Gorkha 2 (constituency)

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

Gorkha 2
Parliamentary Constituency
for the House of Representatives
Gorkha 2 in Gandaki Province
Assembly segments Gorkha 2(A) and Gorkha 2(B) within Gorkha District
ProvinceGandaki Province
DistrictGorkha District
Electorate90,826
Current constituency
Created1991
MPBaburam Bhattarai (PSP-N)
Gandaki
MPA 2(A)		Hari Sharan Acharya (PSP-N)
Gandaki
MPA 2(B)		Prakash Chandra Dawadi (NC)

Incorporated areas

Gorkha 2 incorporates Ajirkot Rural Municipality, Siranchok Rural Municipality, Palungtar Municipality and wards 8–14 of Gorkha Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Gandaki Provincial Assembly segment

  • Gorkha 2(A)
  • Gorkha 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly
Election Member Party
1991 Maya Devi Shrestha Nepali Congress
1994 Kamala Panta
2008 Dr. Baburam Bhattarai CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 UCPN (Maoist)
2013 Hit Raj Pandey
May 2016 CPN (Maoist Centre)
2017 Dr. Baburam Bhattarai Naya Shakti Party, Nepal
May 2019 Samajbadi Party, Nepal
April 2020 People's Socialist Party, Nepal

Provincial Assembly

Election results

2017 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Naya Shakti Party, Nepal Dr. Baburam Bhattarai 31,807
CPN (Maoist Centre) Narayan Kaji Shrestha 24,933
Others 739
Invalid votes 2,636
Result Naya Shakti gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
UCPN (Maoist) Hit Raj Pandey 20,761
Nepali Congress Rabikala Sharma Neupane 7,929
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Baburam Adhikari 3,431
Others 1,178
Result Maoist hold
Source: NepalNews[2]

2008 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist) Dr. Baburam Bhattarai 46,272
Nepali Congress Chandra Prasad Neupane 6,143
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Hari Prasad Kale 2,083
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Indra Bahadur Gurung 1,185
Others 794
Invalid votes 1,428
Result Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[3]

1999 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Kamala Panta 11,544
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Prem Bahadur Gurung 11,131
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Indra Bahadur Gurung 6,689
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) Rajeshwar Devkota 5,852
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Dil Bahadur Gurung 1,295
Others 1,035
Invalid Votes 1,568
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[4][5]

1994 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Kamala Panta 8,197
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Rajeshwar Devkota 6,862
Independent Indra Bahadur Gurung 6,561
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bachaspati Devkota 4,957
Independent Chandra Nath Kandel 3,652
Others 828
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[4]

1991 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Maya Devi Shrestha 15,269
Samyukta Jana Morcha Nepal Suresh Wagle 13,687
Result Congress gain
Source:

See also

References
  1. "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  3. "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  4. "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  5. "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
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