2023 Bara–2 by-election explained
Election Name: | 2023 Bara–2 by-election |
Type: | by-election |
Country: | Nepal |
Seats For Election: | Constituency of Bara 2 in the House of Representatives |
Turnout: | 64%[1] |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2022 Nepalese general election |
Previous Year: | 2022 |
Candidate1: | Upendra Yadav |
Candidate2: | Shivachandra Prasad Kushwaha |
Popular Vote1: | 28,415 |
Percentage1: | 41.67 |
Popular Vote2: | 23,334 |
Percentage2: | 34.22% |
MP |
Before Election: | Ram Sahaya Yadav |
After Election: | Upendra Yadav |
Candidate3: | Purushottam Poudel |
Popular Vote3: | 10,216 |
Percentage3: | 14.98 |
The 2023 Bara–2 by-election was held in the Bara 2 constituency of Nepal on 23 April 2023.[2] [3] The by-election was held as the result of the vacation of the seat by the sitting member, Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav, who was elected vice president on 17 March 2023.[4] It was held alongside by-elections in Chitwan 2 and Tanahun 1.[5]
Upendra Yadav, chairman of the People's Socialist Party, Nepal, who had been defeated in Saptari 2 in the 2022 general election, was elected from the by-election, defeating Janamat Party's Shivachandra Prasad Kushwaha, who had contested the seat from the CPN (Maoist Centre) in 2022.[6] [7]
Background
First elected as a proportional candidate from the Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal's party list in 2008, Yadav was not re-elected in 2013 despite being on the party list. He then contested and won from Bara 2 in 2017 from the MJFN's successor party, the Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal. Yadav briefly served as the minister for Forests and Environment from 2021 to 2022 in the fifth Deuba cabinet. He was re-elected from Bara 2 in 2022 by a very thin margin of just 354 votes.
Yadav was the candidate from the People's Socialist Party, Nepal and the 10-party ruling alliance for the 2023 vice-presidential election, and was elected vice president on 17 March 2023, defeating CPN (UML)'s Astalaxmi Shakya and Janamat Party's Mamata Jha.[8] [9] He resigned as member of Parliament before assuming office as vice president on 20 March 2023.[10]
2022 election result
References
- Web site: Around 60 percent votes cast in by-elections: Election Commission. kathmandupost.com.
- Web site: तनहुँ जिल्ला निर्वाचन क्षेत्र नं. १ र बारा जिल्ला निर्वाचन क्षेत्र नं. २ मा २०८० वैशाख १० गते उपनिर्वाचन हुने सम्बन्धमा प्रेस विज्ञप्ति . 21 March 2023 . Election Commission, Nepal . ne.
- Web site: Election Commission announces by-elections in Tanahun-1 and Bara-2 on April 23 . 2023-03-20 . kathmandupost.com . English.
- Web site: Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav elected Vice President . 2023-03-21 . kathmandupost.com . English.
- Web site: diwakar . 2023-03-20 . By-elections in Tanahun 1 and Bara 2 on April 23, together with Chitwan 2 - OnlineKhabar English News . 2023-03-21 . en-GB.
- Web site: Upendra Yadav elected from Bara-2 . 2023-04-26 . kathmandupost.com . English.
- Web site: diwakar . 2023-04-26 . Upendra Yadav turns lucky in Bara 2 by-election - OnlineKhabar English News . 2023-04-26 . en-GB.
- Web site: Ruling alliance and UML pick vice presidential candidates . 2023-03-21 . kathmandupost.com . English.
- Web site: Republica . Yadav elected as Nepal’s new Vice President . 2023-03-21 . My Republica . en.
- Web site: Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav sworn in as Vice President . 2023-03-21 . kathmandupost.com . English.
- Web site: Around 60 percent votes cast in by-elections: Election Commission. kathmandupost.com.
- Web site: तनहुँ जिल्ला निर्वाचन क्षेत्र नं. १ र बारा जिल्ला निर्वाचन क्षेत्र नं. २ मा २०८० वैशाख १० गते उपनिर्वाचन हुने सम्बन्धमा प्रेस विज्ञप्ति . 21 March 2023 . Election Commission, Nepal . ne.
- Web site: Election Commission announces by-elections in Tanahun-1 and Bara-2 on April 23 . 2023-03-20 . kathmandupost.com . English.
- Web site: Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav elected Vice President . 2023-03-21 . kathmandupost.com . English.
- Web site: diwakar . 2023-03-20 . By-elections in Tanahun 1 and Bara 2 on April 23, together with Chitwan 2 - OnlineKhabar English News . 2023-03-21 . en-GB.
- Web site: Upendra Yadav elected from Bara-2 . 2023-04-26 . kathmandupost.com . English.
- Web site: diwakar . 2023-04-26 . Upendra Yadav turns lucky in Bara 2 by-election - OnlineKhabar English News . 2023-04-26 . en-GB.
- Web site: Ruling alliance and UML pick vice presidential candidates . 2023-03-21 . kathmandupost.com . English.
- Web site: Republica . Yadav elected as Nepal’s new Vice President . 2023-03-21 . My Republica . en.
- Web site: Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav sworn in as Vice President . 2023-03-21 . kathmandupost.com . English.