Morang 6 (constituency)

Morang 6
Parliamentary constituency
Morang 6 in Province No. 1
ProvinceProvince No. 1
DistrictMorang District
Current constituency
Created1991
Member of ParliamentShekhar Koirala, (NC)
Member of the Provincial AssemblyJeevan Acharya, (CPN-MC)
Member of the Provincial AssemblyKedar Karki, (NC)

Morang 6 is one of six parliamentary constituencies of Morang District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.[1]

Incorporated areas

Morang 6 incorporates Budhiganga Rural Municipality, wards 2–7 of Sundarharaicha Municipality and wards 4–7, 9, 11 and 12 of Biratnagar Metropolitan City.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly segment

  • Morang 6(A)

It incorporates Budhiganga Rural Municipality, wards 2-7 of Sundar Haraicha municipality and ward 4 of Biratnagar metropolitan city

  • Morang 6(B)

It incorporates wards 5-7,9,11, and 12 of Biratnagar metropolitan city

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election Member Party
1991 Shyam Lal Tawedar Nepali Congress
1994 Guru Prasad Baral CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1999 Hari Narayan Chaudhary Nepali Congress
2008 Bhim Raj Chaudhary Rajbanshi Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal
June 2009 Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)
2013 Mahesh Acharya Nepali Congress
2017 Lal Babu Pandit CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2022 Shekhar Koirala Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Shekhar KoiralaNepali Congress35,22443.80
Lal Babu PanditCPN (UML)22,94628.53
Yadav Kumar PradhanRastriya Swatantra Party9,14011.36
Gopal KshetriRastriya Prajatantra Party8,92511.10
Buddhi Ram MajhiJanamat Party1,8442.29
Others2,3472.92
Total80,426100.00
Majority12,278
Nepali Congress gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Lal Babu Pandit 33,941
Nepali Congress Dr. Shekhar Koirala 33,266
Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Rajeshwar Bishwas 5,261
Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Tavrej Akhtar Aalam 1,118
Others 1,277
Invalid votes 4,255
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Mahesh Acharya 12,552
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) Bhakti Nath Majhi Tharu 7,568
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Mahesh Prasad Bhattarai 5,600
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal Mrityuanjay Kumar Jha 5,327
UCPN (Maoist) Babu Raja Ojha 4,287
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal Ballabh Prasad Dahal 3,536
Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party Mohammad Kadir 1,020
Others 2,224
Result Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal Bhim Raj Chaudhary Rajbanshi 17,086
Nepali Congress Mahesh Acharya 11,558
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Mahesh Regmi 7,272
CPN (Maoist) Hirad Lal Chaudhary 3,399
Others 3,337
Invalid votes 2,047
Result MJFN gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Hari Narayan Chaudhary 22,856
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Guru Prasad Baral 18,612
Nepal Sadbhawana Party Babu Nand Yadav 4,045
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Hari Prasad Ghimire 2,354
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Bhusan Ram Mandal 1,554
Others 861
Invalid Votes 1,693
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Guru Prasad Baral 15,460
Nepali Congress Satya Narayan Chaudhary 13,858
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Bhushan Raj Mandal 5,646
Nepal Sadbhawana Party Ram Narayan Yadav 2,885
Others 737
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Shyam Lal Tawedar 23,931
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Mohan Chandra Adhikari 14,486
Result Congress 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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