Dr. Chandra Bhandari (Nepali: डा. चन्द्र भण्डारी) (born Chandra Kant Bhandari, April 14, 1961, in Hunga-7, Gulmi)^[1] is a Nepali politician and central member of the Nepali Congress party.^[2][3] Bhandari a member of parliament elected from Gulmi 1 through 2022 legislative election.^[1][4]

Bhandari entered politics in 1976 and went on to become the general secretary of Nepal Students Union.^[1] In the 2006 revolution, he openly favored republicanism contrary to official party position.^[1] He contested the 2013 constituent assembly election from Gulmi-2 and won,^[1] defeating his long time rival Pradeep Gyawali by about 2,500 votes.^[4] 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.^[1][5][4] 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. ^[1] He later completed his PhD.