Palpa 2 (constituency)
Palpa 2 | |
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Parliamentary constituency | |
![]() Palpa 2 in Lumbini Province | |
Province | Lumbini Province |
District | Palpa District |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1991 |
Party | CPN (Unified Socialist) |
Member of Parliament | 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
[edit]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
[edit]It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment
- Palpa 2(A)
- Palpa 2(B)
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
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1991 | Gambhir Jang Karki | Nepali Congress | |
1994 | Som Prasad Pandey | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
2008 | Lila Kumari Wagle | CPN (Maoist) | |
January 2009 | UCPN (Maoist) | ||
2013 | Som Prasad Pandey | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
May 2018 | Nepal Communist Party | ||
March 2021 | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | ||
August 2021 | CPN (Unified Socialist) | ||
2022 | Thakur Prasad Gaire | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
2(A)[edit]
| 2(B)[edit]
|
Election results
[edit]Election in the 2020s
[edit]2022 general election
[edit]Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Thakur Prasad Gaire | CPN (UML) | 28,645 | 46.05 | |
Som Prasad Pandey | CPN (Unified Socialist) | 24,899 | 40.03 | |
Som Prasad Gaire | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 5,349 | 8.60 | |
Man Bahadur Darlami | Mongol National Organisation | 1,604 | 2.58 | |
Others | 1,709 | 2.75 | ||
Total | 62,206 | 100.00 | ||
Majority | 3,746 | |||
CPN (UML) gain | ||||
Source: [2] |
Election in the 2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Som Prasad Pandey | 34,899 | |
Nepali Congress | Hari Prasad Nepal | 24,554 | |
Mongol National Organisation | Thaman Bahadur Budha Magar | 1,005 | |
Others | 1,684 | ||
Invalid votes | 1,596 | ||
Result | CPN (UML) hold | ||
Source: Election Commission |
2(A)[edit]
| 2(B)[edit]
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Som Prasad Pandey | 13,193 | |
Nepali Congress | Bir Bahadur Rana | 13,098 | |
UCPN (Maoist) | Basanta Kumar Sharma | 4,967 | |
Rastriya Janamukti Party | Top Bahadur Aslami | 1,221 | |
Others | 694 | ||
Result | CPN (UML) hold | ||
Source: NepalNews[3] |
Election in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
CPN (Maoist) | Lila Kumari Wagle | 12,750 | |
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Som Prasad Pandey | 10,929 | |
Nepali Congress | Rajan Prasad Pant | 10,820 | |
Rastriya Janamukti Party | Top Bahadur Aslami | 1,706 | |
Others | 1,381 | ||
Invalid votes | 1,356 | ||
Result | Maoist gain | ||
Source: Election Commission[4] |
Election in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Som Prasad Pandey | 15,905 | |
Nepali Congress | Rajan Prasad Pant | 15,151 | |
Rastriya Janamukti Party | Gore Bahadur Khapangi | 3,542 | |
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Som Nath Aryal | 1,011 | |
Others | 635 | ||
Invalid votes | 764 | ||
Result | CPN (UML) hold | ||
Source: Election Commission[5][6] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Som Prasad Pandey | 17,851 | |
Nepali Congress | Gambhir Jang Karki | 12,147 | |
Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Hari Bahadur Thapa | 1,744 | |
Prajatantrik Lok Dal | Devendra Raj Pandey | 1,116 | |
Rastriya Janamukti Party | Kheman Singh Rana | 42 | |
Result | CPN (UML) gain | ||
Source: Election Commission[5] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
Nepali Congress | Gambhir Jang Karki | 17,248 | |
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | 13,282 | ||
Result | Congress gain | ||
Source: [1] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
- ^ "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ^ "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
- ^ a b "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
- ^ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.