Amresh Kumar Singh (born 5 September 1970) is a Nepalese politician who is currently member of Rastriya Swatantra Party. He was a member of Nepali Congress in past after MJF, Nepal on whose ticket he served as the Member of the House of Representatives elected from Sarlahi 4.

He got elected as Member of Parliament from Sarlahi for three consecutive terms from Nepali Congress ticket. He was also elected to the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly in 2014 from Sarlahi 6.

Political career

He was a member of the State Management and Good Governance Committee in the House of Representatives.

Controversies

Burning the constitution

During a protest in Kathmandu, 14 members of the party including chairman Upendra Yadav and member of the Interim Parliament, Amresh Kumar Singh were arrested after they had burnt copies of the Interim Constitution which they said had failed to address the demands of the Madhesi people. Later Singh joined Nepali Congress seeing better chances of win and sided from MJF-N.

Challenging Balen Shah

Singh challenged Balen from parliament to demolish not just the scrap warehouse but also Singha Durbar, Supreme Court and Prime Minister residence. Amidst the events, he stood in support of the then Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal to arrest mayor Shah.

Opening clothes in the Parliament

Singh took off his clothes amongst the parliamentarians in meeting after denied to be let speak during an important meeting of Pratinidhi Sabha.

Electoral history

Summary

ElectionHouseConstituencyPartyVotesOpponentPartyVotesResult
2013Constituent Assembly (Legislature Parliament)Sarlahi 6Nepali Congress17,400Shivpujan Ray YadavTerai Madhesh Sadbhavana Party10,365Y Elected
2017House of Representatives (Federal Parliament)Sarlahi 429,675Rakesh Kumar MishraRastriya Janata Party Nepal28,136Y Elected
2022Independent20,017Nagendra KumarNepali Congress18,253Y Elected
2026Rastriya Swatantra Party35,688Gagan Thapa22,831Y Elected

2026 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Amresh Kumar SinghRastriya Swatantra Party35,68848.65
Gagan Kumar ThapaNepali Congress22,83131.13
Amnish Kumar YadavCPN (UML)9,34312.74
Rakesh Kumar MishraJanamat Party1,5722.14
Rajnish RayaNepali Communist Party1,4011.91
Pitambar Singh KushwahaUjyaalo Nepal Party4550.62
Harinandan Kumar RanjanBahujan Samaj Party of Nepal4520.62
Sachitra SahniIndependent4100.56
Ramcharitra SahniPragatisheel Loktantrik Party2990.41
Rameshwor Rae TadavJanata Samajbadi Party, Nepal1840.25
Gyanendra Prasad KushwahaIndependent1130.15
Others6020.82
Total73,350100.00
Valid votes73,35094.12
Invalid/blank votes4,5815.88
Total votes77,931100.00
Registered voters/turnout121,12064.34
Majority12,857
Rastriya Swatantra Party gain
Source:

Total Voters: 1,21,120 · Votes Cast: 77,931 (64.34%) · Valid Votes: 73,350 (94.12%) · Invalid Votes: 4,581 (5.88%)

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Amresh Kumar SinghIndependent20,01728.89
Nagendra KumarNepali Congress18,25326.35
Madhumala Kumari YadavIndependent14,62221.10
Rakesh Kumar MishraPeople's Socialist Party, Nepal5,8138.39
Raja Ram PaswanBahujan Ekata Party Nepal5,1587.44
Ram Babu RaeJanamat Party3,4294.95
Others1,9912.87
Total69,283100.00
Majority1,764
Independent gain
Source:

2017 general election

PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressAmresh Kumar Singh29,675
Rastriya Janata Party NepalRakesh Kumar Mishra28,136
Others1,501
Invalid votes6,128
ResultCongress gain
Source:

Notes