| Chandra Kant Bhandari | |
| Native Name: | चन्द्रकान्त भण्डारी |
| Birth Date: | 9 June 1961 |
| Birth Place: | Hunga-7, Gulmi, Nepal |
| Party: | Nepali Congress |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Birth Name: | Chandra Kant Bhandari |
| Native Name Lang: | ne |
| Nationality: | Nepali |
| Office: | Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha |
| Term Start: | 22 December 2022 |
| Constituency: | Gulmi 1 |
| Predecessor: | Pradeep Gyawali |
| Office1: | Member of 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly |
| Term Start1: | 21 January 2014 |
| Term End1: | 14 October 2017 |
| Constituency1: | Gulmi 2 |
| Predecessor1: | Pradeep Gyawali |
| Successor1: | Gokarna Bista |
| Office2: | Member of the Central Working Committee of Nepali Congress |
| Term Start2: | Unknown |
| Incumbent2: | yes |
| Honorific Prefix: | Honourable |
| Honorific Suffix: | MP |
Dr. Chandra Bhandari (Nepali: डा. चन्द्र भण्डारी) (born Chandra Kant Bhandari, April 14, 1961, in Hunga-7, Gulmi) is a Nepali politician and central member of the Nepali Congress party.[1] [2] Bhandari a member of parliament elected from Gulmi 1 through 2022 legislative election.[3] [4]
Bhandari entered politics in 1976 and went on to become the general secretary of Nepal Students Union. In the 2006 revolution, he openly favored republicanism contrary to official party position. He contested the 2013 constituent assembly election from Gulmi-2 and won, defeating his long time rival Pradeep Gyawali by about 2,500 votes. He was defeated by CPN-UML candidate Pradeep Gyawali in the 1999 legislative election, in the 2008 CA Election and again later in the 2017 legislative election.[5] In the 2022 Nepalese general election, he was elected as the member of the 2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal.[6]
He had achieved master's degree in sociology and management faculty and was pursuing his PhD, as of 2013. He later completed his PhD.