He won Lalitpur–2 seat in 2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election from Nepali Congress.

He is the vice-president of Jyapu Samaj-Yala, general secretary of Ganeshman Singh Study Foundation and founder member of Rotary Club.

[3] Chandra Maharjan began his political career from CPN (Fourth Convention) in 1972.

Maharjan has also worked as district president and was also elected as deputy mayor of Lalitpur Sub-metropolitan City in 1992.

In the 2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, however, his victory march was momentarily interrupted, as he was narrowly defeated in Lalitpur-2—losing by a small margin.