Gorkha 2 (constituency) explained

Gorkha 2
Type:Parliamentary
Parl Name:House of Representatives
Map Size:300
Map Year:2017
District Label:Province
District:Gandaki Province
Region Label:District
Region:Gorkha District
Electorate:90,826
Year:1991
Members Label:MP
Members:Pushpa Kamal Dahal (SPN)
Blank1 Name:Gandaki
MPA 2(A)
Blank1 Info:Hari Sharan Acharya (SPN)
Blank2 Name:Gandaki
MPA 2(B)
Blank2 Info:Surendra Raj Pandey (NC)

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

Incorporated areas

Gorkha 2 incorporates Ajirkot Rural Municipality, Siranchok Rural Municipality, Palungtar Municipality and wards 8–14 of Gorkha Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Gandaki Provincial Assembly segment

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1991Maya Devi ShresthaNepali Congress
1994Kamala Panta
2008Baburam BhattaraiCPN (Maoist)
January 2009UCPN (Maoist)
2013Hit Raj Pandey
May 2016CPN (Maoist Centre)
2017Baburam BhattaraiNaya Shakti Party, Nepal
May 2019Samajbadi Party, Nepal
April 2020People's Socialist Party, Nepal
August 2022Nepal Socialist Party
2022Pushpa Kamal DahalCPN (Maoist Centre)

2(A)

ElectionMemberParty
2017Hari Sharan AcharyaNaya Shakti Party, Nepal
May 2019Samajbadi Party, Nepal
April 2020People's Socialist Party, Nepal
August 2022Nepal Socialist Party

2(B)

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 provincial election

2(B)

Election in the 2010s

PartyCandidateVotes
Naya Shakti Party, NepalDr. Baburam Bhattarai31,807
CPN (Maoist Centre)Narayan Kaji Shrestha24,933
Others739
Invalid votes2,636
ResultNaya Shakti gain
Source: Election Commission
2(A)
PartyCandidateVotes
Naya Shakti Party, NepalHari Sharan Acharya15,343
CPN (Maoist Centre)Kamala Naharki12,065
Others651
Invalid votes1,067
ResultNaya Shakti gain
Source: Election Commission
2(B)
PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressPrakash Chandra Dawadi15,853
CPN (Maoist Centre)Amar Bahadur Gurung Tamu13,411
Others621
Invalid votes1,075
ResultCongress gain
Source: Election Commission
PartyCandidateVotes
UCPN (Maoist)Hit Raj Pandey20,761
Nepali CongressRabikala Sharma Neupane7,929
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Baburam Adhikari3,431
Others1,178
ResultMaoist hold
Source: NepalNews[2]

Election in the 2000s

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Maoist)Dr. Baburam Bhattarai46,272
Nepali CongressChandra Prasad Neupane6,143
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Hari Prasad Kale2,083
Rastriya Prajatantra PartyIndra Bahadur Gurung1,185
Others794
Invalid votes1,428
ResultMaoist gain
Source: Election Commission[3]

Election in the 1990s

PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressKamala Panta11,544
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Prem Bahadur Gurung11,131
Rastriya Prajatantra PartyIndra Bahadur Gurung6,689
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)Rajeshwar Devkota5,852
CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Dil Bahadur Gurung1,295
Others1,035
Invalid Votes1,568
ResultCongress hold
Source: Election Commission[4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressKamala Panta8,197
Rastriya Prajatantra PartyRajeshwar Devkota6,862
IndependentIndra Bahadur Gurung6,561
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Bachaspati Devkota4,957
IndependentChandra Nath Kandel3,652
Others828
ResultCongress hold
Source: Election Commission
PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressMaya Devi Shrestha15,269
Samyukta Jana Morcha NepalSuresh Wagle13,687
ResultCongress 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/bhaktapur.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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