Gurung contested the Manang seat in the 1994 parliamentary election as an independent.
[1] In February 2001 Gurung was named Minister of Labour and Transport Management in G.P.
[2] In July 2001 he was appointed to the same position in the ministry of Sher Bahadur Deuba.
[3] In April 2008, Gurung contested the Manang seat in the Constituent Assembly election.
He got 1209 votes, but was defeated by the Maoist Local Development Minister Dev Gurung.