| Election Name: | 2023 Chitwan–2 by-election |
| Type: | by-election |
| Country: | Nepal |
| Seats For Election: | Constituency of Chitwan 2 in the House of Representatives |
| Turnout: | 63%[1] |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2022 Nepalese general election |
| Previous Year: | 2022 |
| Candidate1: | Rabi Lamichhane |
| Candidate2: | Jit Narayan Shrestha |
| Popular Vote1: | 54,176 |
| Percentage1: | 70.03% |
| Popular Vote2: | 11,214 |
| Percentage2: | 14.49% |
| MP | |
| Before Election: | Rabi Lamichhane |
| After Election: | Rabi Lamichhane |
| Candidate3: | Ram Prasad Neupane |
| Popular Vote3: | 10,936 |
| Percentage3: | 14.14% |
The 2023 Chitwan–2 by-election was held in the Chitwan 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, Rabi Lamichhane, president of the Rastriya Swatantra Party.[4] It was held alongside by-elections in Tanahun 1 and Bara 2.[5]
RSP's Lamichhane was re-elected in the by-election, securing an even greater margin of votes than in the 2022 general election.[6] [7]
First elected in 2022, Lamichhane served as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs from 26 December 2022 to 27 January 2023, when he was stripped of all his elected positions after the Supreme Court ruled that Lamichhane did not follow due process to re-obtain his Nepali citizenship after renouncing his American citizenship, and thus, he was not a legal Nepali citizen.[8] He reacquired the Nepali citizenship two days later, and contested the by-election.[9] [10]
