Baglung 2 (constituency)

Baglung 2
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Representatives
Balung 2 in Gandaki Province
Protected areas in green
Assembly segments Baglung 2(A) and Baglung 2(B) within Baglung District
Protected areas in green
ProvinceGandaki Province
DistrictBaglung District
Electorate80,526
Current constituency
Created1991
MPDevendra Paudel (NCP)
Gandaki
MPA 2(A)		Chandra Bahadur Budha (NCP)
Gandaki
MPA 2(B)		Khim Bikram Shahi (RJM)

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

Incorporated areas

Baglung 2 incorporates Galkot Municipality, Tara Khola Rural Municipality, Badigad Rural Municipality, Taman Khol Rural Municipality, Dhorpatan Municipality, Nisikhola Rural Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Gandaki Provincial Assembly segment

  • Baglung 2(A)
  • Baglung 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election Member Party
1991 Min Bahadur Khatri Nepali Congress
1999 Chitra Bahadur K.C. Rastriya Janamorcha
2013 Prakash Sharma Paudel Nepali Congress
2017 Devendra Paudel CPN (Maoist Centre)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (Maoist Centre)

Provincial Assembly

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Devendra PaudelCPN (Maoist Centre)24,79451.56
Manju SharmaCPN (UML)20,19341.99
Tila KhatriRastriya Swatantra Party2,3274.84
Others7761.61
Total48,090100.00
Majority4,601
CPN (Maoist Centre) hold
Source: [2]

2022 provincial election

Election in the 2010s

2019 by-elections

2(B)
Party Candidate Votes
Rastriya Janamorcha Khim Bikram Shahi 11,235
Nepali Congress Jit Bahadu Sherchan 9,138
Others 597
Invalid votes 425
Result Janamorcha hold
Source: Election Commission

2017 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist Centre) Devendra Paudel 28,827
Nepali Congress Nar Bahadur Pun 19,905
Others 1,028
Invalid votes 2,610
Result Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Prakash Sharma Paudel 10,253
Rastriya Janamorcha Rajendra Dhungana 8,031
UCPN (Maoist) Lila Bahadur Thapa Magar 5,854
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Surya Prasad Pathak 3,404
Others 1,048
Result Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
Rastriya Janamorcha Chitra Bahadur K.C. 12,594
Nepali Congress Mani Bhadra Sharma 11,975
CPN (Unified) Lila Bahadur Thapa Magar 7,669
CPN (Maoist) Dhan Prasad Sapkota 7,451
Others 1,760
Invalid votes 1,813
Result Janamorcha hold
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Rastriya Janamorcha Chitra Bahadur K.C. 24,124
Nepali Congress Gopal Prasad Sapkota 15,040
Others 1,102
Invalid Votes 538
Result Janamorcha gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Min Bahadur Khatri 15,283
Independent Chitra Bahadur K.C. 15,089
Others 844
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Min Bahadur Khatri 15,644
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Thapa) 7,283
Result Congress gain
Source: [1]

See also

References

  1. ^ "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. ^ a b c "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
  3. ^ "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  4. ^ "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  5. ^ a b "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  6. ^ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.