Rupandehi 2 (constituency)

Rupandehi 2
Parliamentary constituency
Rupandehi 2 in Lumbini Province
ProvinceLumbini Province
DistrictRupandehi District
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyNepal Communist Party
Member of ParliamentBishnu Prasad Paudel

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

Incorporated areas

Rupandehi 2 incorporates wards 1–4 of Sainamaina Municipality, wards 1–6 of Tilottama Municipality and wards 1–13 of Butwal Sub-metropolitan City.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment

  • Rupandehi 2(A)
  • Rupandehi 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election Member Party
1991 Ram Krishna Tamrakar Nepali Congress
1994 Dhanpati Upadhyaya CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1997 by-election Ghanashyam Bhusal
March 1998 CPN (Marxist–Leninist)
1999 Ram Krishna Tamrakar Nepali Congress
2008 Om Prakash Yadav Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal
May 2011 Madheshi Janaahikar Forum (Republican)
2013 Deepak Bohara Rastriya Prajatantra Party
August 2017 Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Democratic)
2017 Bishnu Prasad Paudel CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Provincial Assembly

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Bishnu Prasad PaudelCPN (UML)27,16535.05
Ganesh PaudelRastriya Swatantra Party25,79533.28
Keshav Bahadur Thapa MagarRastriya Janamukti Party22,02728.42
Roop Singh ThapaIndependent1,0291.33
Others1,4921.92
Total77,508100.00
Majority1,370
CPN (UML) hold
Source: [2]

Election in the 2017s

2017 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bishnu Prasad Paudel 44,009
Nepali Congress Yuvraj Giri 21,946
Rastriya Janamukti Party Ruk Bahadur Pun 3,568
Bibeksheel Sajha Party Hari Krishna Adhikari 1,323
Others 1,628
Invalid votes 1,819
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Deepak Bohora 8,152
Nepali Congress Ram Krishna Tamrakar 6,210
Independent Santosh Kumar Pandey 5,608
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) Devi Prasad Chaudhary 5,526
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bharat Kumar Pokharel 5,516
UCPN (Maoist) Binod Kumar Upadhyaya 3,223
Rastriya Janamukti Party Surya KUmar Saru Magar 2,595
Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party Raytan Kumar Teli Gupta 1,027
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal Ratna Kumar Teli 1,023
Others 3,856
Result RPP gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal Om Prakash Yadav 10,612
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Devi Prasad Chaudhary 9,829
CPN (Maoist) Binod Kumar Upadhyaya 9,115
Nepali Congress Ram Krishna Tamrakar 8,616
Rastriya Janamukti Party Yam Bahadur Thapa 1,577
Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party Raytan Kumar Teli Gupta 1,317
Independent Ramu Yadav Ahir 1,316
Others 2,725
Invalid votes 2,135
Result MJFN gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Ram Krishna Tamrakar 14,441
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Lok Bahadur Budha Rana 12,923
Nepal Sadbhawana Party Devi Prasad Chaudhary 12,454
Rastriya Janamukti Party Hem Raj Thapa 2,708
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Niranjan Kumar Thapa 2,687
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Ghanshyam Bhusal 1,172
Others 1,803
Invalid votes 764
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]
1997 by-elections
Party Candidate
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ghanshyam Bhusal
Others
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[7]

1994 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Dhanpati Upadhyaya 13,571
Nepali Congress Ram Krishna Tamrakar 10,850
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Chabbi Lal Bhusal 6,873
Nepal Sadbhavana Party Satya Prasad Chaudhary 5,578
Rastriya Janamukti Party Shri Prasad Gurung 2,542
Others 909
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Ram Krishna Tamrakar 11,689
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 9,725
Result Congress gain
Source: [1]

See also

References

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  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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  7. ^ "प्रतिनिधिसभाको सदस्य निर्वाचित भएको". rajpatra.dop.gov.np. Retrieved 2020-12-11.