Palpa 2 (constituency) explained

Palpa 2
Type:Parliamentary
Map Size:300
Map Year:2017
District Label:Province
District:Lumbini Province
Region Label:District
Region:Palpa District
Year:1991
Party:CPN (Unified Socialist)
Members Label:Member of Parliament
Members:Som Prasad Pandey

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

Incorporated areas

Palpa 2 incorporates Rainadevi Chhahara Rural Municipality, Ribdikot Rural Municipality, Bangnaskali Rural Municipality, ward 1 of Mathagadhi Rural Municipality, ward 1–4 and 6 of Tinau Rural Municipality and wards 1–7 and 9–14 of Tansen Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1991Gambhir Jang KarkiNepali Congress
1994Som Prasad PandeyCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2008Lila Kumari WagleCPN (Maoist)
January 2009UCPN (Maoist)
2013Som Prasad PandeyCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018Nepal Communist Party
March 2021CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
August 2021CPN (Unified Socialist)
2022Thakur Prasad GaireCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

2(A)

ElectionMemberParty
2017Puran Man BajracharyaCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
May 2018Nepal Communist Party

2(B)

ElectionMemberParty
2017Tula Ram Gharti MagarCPN (Maoist Centre)
May 2018Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Election in the 2010s

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Som Prasad Pandey34,899
Nepali CongressHari Prasad Nepal24,554
Mongol National OrganisationThaman Bahadur Budha Magar1,005
Others1,684
Invalid votes1,596
ResultCPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission
2(A)
PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Puran Man Bachracharya18,042
Nepali CongressMadhav Prasad Nepal13,470
Others1,940
Invalid votes595
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission
2(B)
PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Maoist Centre)Tula Ram Gharti Magar16,422
Nepali CongressRam Bahadur Karki11,496
Others1,093
Invalid votes717
ResultMaoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission
PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Som Prasad Pandey13,193
Nepali CongressBir Bahadur Rana13,098
UCPN (Maoist)Basanta Kumar Sharma4,967
Rastriya Janamukti PartyTop Bahadur Aslami1,221
Others694
ResultCPN (UML) hold
Source: NepalNews[2]

Election in the 2000s

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Maoist)Lila Kumari Wagle12,750
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Som Prasad Pandey10,929
Nepali CongressRajan Prasad Pant10,820
Rastriya Janamukti PartyTop Bahadur Aslami1,706
Others1,381
Invalid votes1,356
ResultMaoist gain
Source: Election Commission[3]

Election in the 1990s

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Som Prasad Pandey15,905
Nepali CongressRajan Prasad Pant15,151
Rastriya Janamukti PartyGore Bahadur Khapangi3,542
CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Som Nath Aryal1,011
Others635
Invalid votes764
ResultCPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Som Prasad Pandey17,851
Nepali CongressGambhir Jang Karki12,147
Rastriya Prajatantra PartyHari Bahadur Thapa1,744
Prajatantrik Lok DalDevendra Raj Pandey1,116
Rastriya Janamukti PartyKheman Singh Rana42
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission
PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressGambhir Jang Karki17,248
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)13,282
ResultCongress gain
Source: http://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/election_1991_constituency_results_english.pdf

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies. en. 2018-04-25.
  2. Web site: 2015-03-25. Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens. 2020-11-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20150325225411/http://vote.nepalnews.com/election/pages/bhaktapur.php#top. 2015-03-25.
  3. Web site: 2009-10-03. Ca Election report. 2020-11-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20091003184536/http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php. 2009-10-03.
  4. Web site: 2008-01-24. Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates. 2020-11-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20080124110554/http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php. 2008-01-24.
  5. Web site: Election Results'99. 2020-11-15. nepalresearch.org.

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