Kaski 2 (constituency) explained

Kaski 2
Type:Parliamentary
Parl Name:House of Representatives
Map Size:300
Map Year:2017
District Label:Province
District:Gandaki Province
Region Label:District
Region:Kaski District
Electorate:70,651
Year:1991
Members Label:MP
Members:Bidya Bhattarai (NCP)
Blank1 Name:Gandaki
MPA 2(A)
Blank1 Info:Krishna Bahadur Thapa (NCP)
Blank2 Name:Gandaki
MPA 2(B)
Blank2 Info:Bindu Kumar Thapa (NC)

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

Incorporated areas

Kaski 2 incorporates wards 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21 and 33 of Pokhara Metropolitan City.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Gandaki Provincial Assembly segment

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1991Tul Bahadur GurungCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1999Mahadev GurungNepali Congress
2008Raj Kaji GurungCPN (Maoist)
January 2009UCPN (Maoist)
2013Sharada Devi PaudelNepali Congress
2017Rabindra Prasad AdhikariCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018Nepal Communist Party
2019 by-electionBidya BhattaraiNepal Communist Party
March 2021CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

2(A)

ElectionMemberParty
2017Krishna Bahadur ThapaCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
May 2018Nepal Communist Party

2(B)

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

2(B)

Election in the 2010s

PartyCandidateVotes
Nepal Communist PartyBidya Bhattarai24,394
Nepali CongressKhem Raj Paudel15,991
Samajbadi Party, NepalDharma Raj Gurung1,922
Rastriya Prajatantra PartyRom Bahadur Bhandari1,153
Others1,486
Invalid votes600
ResultNCP hold
Source: Election Commission
PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Rabindra Prasad Adhikari27,207
Nepali CongressDev Raj Chalise18,661
Others2,581
Invalid votes1,464
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission
2(A)
PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Krishna Bahadur Thapa15,329
Nepali CongressGuru Prasad Baral8,325
Others2,174
Invalid votes605
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission
2(B)
PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressBindu Kumar Thapa10,726
CPN (Maoist Centre)Raj Kaji Gurung9,924
IndependentNaresh Shankar Palikhe1,292
Others1,130
Invalid votes448
ResultCongress gain
Source: Election Commission
PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressSharada Devi Paudel11,662
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Krishna Bahadur Thapa11,318
UCPN (Maoist)Bakhan Singh Gurung5,606
Federal Socialist Party, NepalDevi Raj Gurung2,595
Rastriya Prajatantra Party NepalJaya Lal Pun1,401
Akhanda Nepal PartyPadam Bahadur Karki1,241
Others1,608
ResultCongress gain
Source: NepalNews[2]

Election in the 2000s

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Maoist)Raj Kaji Gurung14,832
Nepali CongressSharada Devi Paudel10,743
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Gaja Kumari Gurung10,637
Rastriya Prajatantra PartyKamal Man Gurung1,374
Others2,211
Invalid votes1,527
ResultMaoist gain
Source: Election Commission[3]

Election in the 1990s

PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressMahadev Gurung26,443
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Tul Bahadur Gurung22,126
CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Harka Bahadur Pun2,960
Rastriya Prajatantra PartyRom Bahadur Bhandari2,691
Others775
Invalid Votes1,426
ResultCongress gain
Source: Election Commission[4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Tul Bahadur Gurung22,377
Nepali CongressShukra Raj Sharma18,663
Rastriya Prajatantra PartySurya Bahadur K.C.8,568
Others745
ResultCPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission
PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Tul Bahadur Gurung24,034
Nepali Congress21,311
ResultCPN (UML) 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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