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]
Gorkha 2 | |
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Parliamentary constituency for the House of Representatives | |
Province | Gandaki Province |
District | Gorkha District |
Electorate | 90,826 |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1991 |
MP | Pushpa Kamal Dahal (MC) |
Gandaki MPA 2(A) | Hari Sharan Acharya (SPN) |
Gandaki MPA 2(B) | Surendra Raj Pandey (NC) |
Incorporated areas
editGorkha 2 incorporates Ajirkot Rural Municipality, Siranchok Rural Municipality, Palungtar Municipality and wards 8–14 of Gorkha Municipality.
Assembly segments
editIt encompasses the following Gandaki Provincial Assembly segment
- Gorkha 2(A)
- Gorkha 2(B)
Members of Parliament
editElection | Member | Party | |
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1991 | Maya Devi Shrestha | Nepali Congress | |
1994 | Kamala Panta | ||
2008 | Baburam Bhattarai | CPN (Maoist) | |
January 2009 | UCPN (Maoist) | ||
2013 | Hit Raj Pandey | ||
May 2016 | CPN (Maoist Centre) | ||
2017 | Baburam Bhattarai | Naya Shakti Party, Nepal | |
May 2019 | Samajbadi Party, Nepal | ||
April 2020 | People's Socialist Party, Nepal | ||
August 2022 | Nepal Socialist Party | ||
2022 | Pushpa Kamal Dahal | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
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Election results
editElection in the 2020s
edit2022 general election
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Pushpa Kamal Dahal | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 26,109 | 51.28 | |
Kabindra Burlakoti | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 12,639 | 24.82 | |
Abdus Salam Miya | CPN (UML) | 7,395 | 14.52 | |
Sushil Pant | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 1,813 | 3.56 | |
Som Bahadur Gurung | Mongol National Organisation | 1,164 | 2.29 | |
Others | 1,798 | 3.53 | ||
Total | 50,918 | 100.00 | ||
Majority | 13,470 | |||
CPN (Maoist Centre) gain | ||||
Source: [2] |
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Election in the 2010s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | |
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Naya Shakti Party, Nepal | Dr. Baburam Bhattarai | 31,807 | |
CPN (Maoist Centre) | Narayan Kaji Shrestha | 24,933 | |
Others | 739 | ||
Invalid votes | 2,636 | ||
Result | Naya Shakti gain | ||
Source: Election Commission |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | |
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UCPN (Maoist) | Hit Raj Pandey | 20,761 | |
Nepali Congress | Rabikala Sharma Neupane | 7,929 | |
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Baburam Adhikari | 3,431 | |
Others | 1,178 | ||
Result | Maoist hold | ||
Source: NepalNews[3] |
Election in the 2000s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | |
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CPN (Maoist) | Dr. Baburam Bhattarai | 46,272 | |
Nepali Congress | Chandra Prasad Neupane | 6,143 | |
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Hari Prasad Kale | 2,083 | |
Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Indra Bahadur Gurung | 1,185 | |
Others | 794 | ||
Invalid votes | 1,428 | ||
Result | Maoist gain | ||
Source: Election Commission[4] |
Election in the 1990s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | |
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Nepali Congress | Kamala Panta | 11,544 | |
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Prem Bahadur Gurung | 11,131 | |
Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Indra Bahadur Gurung | 6,689 | |
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) | Rajeshwar Devkota | 5,852 | |
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Dil Bahadur Gurung | 1,295 | |
Others | 1,035 | ||
Invalid Votes | 1,568 | ||
Result | Congress hold | ||
Source: Election Commission[5][6] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | |
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Nepali Congress | Kamala Panta | 8,197 | |
Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Rajeshwar Devkota | 6,862 | |
Independent | Indra Bahadur Gurung | 6,561 | |
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Bachaspati Devkota | 4,957 | |
Independent | Chandra Nath Kandel | 3,652 | |
Others | 828 | ||
Result | Congress hold | ||
Source: Election Commission[5] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | |
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Nepali Congress | Maya Devi Shrestha | 15,269 | |
Samyukta Jana Morcha Nepal | Suresh Wagle | 13,687 | |
Result | Congress gain | ||
Source: [1] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ a b c "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
- ^ "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ^ "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
- ^ a b "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
- ^ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.