Chitwan 2 (constituency) explained

Chitwan 2
Type:Parliamentary
Map Size:300
Map Year:2017
District Label:Province
District:Bagmati Province
Region Label:District
Region:Chitwan District
Year:1991
Party:Rastriya Swatantra Party
Members Label:Member of Parliament
Members:Rabi Lamichhane

Chitwan 2 is one of three parliamentary constituencies of Chitwan District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.[1]

Incorporated areas

Chitwan 2 parliamentary constituency incorporates Ichchhyakamana Rural Municipality, Kalika Municipality and wards 1–5, 7, 10–12 and 29 of Bharatpur Metropolitan City.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Provincial Assembly segment

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1991Bhim Bahadur ShresthaCPN (Democratic)
July 1991CPN (United)
1994Kashi Nath AdhikariCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1999Eknath RababhatNepali Congress
2008Ram Bahadur ThapaCPN (Maoist)
January 2009UCPN (Maoist)
2013Shesh Nath AdhikariNepali Congress
2017Krishna Bhakta PokharelCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018Nepal Communist Party
2022Rabi LamichhaneRastriya Swatantra Party

2(A)

ElectionMemberParty
2017Ghan Shyam DahalCPN (Maoist Centre)
May 2018Nepal Communist Party
2022Krishna Prasad Silwal

2(B)

ElectionMemberParty
2017Bijay SubediCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018Nepal Communist Party
2022Uttam JoshiNepali Congress

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Chitwan 2(A)
PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)Krishna Prasad Silwal16,500
CPN (Maoist Centre)Ghan Shyam Dahal15,260
Others5193
Invalid votes
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission
Chitwan 2(B)
PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressUttam Joshi13,306
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)Devi Prasad Gyawali12,744
Rastriya Prajatantra PartyJagdishwor Adhikari7,608
Hamro Nepali PartyHari Ram Rimal827
Others1,494
Invalid votes
ResultNC gain
Source: Election Commission

Election in the 2010s

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Krishna Bhakta Pokharel44,670
Nepali CongressShesh Nath Adhikari27,314
Bibeksheel Sajha PartyBhupendra Raj Basnet1,245
Others1,464
Invalid votes1,702
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission
Chitwan 2(A)
PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Maoist Centre)Ghan Shyam Dahal20,381
Nepali CongressJit narayan shrestha15,663
Others1,604
Invalid votes1,031
ResultMaoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission
Chitwan 2(B)
PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Bijay Subedi21,572
Nepali CongressPrakash Adhikari12,670
Bibeksheel Sajha PartyRam Chandra Timilsina1,284
CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Saraswati Sharma Paudel1,284
Others966
Invalid votes936
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission
PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressShesh Nath Adhikari17,810
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Krishna Prasad Sharma Khanal16,811
UCPN (Maoist)Bishwa Bhakta Dulal9,320
Others2,899
ResultCongress gain
Source: NepalNews[2]

Election in the 2000s

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Maoist)Ram Bahadur Thapa21,409
Nepali CongressEknath Rababhat13,009
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Kashi Nath Adhikari11,312
CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Bhagwati Ghimire2,179
Others1,775
Invalid votes2,272
ResultMaoist gain
Source: Election Commission[3]

Election in the 1990s

PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressEknath Rababhat21,727
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Sita Kumari Paudel19,502
CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Dambar Shrestha3,774
Rastriya Prajatantra PartyKrishna Bahadur Lama1,313
Others1,325
Invalid Votes1,043
ResultCongress gain
Source: Election Commission[4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Kashi Nath Adhikari17,592
Nepali CongressTek Prasad Gurung12,389
Rastriya Prajatantra PartyNanda Prasad Bhattarai4,046
Others842
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission
PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Democratic)Bhim Bahadur Shrestha25,716
Nepali CongressGanga Dhar Lamsal24,140
ResultCPN (D) gain
Source: http://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/election_1991_constituency_results_english.pdf

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies. en. 2018-04-25.
  2. Web site: 2015-03-25. Nepalnews.com – News from Nepal as it happens. 2020-11-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20150325225411/http://vote.nepalnews.com/election/pages/Chitwan.php#top. 2015-03-25.
  3. Web site: 2009-10-03. Ca Election report. 2020-11-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20091003184536/http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php. 2009-10-03.
  4. Web site: 2008-01-24. Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates. 2020-11-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20080124110554/http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php. 2008-01-24.
  5. Web site: Election Results'99. 2020-11-15. nepalresearch.org.

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