Chitwan 2 (constituency)

Chitwan 2
Parliamentary constituency
Chitwan 2 in Bagmati Province
ProvinceBagmati Province
DistrictChitwan District
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyRastriya Swatantra Party
Member of ParliamentRabi Lamichhane

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

Incorporated areas

Chitwan 2 parliamentary constituency incorporates Ichchhyakamana Rural Municipality, Kalika Municipality and wards 1–5, 7, 10–12 and 29 of Bharatpur Metropolitan City.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Provincial Assembly segment

  • Chitwan 2(A)
  • Chitwan 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election Member Party
1991 Bhim Bahadur Shrestha CPN (Democratic)
July 1991 CPN (United)
1994 Kashi Nath Adhikari CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1999 Eknath Rababhat Nepali Congress
2008 Ram Bahadur Thapa CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 UCPN (Maoist)
2013 Shesh Nath Adhikari Nepali Congress
2017 Krishna Bhakta Pokharel CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
2022 Rabi Lamichhane Rastriya Swatantra Party

Provincial Assembly

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2023 by-election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Rabi LamichhaneRastriya Swatantra Party54,17669.94
Jit Narayan ShresthaNepali Congress11,21414.48
Ram Prasad NeupaneCPN (UML)10,93614.12
Others1,1401.47
Total77,466100.00
Majority42,962
Rastriya Swatantra Party hold
Source: Election Commission of Nepal

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Rabi LamichhaneRastriya Swatantra Party49,30061.05
Umesh ShresthaNepali Congress14,98818.56
Krishna Bhakta PokharelCPN (UML)14,65218.14
Others1,8132.25
Total80,753100.00
Majority34,312
Rastriya Swatantra Party gain
Source: [2]

2022 Nepalese provincial elections

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Krishna Bhakta Pokharel 44,670
Nepali Congress Shesh Nath Adhikari 27,314
Bibeksheel Sajha Party Bhupendra Raj Basnet 1,245
Others 1,464
Invalid votes 1,702
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Shesh Nath Adhikari 17,810
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Krishna Prasad Sharma Khanal 16,811
UCPN (Maoist) Bishwa Bhakta Dulal 9,320
Others 2,899
Result Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist) Ram Bahadur Thapa 21,409
Nepali Congress Eknath Rababhat 13,009
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Kashi Nath Adhikari 11,312
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Bhagwati Ghimire 2,179
Others 1,775
Invalid votes 2,272
Result Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Eknath Rababhat 21,727
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Sita Kumari Paudel 19,502
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Dambar Shrestha 3,774
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Krishna Bahadur Lama 1,313
Others 1,325
Invalid Votes 1,043
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Kashi Nath Adhikari 17,592
Nepali Congress Tek Prasad Gurung 12,389
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nanda Prasad Bhattarai 4,046
Others 842
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Democratic) Bhim Bahadur Shrestha 25,716
Nepali Congress Ganga Dhar Lamsal 24,140
Result CPN (D) gain
Source: [1]

See also

References

  1. ^ "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. ^ "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.
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