Chitwan 2 (constituency)

Chitwan 2
Parliamentary constituency
Chitwan 2 in Bagmati Province
Province	Bagmati Province
District	Chitwan District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Rastriya Swatantra Party
Member of Parliament	Rabi Lamichhane

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

Incorporated areas

Chitwan 2 parliamentary constituency incorporates Ichchhyakamana Rural Municipality, Kalika Municipality and wards 1–5, 7, 10–12 and 29 of Bharatpur Metropolitan City.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Provincial Assembly segment.

• Chitwan 2(A)
• Chitwan 2(B)

Members of Parliament

, Parliament/Constituent Assembly

ty
	1991	Bhim Bahadur Shrestha	CPN (Democratic)
	July 1991		CPN (United)
	1994	Kashi Nath Adhikari	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	1999	Eknath Rababhat	Nepali Congress
	2008	Ram Bahadur Thapa	CPN (Maoist)
	January 2009		UCPN (Maoist)
	2013	Shesh Nath Adhikari	Nepali Congress
	2017	Krishna Bhakta Pokharel	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	2022	Rabi Lamichhane	Rastriya Swatantra Party

Provincial Assembly

2(A) Election Member Party 2017 Ghan Shyam Dahal CPN (Maoist Centre) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party 2022 Krishna Prasad Silwal

2(B) Election Member Party 2017 Bijay Subedi CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party 2022 Uttam Joshi Nepali Congress

Election results

Election in the 2020s

22 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Rabi Lamichhane	Rastriya Swatantra Party	49,300	61.05
	Umesh Shrestha	Nepali Congress	14,988	18.56
	Krishna Bhakta Pokharel	CPN (UML)	14,652	18.14
	Others		1,813	2.25
Total			80,753	100.00
Majority			34,312
	Rastriya Swatantra Party gain
Source: [2]

gains2022 Nepalese provincial elections

Chitwan 2(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) Krishna Prasad Silwal 16,500 CPN (Maoist Centre) Ghan Shyam Dahal 15,260 Others 5193 Invalid votes Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

Chitwan 2(B) Party Candidate Votes Nepali Congress Uttam Joshi 13,306 Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) Devi Prasad Gyawali 12,744 Rastriya Prajatantra Party Jagdishwor Adhikari 7,608 Hamro Nepali Party Hari Ram Rimal 827 Others 1,494 Invalid votes Result NC gain Source: Election Commission

Election in the 2010s,

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Krishna Bhakta Pokharel	44,670
	Nepali Congress	Shesh Nath Adhikari	27,314
	Bibeksheel Sajha Party	Bhupendra Raj Basnet	1,245
	Others		1,464
Invalid votes			1,702
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

Chitwan 2(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Maoist Centre) Ghan Shyam Dahal 20,381 Nepali Congress Jit narayan shrestha 15,663 Others 1,604 Invalid votes 1,031 Result Maoist Centre gain Source: Election Commission

Chitwan 2(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bijay Subedi 21,572 Nepali Congress Prakash Adhikari 12,670 Bibeksheel Sajha Party Ram Chandra Timilsina 1,284 CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Saraswati Sharma Paudel 1,284 Others 966 Invalid votes 936 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

Party Candidate Votes013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Shesh Nath Adhikari	17,810
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Krishna Prasad Sharma Khanal	16,811
	UCPN (Maoist)	Bishwa Bhakta Dulal	9,320
	Others		2,899
Result		Congress gain
Source: NepalNews [3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Ram Bahadur Thapa	21,409
	Nepali Congress	Eknath Rababhat	13,009
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Kashi Nath Adhikari	11,312
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Bhagwati Ghimire	2,179
	Others		1,775
Invalid votes			2,272
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission [4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Eknath Rababhat	21,727
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Sita Kumari Paudel	19,502
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Dambar Shrestha	3,774
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Krishna Bahadur Lama	1,313
	Others		1,325
Invalid Votes			1,043
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission [5] [6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Kashi Nath Adhikari	17,592
	Nepali Congress	Tek Prasad Gurung	12,389
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Nanda Prasad Bhattarai	4,046
	Others		842
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission [5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Democratic)	Bhim Bahadur Shrestha	25,716
	Nepali Congress	Ganga Dhar Lamsal	24,140
Result		CPN (D) gain
Source:

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal

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. "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
6. "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

External links

• Constituency map of Chitwan