14 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="Ujyaaloonline">{{cite web|url=http://election.ujyaaloonline.com/candidates/2291/Narahari-Acharya|title=Election Candidate - Narahari Acharya|publisher=Ujyaaloonline.com|accessdate=17 July 2014}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Narahari Acharya was born on 27 September 1953 in Bisharnagar, [[Kathmandu]], [[Nepal]] to Umanath Acharya and Rewati Acharya. He holds a Master's Degree in Humanities and has taught for 16 years at the [[Tribhuvan University]]. He is married to the writer [[Sharada Sharma]] and has two daughters.<ref name="Ujyaaloonline" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sharada Sharma|url=https://sckool.org/women-writers-of-nepal-profiles-and-perspectives.html?page=23|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-27|website=Women Writers of Nepal (Profiles and Perspectives)}}</ref>

==Political career==
Acharya involved in politics joining [[Nepali Congress]] in 1968 though he only took the party membership in 1997. He became a member of the National Assembly in 1992 and was appointed as [[Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs (Nepal)|Minister for Law, Justice, Constituent Assembly and Parliamentary Affairs]].

He won the [[2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election]] from [[Kathmandu 5]] constituency with 13,245 votes defeating [[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)|CPN (UML)]] general secretary [[Ishwor Pokhrel]] who had received 9,120 votes. He was also jailed for 1 year in course of his political activities.<ref name="Ujyaaloonline" />

== Electoral history ==

=== [[2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election|2013 Constituent Assembly election]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |[[Kathmandu 5 (constituency)|Kathamndu 5]]
|-
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|Narahari Acharya
|15,364
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |
|[[CPN (UML)|CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)]]
|[[Ishwar Pokhrel]]
|14,723
|-
| style="background-color:orange" |
|[[Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal]]
|Raja Ram Shrestha
|4,359
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" |
|[[UCPN (Maoist)]]
|Mahendra Kumar Shrestha
|3,655
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent}}" |
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|[[Ujwal Thapa|Ujwal Bahadur Thapa]]
|1,163
|-
|
| colspan="2" |Others
|2,674
|-
! colspan="2" |Result
! colspan="2" |Congress hold
|-
| colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission
|}

=== [[2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election|2008 Constituent Assembly election]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |[[Kathmandu 5 (constituency)|Kathmandu 5]]
|-
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|Narahari Acharya
|13,245
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |
|[[CPN (UML)|CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)]]
|[[Ishwar Pokhrel]]
|9,120
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" |
|[[UCPN (Maoist)|CPN (Maoist)]]
|Dipendra Prakash Maharjan
|8,089
|-
| style="background-color:orange" |
|[[Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal]]
|[[Kamal Thapa]]
|3,925
|-
| style="background-color:indianred" |
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) (2002)|CPN (Marxist–Leninist)]]
|Daman Bahdur Khatri
|1,022
|-
|
| colspan="2" |Others
|2,194
|-
| colspan="3" |Invalid votes
|1,389
|-
! colspan="2" |Result
! colspan="2" |Congress gain
|-
| colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-10-03|title=Ca Election report|url=http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003184536/http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php|archive-date=2009-10-03|access-date=2020-11-15}}</ref>
|}

==References==
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[[Category:1953 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Kathmandu]]
[[Category:Nepalese educators]]
[[Category:Nepali Congress politicians]]
[[Category:Government ministers of Nepal]]
[[Category:Members of the Nepalese Constituent Assembly]]
[[Category:Bahun]]
[[Category:Members of the National Assembly (Nepal)]]
[[Category:20th-century Nepalese educators]]
[[Category:21st-century Nepalese educators]]

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