Sindhupalchok 2 (constituency) explained

Sindhupalchok 2
Type:	Parliamentary
Map Size:	300
Map Year:	2017
District Label:	Province
District:	Bagmati Province
Region Label:	District
Region:	Sindhupalchok District
Year:	1991
Party:	Nepali Congress
Members Label:	Member of Parliament
Members:	Mohan Bahadur Basnet

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

Incorporated areas

Sindhupalchok 2 parliamentary constituency incorporates Indrawati Rural Municipality, Helambu Rural Municipality, Panchpokhari Thangpal Rural Municipality, Melamchi Municipaliaty and, wards 1, 5–8 and 11–14 of Chautera Sangachokgadhi Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Provincial Assembly segment

• Sindhupalchok 2(A)
• Sindhupalchok 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Krishna Raj Shrestha	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	1994	Bishnu Bikram Thapa	Rastriya Prajatantra Party
	1999	Subas Karmacharya	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2008	Agni Prasad Sapkota	CPN (Maoist)
	January 2009		UCPN (Maoist)
	May 2016		CPN (Maoist Centre)
	2017	Sher Bahadur Tamang	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2022	Mohan Bahadur Basnet	Nepali Congress

2(A)

Election		Member	Party
	2017	Yuvaraj Dulal	CPN (Maoist Centre)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party

2(B)

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Election in the 2010s

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Sher Bahadur Tamang	38,401
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Democratic)	Pashupati SJB Rana	30,369
	Unified Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Nationalist)	Chandra Dutta Khatiwada	1,341
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Bir Bahadur Tamang	1,279
	Others		444
Invalid votes			6,104
Result		Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission

Sindhupalchok 2(A)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Yuvaraj Dulal	20,687
	Nepali Congress	Bikash Tamang	13,521
	Others		1,179
Invalid votes			1,826
Result		Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission

Sindhupalchok 2(B)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Nima Lama	18,905
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Dawa Tamang	18,708
	Others		1,131
Invalid votes			1,786
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission

Party		Candidate	Votes
	UCPN (Maoist)	Agni Prasad Sapkota	12,808
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Subas Karmacharya	12,158
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Bishnu Bikram Thapa	6,391
	Nepali Congress	Bikash Lama	6,375
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Krishna Bahadur Thakuri	1,226
	Others		1,362
Result		Maoist hold
Source: NepalNews^[2]

Election in the 2000s

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Agni Prasad Sapkota	30,175
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Subas Karmacharya	10,063
	Nepali Congress	Bhupendra Bahadur Thapa	5,241
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Babu Ram Khadka	2,743
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Ambika Silwal	2,094
	Others		1,698
Invalid votes			3,042
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission^[3]

Election in the 1990s

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Subas Karmacharya	17,897
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Bishnu Bikram Thapa	12,138
	Nepali Congress	Rajendra Man Talchabhadel	7,540
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Sudarshan Pradhan	1,898
	Independent	Prem Bahadur Adhikari	1,096
	Others		1,681
Invalid Votes			1,413
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission^[4] ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Bishnu Bikram Thapa	14,893
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Subas Karmacharya	10,289
	Nepali Congress	Binod Lama Moktan	9,427
	Others		1,162
Result		RPP gain
Source: Election Commission

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Krishna Raj Shrestha	7,818
	Nepali Congress	Binod Lama Moktan	7,166
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: http://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/election_1991_constituency_results_english.pdf

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal

External links

• Constituency map of Sindhupalchok

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/Sindhupalchok.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.